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spotted, with a linear space between the pairs of lobes. Chalky 

 hills. Berks., Oxf., Bucks., Herts. P.V. E. 



5. 0. Simla (Lam.); lobes of Up all long narrow I -veined 

 linear with an interra. setaceous tooth, spur i as long as the 

 germen, sep. connivent into an ovate-lanceolate helmet including 

 the pet., bracts minute. 0. tephrosanthos E. B. 18/3. R. xiii. 

 373. More slender than the preceding. Helmet dark purplish. 

 Lip with remarkably slender segments, dark purple, with or with- 

 out small rough raised points ; a linear space between the pairs 

 of lobes which are about equal in length. Chalky hills in Berks., 

 Oxf., and Kent. P.V. E. 



6. 0. ustulata (L.) ; lobes of lip linear-oblong, spur % the 

 length of the germen, sep. connivent into a roundish helmet in- 

 cluding the pet., bracts long. E. B. 18. R. xiii. 368. St. 46 

 in. high. L. lanceolate, acute. Spike oblong, dense. Fl. small, 

 many. Helmet dark purple. Pet. linear-lanceolate, obtuse. 

 Lip white with purple spots. Calcareous hills. P. VI. E. 



ft Bracts with 3 or more veins, root-knobs undivided. 



[7. 0. laxiflora (Lam.) ; lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded and 

 crenulate in front longer than the truncate slightly emarginate 

 interm. lobe, spur shorter than the germen cylindrical, 2 lateral 

 sep. reflexed upwards, pet. connivent, anth. obcordate apiculate. 

 E. B. S. 2828. R. xiii. 393. St. 12 feet high, round, an- 

 gular and rough upwards. L. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 

 Bracts 3 5-veined. Spike long, lax. Fl. bright purple. Wet 

 meadows and bogs in Jersey and Guernsey. P. V. VI.] 



ttt Bracts with 3 or more veins, root-knobs palmate. 



8. 0. maculata (L.) ; lip 3-lobed flat crenate, spur subulate 

 shorter than the germen, 3 sep. patent, pet. connivent, st. solid. 

 E. B. 632. R. xiii. 407. St. about a foot high. L. usually 

 spotted with purple, lower obtuse or rarely acute, upper linear- 

 lanceolate resembling the bracts. Spike ovate, afterwards elon- 

 gate; lower bracts exceeding the germen, upper equalling it. 

 Fl. pale purple, more or less streaked with purple. Lateral 

 veins of bracts inconspicuous. Middle sep. with a flat acute 

 point. Lip usually flat, deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, 

 middle lobe longer and narrower. Damp pastures and heaths. 

 P. V. VI. Spotted palmate Orchis. 



9. 0. latifolia (L.) ; Up obscurely 3-lobed its sides reflexed 

 crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two lateral sep. 

 patent, middle sep. and pet. connivent, st. hollow, I. lanceolate 

 acute. E. B. 2308. R. xiii. 402. About a foot high. L. sel- 

 dom spotted, spreading, lowest oblong and blunt. Lower bractsv 



