320 82. ORCHIDACE^. 



terminal acute long reflexed, anth. with a hooked point, pet. ob- 

 long bluntish downy. E. B. 383. R. xiii. 457. About a foot 

 high. Fl. few, large, rather distant. Sep. whitish, tinged with 

 purple. Lip velvety, brown variegated with yellow. " All the 

 lobes of the lip sometimes reflexed, interm. overlapping term. 

 one." On calcareous soils. P. VI. VII. Bee Orchis. E. I. 



2. 0. arachnites (Reichard); lip somewhat tumid entire or with 

 4 shallow marginal lobes and a terminal infiexedfiat rather heart- 

 shaped appendage, anth. with a straight or hooked point, pet. 

 deltoid downy. E.B.S. 2596. R. xiii. 461. Sep. pinkish. Lip 

 velvety, dark purple, variegated with yellow ; appendage green, 

 never reflexed. Chalk downs. Folkestone and Sittingbourne, 

 Kent. P. IV. VI. Late Spider Orchis. E. 



3. O. aranifera (Huds.) ; lip tumid obscurely 3-lobed, middle 

 lobe large emarginate without an appendage, anth. acute, pet. 

 linear glabrous. E. B. 65. R. xiii. 449. Smaller than the two 

 preceding and with fewer flowers. Sep. green. Pet. green, quite 

 glabrous. Lip deep brown, hairy with paler or yellowish gla- 

 brous lines often resembling the Greek letter n, entire at the 

 end or notched with a central point. /3. O.fucifera (Sm.); lip 

 usually undivided often with a gland in the notch, pet. scabrous. 

 E. B. S. 2649. Chalky places. /3. Kent and Sussex. P. IV. V. 

 Spider Orchis. E. 



4. 0. muscifera (Huds.) ; lip oblong trifid with a broad pale 

 spot in the centre, middle lobe long bifid, anth. short obtuse, pet. 

 filiform. E. B. 64. R. xiii. 447. St. 40. 15. Slender, about a 

 foot high. Sep. green. Lip brownish-purple ; central spot sub- 

 quadrate, bluish. Pet. very narrow, purple. Damp calcareous 

 thickets and pastures. P. V. VI. Fly Orchis. E. I. 



6. HERMINIUM R. Br. Musk Orchis. 



1. H. Monorchis (R. Br.) ; lip 3-lobed, central lobe longest, 

 pet. with a lobe on each side. E. B. 71- Root-knobs very un- 

 equal and distant. L. usually 2. St. about 6 in. high. Sep. 

 ovate, greenish. Spike dense, slender. Calcareous soil in the 

 south. P. VI. VII. E. 



Tribe II. Neottidea. 

 7. GOODYERA R. Br. 



1. G. repens (R. Br.); 1. ovate stalked netted, sep. pet. and 

 lip ovate-lanceolate. E. B. 289. St. 68 in. high, bearing 

 linear adpressed bracts. Root creeping. Whole upper part of 

 the plant covered with minute stalked glands. L. netted with 

 brown. Fir forests of the north. P. VIII. S. 



