Orchis.} GVNANDRIA MONANDKIA. 313 



TOLOCHIE^E, Jttss. — Name supposed to originate in its medicinal 

 virtues. 



GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. 



1. Orchis. Linn. Orchis. 



* Tubers 2, undivided. 



1. O. 316rio, L. (jgreen-icinged Meadoio Orchis) ; lip 3-lobed 

 somewhat crenate the middle lobe emarginate, calyx-leaves as- 

 cending ribbed connivent enclosing the two lateral petals, spur 

 ascending blunt rather shorter than the germen. E. Bot. t. 

 2059. 



Meadows and pastures, England. Fl. June. 71 . — Stem from a span 

 to a foot high. Flowers few, in a lax spike. Calyx purplish-green, 

 forming a sort of helmet over the rest of the flower. Lip purple, pale 

 in the middle, with purple spots. 



2. O. mdscula, L. [early purple Orchis) ; lip 3-lobed somewhat 

 crenate the middle lobe emarginate, two lateral calyx-leaves 

 reflexed upwards, spur obtuse rather longer than the germen. — 

 E. Bot. t. 631. 



Woods and pastures, frequent. Fl. June. 11- — Stem 1 foot high. 

 Leaves generally marked with dark purple spots. Flowers in a lax 

 oblong spike, purple, sometimes fragrant ; the centre of the lip whitish 

 at the base and spotted, sometimes altogether white. 



3. O. ustuldta, L. {rlwarf darh-winged Orchis); lip 3-partite 

 marked with discoloured raised spots, segments narrow the mid- 

 dle one bifid, calyx-leaves connivent acute including tlie two 

 lateral petals, spur' very short, bracteas as long as the germen. 

 E. Bot. t. 18. 



Dry chalky pastures, in England. Fl. June. If. — 4 — 5 inches high. 

 Lip while, with purple, raised, not rough, spots, while the rest of the 

 flower is a dark, dingy purple. Cal. forming a sharp helmet-like 

 covering, witliin which are the 2, small, linear, lateral petals. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute. 



4. O. fusca, Jacq. (great brown-winged Orchis); lip deeply 3- 

 lobed with raised rough dark points, lateral lobes linear-oblong, 

 intermediate one large obcordate crenate and emarginate with a 

 point in the sinus, calyx-leaves rather obtuse connivent including 

 the two lateral petals, spur obtuse about half as long as the germen. 

 — O. militaris, E. Bot. t. 16. 



Chalky pastures and borders of woods, in Kent. Fl. May. % . — 

 Stem 1 — 2 feet high. Leaves ovato-oblong, obtuse. Flowers forming 

 a handsome spike, with variegated purple petals ; the helmet of a dark 

 greenish-purple, the lip much paler. 



5. O. militaris, L. {JSlilitary Orchis); lip deeply 3-lobed with 

 raised rough dark points, the two lateral lobes linear-oblong 

 short, middle lobe dilated at the extremity and deeply emargin- 

 ate with an intermediate point, calyx-leaves converging acumin- 



