314 GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. [Orchis. 



ate including the 2 lateral petals, spur obtuse about half" as long 

 as the gernien. J3ic/ieno, in E. 13oL SuppL t. 2675. 



Chalky. bills, principally about Reading, on both sides of the Thames. 

 Fl. May. If . — Intermediate, in the structure of its _/Zoicers, between the 

 preceding- and the following ; but most allied to the former. Helmet 

 pale ash-coloured. Lip deep purple, white in the middle. Leaves 

 oblong, rather acute. 



6. O. mdcra, Lindl. {Monkey Orchis); lip 3-partite with small 

 rough crystalline points the segments linear, intermediate one 

 deeply bitid Avith a point in the sinus, calyx-leaves acuminate 

 connivent including the two lateral petals, spur half as long as 

 the germen, bracteas very small. Lindl. Syn. Br. FL p. 260. 

 — O. tephrosnnthos, Bichen. in Linn. Trans, v. y.\\. p. 33. [not 

 ViU.)—Hook. in Fl. Loud. N. S. t. 82 — O. militaris, 3. E. 

 Bat. t. 1873.— s. Linn.? 



Chalk hills in Berks, Oxfordshire and Kent. Fl. May. If.— This 

 beautiful and curious sp. Dr Lindley considers to be quite distinct from 

 O. tephrosanthos, with which it had been confounded, and peculiar to 

 Britain. It is smaller and more slender than the last. Spike short. 

 Flowers pale purple, spotted. Segments of the lip narrow, deep purple, 

 covered with miimte straight crystalline warts. Among specimens com- 

 municated to me by Mr Bicheno, were some monstrous flowers, each 

 having 2 opposite horizontal lips, two spurs, and only 2 opposite calyx- 

 leaves. 



7. O. hircina, Scop. (Lizard Orchis); lip 3-partite waved at 

 the base, segments linear, intermediate one twisted very long 

 bifid, calyx-leaves concavo-connivent including the small lateral 

 linear petals, spur very short. Satyrium, L. — E. Bat. I. 24. 



Chalk hills and bushy places, in Kent and Surrey. Fl. July.l^ . — A 

 most remarkable plant, which cannot be confounded with any other. 

 The smell of its Jiowers is detestable, and similar to that of a Goat, 

 whence its Latin specific name. 



8. O.pyramiddlis, L. (pyramidal Orchis); lip with 3 equal en- 

 tire lobes and 2 protuberances at the base above, calyx-leaves 

 spreading acuminate, spur subulato-filiform longer than the ger- 

 men, stalks of the pollen-masses united by one gland. E. Bot. t. 

 110. — Anacarnptis, Bich. 



Pastures and waste ground, England, in a chalky or clayey soil. Isle 

 of Colonsay, and in Fifeshire, Scotland. Fl. July. 1/: .— Zeaves very 

 acuminate. Flowers of a delicate rose-purple, sometimes white, spirally 

 arranged in a close, broad and ovate spike. 



** Tubers 2, palmafed. 



9. O. latifolia, L.(3Iarsh Orchis); lip indistinctly 3-lobed its 

 sides slightly reflexed crenate, calyx-leaves patent, 2 lateral 

 petals connivent, spur cylindrical shorter than the germen, brac- 

 teas longer than the flower. E. Bot. t. 2308. 



Marshes and moist meadows, common. Fl. June. 1^. — Floivers 

 varying from a pale rose colour to deep purple, the lip dotted and 

 marked with purple lines ; white on the sands of Barrie, near Dundee 

 {Mr Drunwiond). The species is known by its slightly-lobcd lip, its 



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