PI end. ph. 21. ORCHIDE.E. 1S8. Orchis. 201 



1. Orchis fusca. Brown orchis. 

 Lip rough, 3-parted ; lobes unequal, ragged ; lateral ones 



linear; middle lobe broad, 2-cut with an intermediate point; 

 sepales blunt, connivent; spiir straight, one-third the length 

 of the ovary ; hractea very short. 



Orchis strateumatica, Ger. em. 215, 12; Park, 1344, 6, 

 Orchis magna latis foliis, galea fusca vel nigricante, Dillen in Rail Sym, 

 378. 11. 



Orchis militaris )8 and 8, Lin. S. P. 1334. 

 Orchis purpurea, Huds. ed- 1,334. 

 Orchis fusca, Murray Si/st. Feg. ed. 14, 809. 

 Orchis moravica, Jacq. Ic. rur. 9, 182. 



Chalky soils; perennial; May and June. 

 Stem 18 in. high ; flowers large, greenish brown, brown- 

 ish purple or pale ash-grey ; sepales broad. 



2. Orchis militaris. Soldier orchis. 

 Lip rough, 3-parted ; lobes equal, incurved, broad ; 



middle lobe 2-cut with an intermediate point; sepales 

 pointed, connivent; spur straight, half as long as the ovary; 

 braclea very short. 



Orchis strateumatica minor, Ger. em. 216, 13 ; Park. 1.344, 8. 

 Orchis militaris, Lin. S. P- 1333. 

 White dogs-stones. Man-orchis, 



Chalky places ; perennial ; May. 



Scape 12 in. high; leaves broad-lanceolate, spotless; spike 

 many-flowered, dense ; Jiowers purplish. 



3. Orchis tephrosanthos. Grey-spiked orchis* 

 Lip roughish ; lobes 3, equal, linear ; middle lobe 2-cut, 



with an intermediate point; sepales pointed, connivent; spjir 

 rather bent, half as long as the ovary ; hractea very short, 



Cynosorchis major altera, Ger. em. 205,2. 



Cynosorchis laiifolia minor, Park. 1344,4. 



Orchis gale& et alis fere cinereis. Rail Syn. 378, 10, 



Orchis militaris e, Lin. S, P. 1334. 



Orchis militaris, Engl. But. 1873. 



Orchis tephrosanthos, Villurs Delph. 2,3?, 



Orchis Simia, Be Cand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3,249. 



Chalky places ; perennial ; May. 



Spike abruptly terminated ; 2 outer sepales sometimes lip-r 

 shaped and spurred. 



4. Orchis latifolia. Broadleaf orchis. 

 Lip smooth, 3-lobed, turned over at the sides; upper 



sepales connivent; spur conical, shorter than the ovary; 

 iractea longer than the floM^er. 



