202 138. Orchis. 2L ORCHIDEiE. Pl.end.pL 



Orchis palmiita jiratensis latifolia longis calcaribus, Raii Syn, 389, 19. 



Orchis palmata major mas, stve Palma Christi mas, Park. 1356. 



Orchis latifolia, Lin. S. P. 1334, 



Orchis comosa. Scop, Cam. 1120. 



3Iale Satyrion royal. Male handed orchis. 



Marshes and meadows ; perennial ; May and June. 



Root palmate; scape fistulous, 18 in. high ; leaves 4 or 6, 

 broad, lanceolate ; spike 30 or 40-flo\vered ; hractea leaflike, 

 strapshape, slightly co\o\xre6.', flow cfs rosy, or blood colour; 

 lip dilated, middle lobe short with dotted lines. 



|3. ollusa. Middle lobe of the lip blunt, as long and only 

 half as broad as the side ones. 



Palma Christi mas, Ger. em, 221, 1. 

 Orchis latifolia, Curtis Ft. Land. 165. 



y. palustris. Middle lobe of the lip ovate, pointed, twice 

 as long as the side ones. 



Serapias palustris latifolia, Ger. em. 223, 3. 

 Serapias dracontias palustris, Ger. em. 226, 1. 



Marsh satyrion. Marsh dragon satyrion. 



^. rubra. Leaves andi flowers red. 



Orchis palmata palustris, tota rubra, Billen in Bait Syn. 382, 25, 



5. Orchis mnculata. Spotted orchis, 

 hip nearly flat, S-lobed ; side lobes toothed, middle lobe 



pointed; upper sepales approximating; lateral spread; spur 

 cylindrical, shorter than the ovary ; bractea as long as the 

 ovary. 



Orchis q. Palmata speciosiore fhyrso, folio maculate, Raii Syn. 381,20. 

 Palma Christi fo2mina, Ger. em. 221, 2. 



Orchis palmata fcemina, seu Palma Christi foemina foliis maculatis, 

 Park. 1357. 



Orchis maculata, Lin, S. P. 1335. 



Female satyrion royal. Female handed-orchis. 



Woods and rich meadows ; perennial ; June and July. 



Root palmate, divaricated; scape slender, solid, 2 feet 

 high ; leaves lanceolate, generally spotted with black ; spike 

 long, or a short pyramid ; flowers purple ; lip marked with 

 lines and spots. 



6. Orchis ustulata. Coffee-colour orchis. 

 Lip 3-lobed, lobes linear, rough with dots ; middle lobe 



2-cut ; sepales upright, pointed ; spur hooked, one-third the 

 length of the ovary and bractea. 



Orchis Pannonica quarta Clusii Historic, Raii Syn. 377, 4. 



Cyiiosorchis minor Pannonica, Ger. em. 207, 5. 



Cynosorchis militaris Pannonica, Park. 1345. 



Orchis ustulata, Lin. S, P. 1333. 



Lesser Austrian dogs-stona. Little purple floivered 6 rchis. Dwarf orchis 



