CLASS XX. ORDER I.] ORCHIS. 1107 
English Botany, t. 2675.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 14.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 313.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 260. 
Tubers lacge, oblong. Stem erect, from one to two feet high, leafy 
below, naked above. JZeaves large, oblong lanceolate, or acute, nu 
merously veined with parallel veins. Inflorescence a large terminal 
spike of numerous flowers, smaller than the last species. Bracteas 
small, lanceolate, acute, single ribbed, membranous, scarce one-fourth 
the length of the twisted ovarium. Sepals ovate, taper-pointed, pale, 
striated, and spotted with purple, curved over the rest of the flower 
like a hood, including the petals. Lip reflexed, deeply three lobed, 
purplish towards the ends, pale in the disk, with a dark central line 
and numerous small and larger rough elevated points, the lateral 
lobes narrow, linear, oblong, obtuse, the middle one dilated, and deeply 
cut into two spreading obtuse sometimes crenated lobes, with a point 
in the angle. Spur short, obtuse, sometimes notched, reflexed, much 
shorter than the twisted ovarium. 
Habitat—Chalky pastures about Reading, on both sides of the 
River Thames. 
Perennial; flowering in May. 
This species is nearly allied to the last, but is readily distinguished 
from it by its paler taper pointed sepals, and its smaller lip divided 
into narrow segments. It exhales while drying the same odour as 
the last species, and though variable in size, is usually smaller in all 
its parts, the colour of its flowers much paler; and we find if much 
more frequent in various parts of the Continent, and usually in more 
open situations. It is very common in the grass-plots and the Cam- 
pania about Rome. 
6. O. ma'cra, Lind. (Fig. 1324.) Monkey Orchis. Lip in three 
narrow linear segments, rough, with crystaline points, nearly hairless, 
the middle lobe deeply bifid, with a point in the angle; sepals ovate, 
taper pointed, connivent, including the petals; spur reflexed, about 
half as long as the twisted ovarium ; bractea short, acuminate, mem- 
branous ; leaves ovate lanceolate. 
Lindley, Synopsis, p. 260.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 
314.—O. tephrosanthus, Vill_—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 16.—0O- 
militaris.—English Botany, t. 1873.—0O. militaris, » Linn. 
Tubers oblong. Stem erect, from twelve to eighteen inches high, 
naked above, leafy below. Leaves oblong, acute, numerous, veined 
with parallel veins. Injlorescence a terminal ovate or oblong spike, 
often of few flowers, smaller than the last species. Bractea membra- 
nous, small, often with a long slender point. Sepals ovate, taper 
pointed, pale, with purple irregular veins, and dotted, converging like 
a hood, inclosing the petals. Lip reflexed, deeply three lobed, the 
segments purple, the disk pale, dotted, and covered with minute 
erystaline warts, the lateral lobes narrow, linear, shorter than the 
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