OLASS XX. ORDER I.] ORCHIs. 1109 
the shady places and open pastures about Rome, growing sometimes 
three feet high. 
8. O. ustula'ta, Linn. (Fig. 1326) Dwarf dark-winged Orchis. Lip 
three partite, marked with dark raised spots, the lateral segments 
oblong, linear, the middle one bifid, with oblong lobes; sepals ovate, 
acute, connivent, including the small petals; spur short, curved; 
bracteas membranous, half as long as the ovarium ; leaves oblong 
lanceolate. 
English Botany, t. 18.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 12.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed 4. vol. i. p. 313.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 260. 
Tubers ovate. Stem erect, from four to eight inches high, leafy 
below, naked above. Jeaves oblong lanceolate, spreading, a some- 
what glaucous green. Inflorescence an oblong dense termina! spike 
of numerous crowded small flowers. Bractea lanceolate, membra- 
nous, single ribbed, about half as long as the ovarium. Flowers a 
dark dingy purple. Sepals ovate, acute, concave, connivent, so as to 
form a small hood including the petals. Lip reflexed, three lobed, 
white, with numerous elevated purple not rough spots, the lateral 
lobes short, the middle one deeply cleft, mostly with a tooth in the 
sinus. Spur short, obtuse, reflexed, not one-fourth the length of the 
ovarium. 
Habitat.—Dry pastures in various parts of England. 
Perennial ; flowering in June. 
The dingy looking spike of flowers, the pale lip studded with its 
dark purple smooth spots, connect it with O. fuscus in appearance. 
It often grows only about three inches high, and sometimes the 
flowers have been found quite white. 
#x Tubers two, undivided. Bractea with three or more ribs. 
9. O. lawi'flora, Lam. (Fig. 1327.) Distant flowered Orchis. Lip 
three lobed ; lateral lobes rounded and crenated at the end, longer 
than the truncate, slightly emarginate, intermediate lobe ; spur cylin- 
drical, shorter than the ovarium; sepals reflexed upwards, oblong, 
obtuse; petals connivent; spike elongate, lax; leaves linear lanceo- 
late. 
English Botany, Supp. t. 2828.—Bsbington, British Botany, p. 
290. 
Tubers two, globose. Stem from one to two feet high, round be- 
low, somewhat angular and purple above, clothed with long leafy 
sheaths to near the top. eaves lanceolate, or linear lanceolate, 
numerously ribbed, a somewhat glaucous green. Inflorescence a 
terminal distant flowered spike. Bracteas lanceolate, membranous, 
about the same length as the ovarium, three or many ribbed. 
Flowers purple, or purplish pink. Sepals reflexed upwards, oblong, 
obtuse, often narrower towards the point. Petals oblong, connivent 
over the pistil. Lip reflexed, three lobed, the lateral lobes rounded, 
