1110 ORCHIS. [CLASS XX. ORDER 2, 
erenated on the margin, much longer than the intermediate lobe, 
which is mostly notched. Spur cylindrical, obtuse or emarginate, 
horizontal or ascending, shorter than the ovarium. 
Habitat—W et meadows and bogs in Jersey and Guernsey. 
Perennial ; flowering in May and June. 
This beautiful species of Orchis is introduced into our Flora from 
its being a native of Jersey and Guernsey. It is a frequent plant in 
many parts of the Continent, and very common in Italy. It varies in 
the colour of its flower from a bright dark purple to a pale pinkish 
purple, and is mostly yellowish in the throat. ‘The lax spike, reflexed 
sepals, connivent petals, and narrow lanceolate leaves, readily distin- 
guish it from all the other of our Orchises. Its habit and general 
appearance is that of O. Morio, but from that it is readily distin- 
guished. 
xx Tubers palmated. Bractea with three or many ribs, distinct or 
netted together. 
10. O. latifo'lia, Linn. (Fig. 1328.) Marsh Orchis. Lip indis- 
tinctly three lobed, crenated; sepals reflexed; petals connivent; spur 
conico-cylindrical, shorter than the ovarium ; bracteas longer than 
the flowers, three ribbed, and veinous ; stem fistulous, leafy ; lower 
leaves ovate oblong, acuminate. 
English Botany, t. 2308.—English Flora, vol. iv. p. 21—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 314.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 260. 
Tubers more or less distinetly palmated. Stem erect, from one to 
two feet high, hollow, leafy. Leaves smooth, dark green, sometimes 
marked with pale purplish scattered spots, radical ones ovate oblong 
or oblong lanceolate, acute, erect, those of the stem smaller, lanceo- 
late. Inflorescence a terminal dense cylindrical spike of numerous 
crowded flowers. Bractea lanceolate, three ribbed, and veiny, the 
lower ones much longer than the flowers, the upper scarcely as long. 
Flowers white, pale pink or rose colour, more or less scattered over 
with darker spots and lines. Sepals ovate, acute, reflexed. Petals 
connivent. Spur conico-cylindrical, reflexed, shorter than the ova- 
rium. Lip reflexed, more or less distinctly three lobed, the margin 
crenated. 
Habitat—Marshes and meadows ; frequent. 
Perennial ; flowering in May and June. 
This very common but beautiful species varies greatly in the depth 
of the colour of its flowers; sometimes they are almost white or pale 
pink, and they are found from this to deep purple. It is distinguished 
from the following by its slightly lobed crenated lip, and larger leafy 
bractea. The leaves are variable in their form, from linear to ovate 
lanceolate, and the bracteas are Jonger than the flowers, or as long, 
rarely shorter; sometimes in the same spike the lower will be long, 
and the upper shorter. 
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