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regard to tephrosanthos and vuUtaris, both which do indeed 

 differ from fusca, in their taper-pointed cahjx. They all three 

 smell like Woodruff" or Melilot in drying. 



It is remarkable that Mr. Bicheno should have referred to Engl. 

 Bot. t, 1873 as the militaris. I have traced out this error^ for 

 which he is not responsible, and which Dr. Hooker has cor- 

 rected. But it is still more remarkable that neither of these 

 writers should have noticed Columna's excellent and original 

 figure of tephrosanthos. The synonyms of these plants, and of 

 some foreign species related to them, might still afford matter 

 for a long and careful inquiry. I have endeavoured to be 

 exact in the references belonging to our British species, and 

 have found much to correct in the course of their examination. 



A white-flowered variety is exhibited by Dr. Hooker, as well as 

 a highly curious monstrosity, in which there are two complete 

 nectaries to one flower, with only two calyx-leaves, and no 

 petals. 



The Orchis of Breynius, Cent. t. 42, wrongly quoted by Haller as 

 our tephrosanthos, copied in Rudb. Elijs. v. 2. 194./. 9, figured 

 by Columna, Ecphr. v. 2. t. 9, and by Garidel, t. 76, is a very 

 distinct species, 0. undulatifolia of Bivona-Bernardi, Cent. 2. 

 44. t. 6. Sm. Prodr. Fl. Grcec. v. 2. 213. The 0. longibracteata 

 of the same author. Cent. 1. 57. t.4, is another very fine spe- 

 cies^ most allied to 0. fusca, but distinct. Linnaeus, very un- 

 accountably, makes t. 42 of Breynius a variety of his own 

 Ophnjs insectifera ! 



9. O. hir cilia. Lizard Orchis. 



Knobs of the root globose. Lip of the nectary downy, in 



three linear segments ; the middle one vei-y long, twisted, 



notched at the end. Calyx converging. 

 O. hircina. Scop. Cam. v. 2. 1 93. Swartz. Orch. 15. Willd. v. 4. 



28. Comp. ed. 4. 143. Hook. Loud. t. 96. 

 O. n. 1268. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 135. ^.25. 

 O. barbata foetida. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 756./. Raii Syn. 376. Faill. 



Par. 149. t. 30./. 6. Deering Nottingh. 154 ? 

 O. barbata odore hirci, breviore latioreque folio ; also longiore 



angustioreque folio. Bauh.Pin.82. Segu. Feron.v. 2. 12\, 



i. 15./. 1. Rudb. Elys.v.2. i9D.f. i,2. 

 O. saurodes, vel scincophora Gemmae. Dalech. Hist. ] 553. f. 

 Satyrium hircinum. Linn. Sp. Pl.\337. Fl.Br.927. Engl. Bot. 



V. 1. 1. 24. Jacq. Austr. t. 367. 

 Tragorchis, Testiculus hirci. Dod. Pempt. 231 .f. 

 T. maximus, and T. mas. Ger. Em.2l0.f. 

 Testiculus hircinus vulgaris. Lob.Ic. \77.f- 



^. Fl. Br. 927. 



Orchis barbata foetida minor, flore albo. Rail Syn. 376. ed. 2. 236. 



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