GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. Orchis. Jl 



3. O. Morio. Green-winged Meadow Orchis. 



Knobs of the root oval. Lip of the nectary four-cleft, some- 

 what crenate ; spur obtuse, ascending. Calyx many- 

 ribbed, converging. 



O. Morio. Linn. Sp. PI. mS. Mant. 485. TVilld. v.4.\8. Fl. 

 Br. 920. Engl. Bot. v. 29. t. 2059. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. i. 59. 

 Hook. Scot. 250. Fl. Dan. t. 253 ; not good. 



O. n. 1282. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 143. t. 33 ; the small figure. 



O. morio foemina. Bauh.Pin.82. RaiiSyn.377. Vaill. Par. 149. 

 t.3\.f.\3,l4. Segu.Veron.v.2,\25.t.\5.f.7. Rudb.Elys. 

 r.2. f93./.4. 



O. minor purpurea, et aliorum colorum, cum alls virentibus. Bauh. 

 Hist. V. 2. 7C1./. 



Cynosorchis. Brunf.Herh.v. 1.104./. 



C. morio foemina. Loh. Ic. 176. f. Ger. Em. 208. f. 



Testiculus morionis foemina. Dod. Pempt. 236./. 



Testiculi species quarta. Camer. Epit. 624./. 



Triorchis serapias mas. Fuchs. Hist. 559. f. Dalech.Hist. 1554./. 



T. mas minor. Fuchs. Ic. 321./. 



In rathermoist meadows and pastures, among short grass, frequent. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Knobs neariy globose, not pointed ; one of them often a little re- 

 moved from the other by a stalk. Stem clothed vv^ith leafy 

 sheaths. Leaves lanceolate, of a rather dull unspotted green, 

 somewhat glaucous ; the under side paler and shining. Spike 

 rather lax. Bracteas lanceolate, membranous, partly purple, 

 the length of the germens. Fl. scentless, purple ; sometimes 

 pale, or flesh-coloured j sometimes varying to crimson, or to a 

 light violet ; but the numerous green ribs of the calyx-leaves 

 are equally strong in all the varieties. These 3 leaves converge 

 over the column in a vaulted form, enclosing the petals. Spur 

 blunt, rather shorter than the germen, curved upwards. Lip in 

 4 unequal lobes; the lateral ones largest, deflexed, mostly 

 notched at the margins; the disk pale, dotted with purple. 

 Cells of the anther close together. The masses of pollen, for- 

 merly taken for anthers, split each into two lobes. 



4. O. mascula. Early Purple Orchis. 



Knobs of the root oval. Lip of the nectary four-cleft, cre- 

 nate ; spur obtuse. Calyx-leaves three-ribbed ; two la- 

 teral ones reflexed upwards. 



O. mascula. Linn. Sp. PL 1333. Willd. v. 4. 18. Fl. Br. 920. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 9. L 631. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 62. H'oodv. t. 90. 

 Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 11.14. Hook. Scot. 250. Jacq. Misc. v. 2. 

 375. Ic. Rar. t. 1 SO. R Dan. t. 457. 



O. n. 1283. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 144. t. 33 ; the larger figure. 



