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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



* Anther of 2 disimct vertical cells, ^fixed to the summit of 



the column. 



411. ORCHIS. Orchis. 



Linn. Ge«. 461. Jmss. 65. f/.5?-. 918. Tourn.t.247. A,B. Lain. 



t.726. 

 Satyrium. Lam. t. 726. 

 Habenaria. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. 44. Br.Pr.3l2. 



Cal. superior, of 3 ovate, slightly concave, nearly equal, 

 spreading or converging, ribbed, partly coloured, leaves. 

 Pet. 2, oblong, smaller than the calyx, ascending, or 

 converging. Nect. a roundish or oblong lip, entire, or 

 mostly lobed, larger than the petals, dependent in front, 

 betwixt the lower calyx-leaves ; extended, more or less, 

 behind, in the form of a tubular spur, containing the honey, 

 and pervious at its origin. Anther of 2 oblong membra- 

 nous cells, either close together, or widely separated, 

 opening lengthwise in front, above the stigma, and de- 

 positing their obovate, stalked, granulated, elastic masses 

 of -pollen, by their stalks, upon 1 or 2 glands, either naked 

 or contained in one common hood, near that organ. Ger- 

 men oblong, or nearly cylindrical, furrowed, spirally 

 twisted. Style thick and short. Stigma a shining moist 

 depression, in front, under, or between, the masses of 

 pollen. Capsule oblong, spiral. Seeds very numerous, 

 oval, each in a light chaffy tunic, extended at both ends. 

 Roots doubly tuberous, fleshy, either globular or palmate, 

 whitish, internally viscid, with thick, fibrous, superior radi- 

 cles,- each knob, or tuber, solitaiy, rarely in pairs, flowering 

 but once, and that mostly in the season immediately subse- 

 quent to its formation. Ste7n solitary, leafy at the base. 

 Leaves chiefly radical, spreading, elliptic-oblong, or lan- 

 ceolate, ribbed, accompanied at the bottom by a few 

 membranous scales, like abortive leaves ; their upper sur- 

 face often spotted with brown or black ; under surface 

 palest. Fl. numerous, spiked, purple, crimson, or whitish; 

 in some highly fragrant. Cal. ribbed, coloured, as are 

 frequently the germen, common stalk, and bracteas. Na- 

 tives of meadows, groves, or open chalky downs. 



