100 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Sob-Species I. — Orchis incarnata. "Linn." Fries. 



Plate MCCCCLVII. 



PidcJ,. Ic. Fl. Germ, ct Hclv. Vol. XIII. Tab. CCCXCIV. to CCCC. 

 O. latifolia, Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 2308. 



Leaves lanceolate, broadest near the base, acute, slightly hooded at 

 the apex, unspotted, blunt. Bracts exceeding the lower flowers, and 

 often all the flowers. Sepals pale hlac or pale purplish-rose ; labelluni 

 lilac or pale purplish-rose, ]mler at the base and spotted and lined 

 with dark purple; the middle lol)e generally a little longer than the 

 lateral lobes; spur cylindrical. Seeds with the cells of the testa 

 hyaline (Reich. Jil.). 



In wet meadows, in open places in wet woods. Apparently common, 

 and generally distributed in the south of England. I have gathered 

 it plentifully near Godahning, and have specimens from Dorset, Kent, 

 and South Wales. Professor Babington gives several stations in 

 Cambridgeshire ; and the Rev. "W. A. Leighton found it in Shropshire ; 

 but I have at present no records that can be trusted of its occurrence 

 furtlier north, though it is most likely that it is more widely 

 distributed. 



England, "Ireland" (i5rt6.). Perennial. Summer. 



Rootknobs about the size of an almond out of its shell to that of the 

 almond shell itself. Stem 9 inches to 3 feet high. Leaves generally 

 dii^ti'ibuted pretty equally over the whole length of the stem; the 

 lower ones 3 to 8 inches long ; the upper ones much smaller and com- 

 monly nearly erect. Spike 2-^ to 9 inches long, tapering slightly 

 upwards. Flowers usually very pale purple with darker lines ; the 

 upper sepals about y\ inch long ; labellura about f inch, marked with 

 spots and lines of darker pui-ple. The younger Reichenbach describes 

 the testa of the seeds (which 1 have not seen) as diifermg from that 

 of 0. latifolia. 



Sometimes the leaves are very narrow, and the spike few-flowered, 

 with shorter bracts, when it is the 0. Traunsterneri of Koch, and the 

 0. angustifoha of the elder Reichenbach. 



Common Marsh Orchis. 

 FrencL, Orchis incarnat. German, Fleisclifarhiges KnabenJcra/ut. 



Sob-Species II. — OrcMs latifolia. " Linn." Fries. 



Plate MCCCCLVIII. 



Ueicli. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. Xlll. Tab. CCCC. Fig. 2 to 4. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 657. 

 0. maialis, Reich. PI. Grit. Vol. VI. p. 7. 



Leaves oblong-elliptical, broadest near the middle, subacute or 



