orciiidace;e. 103 



pale purple; spur very slender, slightly decurvcd, filiform-subulute, 

 acute, vcr}^ long, usually about twice as long as the ovary. Rostellate 

 process elongate. 



In bogs and on heaths and chalky banks and borders of fields. 

 Rather common and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer. 



Rootknobs 2, very similar to those of Orchis maculata. Stem 6 inches 

 to 2 feet high. Leaves 2 to 6 inches long or more, folded down the middle 

 and keeled on the back, more or less recurved, the lower ones much 

 larger than those on the upper part of the stem. Spike 1 to 4 inches 

 long. Bracts herbaceous, about as long as the flowers or more rarely 

 exceeding them, 3-nerved. Flowers similar in size and shape to those 

 of Orchis jiyramidalis, but paler and much more purple in their hue; 

 spur considerably longer than in that plant, from which G. conopsea 

 (which probably ought to be referred to the genus Orchis) may also 

 be known by its palmated root-tubers, laxer and less conical spike, 

 and very fragrant flowers. 



The Rev. \V. W. Newbould informs me that he has gathered, on 

 liarkway I\loor, Herts, the large short-spurred form called Orchis 

 densiflora by AVahlenberg. 



Fragrant Orchis. 



French, Orchis suave. German, Fliegcnartige Hosmirz. 



This is one of the most fragrant and delicious of our native Orchids, the odour 

 resembling that of the carnation. 



SPECIES II.-GYMNADENIA ALBIDA. Rich. 



Plate MCCCCLXI. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIH. Tab. CCCXIX. 



Reich, fil. I.e. 110. 



Habonaria albida, R. Br. Benth. Handbk. Brit. Bot. ed. ii. p. 4C0. Hool-. & Am. 



Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 436. 

 Orchis albida. Scop. Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 18. Gi-en. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. HI. 



p. 299. 

 Becchia albida, Pari. Fl. Ital. Vol. III. p. 397. 

 Platanthera albida, Lindl. Syn. Brit. PL p. 261. 

 Pcristylus albidus, Lindl. Orchid, p. 299. 

 Satjrium albidum, Linn. Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. p. 505. 



Rootknobs several, narrowly conico-cylindrical. Lower leaves 

 oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse ; upper leaves lanceolate, acute. 

 Flowers in a very dense subunilateral spike. Sepals and lateral petals 

 connivcnt ; labellum about as broad as long, 3-lobed ; the lobes all oblong- 

 triangular; the middle lobe as broad as and a little longer than the 



