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760. ORCHIS. 



c. Label 3-lobed : middle much largest 

 and divided, monhey-like. 



* Sepals united at base. 



t Legs as long as body. Sp. 9-12. 



ft Legs much shorter than body. 

 Sp. 13-18. 



** Sepals free. Sp. 19-21. 



d. Label 3-lobed : latei'al segments 

 broad ; middle truncato-emarginate. 



* Bracts with a single nerve. Sp. 22 

 -27. 



** Bracts many-nerved, not veiny. 

 28-83. 



*** Bracts veiny. Sp. 34, 35. 

 ii. Tubers palmate. Sp. 36-39. 

 D. Glands naked ; otherwise as O. 

 i. Spm- slender. 



a. Tubers palmate. Sp. 40, 41. 



b. Tubers entire. Sp. 42, 43. 



ii. Spur pouch-like. 44-47. 



"El. Label uppermost, the germen not being 

 twisted. Sp. 48, 49. 



Place not known. Sp. 50. 

 A. Label coiled in the hud. Himanto- 



GLOSSUM. 



1 . hircina. Label trifid : middle segment 

 very long, twisted, emarginate. Nectary a 

 short pouch, p. 7. Chalky pastures and 

 thickets. G. occ. Fr. It. 



"&. Label not coiled. Germen tvjisted. Glands 

 at the base of the pollen-masses united in a 

 point. Anacamptis. 



2. pyramidalis. Label of 3 equal, en- 

 tire lobes. Spm- subulato-filiform. Sepals 

 spreading, acuminate, p. 7- Bry pastures. 



C. Glands separate ; otherwise as B. 



i. Tubers simple. 



a. Label undivided. 



3. saccata. "L. somewhat channeled; 

 lower oblongo-lanceolate. Bracts reddish, lan- 

 ceolate, exceeding germen. Two outer Sep. 

 spreading, oblong, obtuse ; inner, and the 2 

 Petals, connivent. Label obovate and elliptic, 

 obtuse and subemarginate, somewhat crenulate. 

 Spm' straight, obtuse, widened into a depen- 

 dent bag, half as long as germen. p. 1-3. 

 Gi-assy. Sic." — Guss. Lucania. 



4. decipiens. " L. lineari-lanceolate. Sep. 

 erect, oblong, somewhat obtuse, rather shorter 

 than lanceolate petals. Label obovato-tiabelli- 



form, rather convex, somewhat emarginate. 

 Spur obtuse, ascending, not as long as germen. 

 Bracts subconvolute at top. p. 3, 4. Hills. 

 Avolo. Sic." — Guss. 



5. rubra. "Lower L. lineari-lanceolate, 

 somewhat channeled. Bracts Jlesh-colotired, 

 lanceolate, rather shorter than germen. Sep. 

 blunt, connivent. Label canaliculato-concave, 

 longer than broad. Spur dependent, about as 

 long as germen. p. 3, 4. Bri/ calc. hills. 

 Sic. Cal."— Guss. 



6. papilionacea. Label subrotund (broader 

 than long, Guss.). Pet. and Sep. connivent. 

 (Spur dependent, half as long as germen, Guss.) 

 Bracts 3-5-nerved. p. 4, 5. Warm pastures. 

 Adr. G. It. 



b. Label %-lobed: lateral divisions as broad 



as the undivided middle. 



7. coriophora. Lateral Div. of Label 

 toothed ; middle entire. Pet. and Sep. acu- 

 minate, connivent. Bracts 1 -nerved, as long 

 as germen. p. 5, 6. Moist meadows. Pr. 

 It. s. and m. G. 



8. fra^ans. " L. lineari-lanceolate, acute. 

 Bracts lineari-lanceolate, acuminate, rather ex- 

 ceeding germen. Sep. ovato-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, united, but separating and divaricate 

 at the tip. Label rather convex, about one- 

 third of length of germen. Lobes nearly equal ; 

 the lateral rhombeo-ovate, obliquely truncate, 

 dentato-serrulate ; middle longer, lanceolate, 

 entire. Spur saccato-conical, rather descend- 

 ing, nearly straight, somewhat incurved, shorter 

 than germen, p. 3, 4. Open pastures. Sic." 

 — Guss. 



c. Label ^-lobed: middle lobe larger and 

 longer, and divided at the end, monkey- 

 shaped. 



* Sepals united at base. 



t Legs from point of union as long as body. 



9. Sivonse. Bracts scariose, lineari- 

 lanceolate, half as long as germen. Sep. acute, 

 and, with 2 upper Pet., connivent. Div. of 

 Label very narrow linear. Spur very short 

 (1 or \\ line), p. 4, 5. Dry, elevated pas- 

 tures. Mte. del Occhio at Pal. — Guss. 



10. undulatifolia. Pet. ovato-triangular, 

 acute, about half sepals. Div. of Label simi- 

 lar, lanceolate, acuminate, entire. (Spur 3 or 

 4 lines long, Guss.) p. 6. Bushy calc. hills. 

 Rome. Nap. {See Plate, fig. 1.) 



11. Sixnia. Pet. linear, acute, nearly equal. 

 The 4 Div. of Label aU similar, linear, obtuse. 



