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Legs nearly as wide as body. Spur about half 

 germen. Bracts ovate, acute, very short, p. 

 5. Calc. hills. In It. also on volcanic sand. 

 {Plate, Jig. 2.) 



13. macra. " Sep. very tapering. Label 

 twice as long as spur. Segm. linear, the ante- 

 rior with only one vein. Bracts short, acumi- 

 nate."— Lindley. Legs only half as wide as 

 body. p. 5. Calc. hills. {Plate, fig. Z,from 

 Eng. Pot.) 



ft Legs from point of union much shorter 

 than hody. 



13. militaris. Sep. broadly lanceolate. 

 Pet. linear. Body of Label linear or oblong. 

 Lower Lobes very short, toothed. Spur about 

 one-third of length of germeu. Bracts ovate, 

 very short, p. 5. Calc. bushy hills. {Plate, 



fig- 4.) 



14. ^aleata. Sep. broadly lanceolate, acute. 

 Pet. linear-oblong. Body of Label enlarging 

 downwards. Arms very narrow\ linear, entire. 

 Legs entire, tapering, obtuse. Spur not half 

 as long as germen. Bracts very short, ovate, 

 acute, p. 5. Calc. hills. {Plate, fig. 5.) 



15. setnensis. "Lower L. oblongo-lan- 

 ceolate. Spike short, obconical. 'Rx&cis pink, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, not exceeding germen. 

 Sep. ovate, acute or acuminate. Arms of Label 

 narrow linear, obliquely truncate ; middle ob- 

 versely cuneate, cloven. Spur subincm-ved, 

 equalling half the germen. p. 4, 5. Grassy 

 hills. Castrogiovanni. iEtna." — Guss. 



16. fusca. Sep. elliptic, rather ^.cvXe,dark 

 purple. Pet. linear. Arms of Label generally 

 toothed. Body cuneate. Legs truncate, cre- 

 nate. Spur about half germen. Bracts 1- 

 nerved, very short, p. 5, 6. Calc. thickets. 

 {Plate, fig. 6 and']: the latter from Eng. 

 Bot.) 



17. variegata. Sep. pale, elliptic, veiy 

 acuminate. Pet. narrow lanceolate, finely acute. 

 Arms oblong, ending in two acute teeth. Body 

 cuneate. Legs tapering, rounded at the ends. 

 Spur more than half germen. Bracts 1 -nerved, 

 finely acute, exceeding gemien. p. 5. Calc. 

 and volcanic pastures. G. s. Pr. It. {Plate, 

 fig.%.) 



18. teuoreana. Sep. elliptic, acuminate. 

 Pet. oblong. Upper Div. of Label rounded ; 

 lower very short, truncate, somewhat toothed. 

 Bracts subulate, equalling germen. p. 3, 4. 

 Grassy. Palasca in Cors. Sic. {Plate, fig. 9.) 



)8. Haurii, Jordan. L. acute, and some- 

 what mucronulate. 



** Sepals free. Legs very short. 



19. longibracteata. Sep. oval, obtuse. 

 Pet. oblong. Div. of Label rounded : upper 

 incurved, wavy at top ; lower very short. 

 Spur i of length of germen. Bracts equalling 

 flowers, p. 2. Shade. Nice. s. Fr. Sic. Nap. 

 {Plate, fig. 10.) 



20. ustulata. Lateral Sep. semiovate, ra- 

 ther acute. Pet. linear. Div. of Label flat, 

 straight, sometimes crenate at tip. Hood 

 semiglobose. Bracts not as long as germen. 

 L. lanceolate, p. 6. Meadows, in Eng. on 

 a calc. soil. {Plate, fig. 11.) 



21. globosa. Lateral Div. of Label acute ; 

 middle ending in 2 or 3 small teeth. Pet. 

 ovato-triangular, acute, about half sepal, which 

 terminates in a club-shaped acumen, p. 6. 

 Mountain pastures. G. Pr. 



d. Label ?>4obed : lateral divisions broad ; 

 middle truncate, emarginate. 



* Bracts with a single nerve. 



22. Spitzelii. Lobes of Label crenate. 

 Spur subcylindrical, descending vertically, 

 about equalling germen. Sep. spreading. 

 Pet. truncato-emarginate. PI. purple, p. 6. 

 Grassy meadows. Weissbach. Alps in Tyr. — ■ 

 Koch. 



23. provincialis. Middle Lobe of Label 

 smallest. Spm- ascending, exceeding germeu. 

 Sep. and Pet. erect, obtuse, with callous tips. 

 Pet. 1-nerved. p. 5. Woody hills. Prov. 

 Rome. Fl. yellowish. 



24. luascula. Lobes of Label strongly 

 marked, toothed ; middle emarginate, with in- 

 termediate tooth. Spm' rather ascending, cy- 

 Kndrical, about as long as gennen. Pet. ob- 

 tuse, 1-nerved, shorter than sepals. Latei-al 

 Sep. reflexed. In large specimens, one or two 

 of the lower Bracts are sometimes i-nerved, 

 p. 4, 5. Woods and meadows. Fl. purple, 



25. Brancifortii. "Root-L. oblongo- 

 linear. Stem-L. acute. Spike cylindrical. 

 ^x&cis purple, lanceolate, as long as germen. 

 Sep. spreading. Label about one-fifth of ger- 

 men, flat, 3-lobed. Lobes linear, entire : the 

 lateral short ; middle broader and longer, ob- 

 tuse. Spur filiform, descending, slightly cui-ved, 

 as long as germen. p. 3, 4. Open hills. 

 Sic."— Guss. 



26. quadripunctata. "Pet. spreading, 

 oval, obtuse. Label flat, with 3 equal lobes^: 

 the middle lobe somewhat emai'ginate. Spm- 

 straight, filiform, exceeding gennen. El. small. 



