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760. ORCHIS. 



Bracts purple, p. Monte Gargano. Cal." — 

 Ten., w/io says that in O. Brancifortii the 

 Spur is considerahly sJwrter than the germen. 

 I am not at all sure that these two are 

 rightly 'placed. 



27. pallens. Lobes of Label slightly 

 marked, nearly entire. Spur ratber ascending, 

 cylindrical, about equalling germen. Pet. 3- 

 nerved at base. Lateral Sep. at last reflesed. 

 Bracts equalling germen. Fl. generally yel- 

 loioish. p. 4, 5. Calc. thickets, s. and m. 

 G. Dau. 



** Bracts with more than one nerve, not 

 veiny. 



28. palustris. Label broad, with 3 

 deep, nearly equal, obtuse lobes ; middle lobe 

 hai'dly emarginate. Spm* shorter than germen. 

 Pet. 1-nerved. Sep. spreading, acute. Bracts 

 exceeding flowers. Resembles mascula, but 

 is larger, and with a more lax spike, p. 6. 

 Marshy. Pr. rare. It. 



29. loug^icomu. " Lower L. oblongo-K- 

 near. Spike lax, cylindrical. Bracts phik, 

 lanceolate, rather shorter than germen. Sep. 

 elliptic, obtuse, connivent. Label shorter than 

 germen, dotted on the back. Lateral Lobes 

 deflexed, broadly ovate, subcrenulate, silky, 

 dark purple ; middle Lobe very short, emargi- 

 nate, whitish. Spur incurved, ascending, com- 

 presso-spatulate at top, about as long as ger- 

 men. p. 3-5. Open pastures. Sic." — Guss. 



80. Champagneuxii. "Bulbs subro- 

 tund, generally 3, the 2 younger on long stalks. 

 L. Hneari-lanceolate, mucronate. Spike lax, 

 6-7-flowered. Lips 3-lobed, dotted, plicate in 

 the middle. Lateral lobes always joined to the 

 loioer surface, denticulate ; middle lobe trun- 

 cato-emarginate, sometimes very short. Spur- 

 long, ascending, broad at Xg^, cloven, truncate, 

 somewhat shorter than ovary. Div. of Peri- 

 gone obtuse, uniting into a helmet. Bracts 

 acute, shorter than ovary. The latei-al Lobes 

 of the Lip never spread out, but always ap- 

 plied one against the other, p. 3. Hyeres." 

 — Barneaud. 



81. IVIorio. Lobes of Label broad ; mid- 

 dle truncato-emarginate. Spur equaUing ger- 

 men, horizontal or descending. Pet. 3 -nerved ; 

 these and the Sep. connivent. Nerves of Sep. 

 green. Upper Bracts 1-nerved. p. 5. Pastures. 



32. panormitana. " Lower L. broadly 

 lanceolate, acute. Spike ovoid, lax, few-flow- 

 ered. Bracts lanceolate, rather shorter than 

 germen. Lateral Sep. spreading, acute, re- 



flexed at top; middle and the 2 Pet. conni- 

 vent. Label not as long as germen, broadly 

 obcordate, 8-lobed, subcrenulate. Lateral 

 Lobes rounded, at last reflexed, longer than 

 the middle. Spur straight, dependent or hori- 

 zontal, somewhat bag-like, conical, about half 

 as long as germen. p. 3, 4. Pal." — Guss. 



33. laxiflora. JMiddle Lobe broadest, 

 deeply emarginate. Spur cylindrical, rather 

 ascending, shorter than germen. Pet. 3- 

 nerved. Sep. obtuse, with greenish veins. 

 Resembles Morio, but the Spike is much more 

 lax. p. 5, 6. Peaty meadows. 



*** Bracts exceeding flowers, nerved and 

 veiny. 



34. sambucina. Label slightly lobed. 

 Spm' cylindrical, ascending, as long as germen. 

 Lateral Sep. spreading. Bracts very large. 

 Bulbs sometimes slightly lobed. Fl. yellowish. 

 p. 5^ 6. Mountain woods, m. and s. G. c. Pr. 



35. romana. Label convex. Lobes sub- 

 ovate, crenate; the middle smaller, subemar- 

 ginate. Spur ascending, exceeding germen. 

 Lateral Sep. bent back. Fl. purple, p. 4. 

 Dry hills, s. It. hi this, as in the preced- 

 ing species, the Tubers are often slightly lobed 

 at the extremity. 



ii. Tubers palmate. Bracts Z-nerved and 



veiny. 



36. Traunsteineri. Spur shorter than 

 germen. Latei'al Sep. tm'ned upwards. Lower 

 Bracts equalling flowers ; upper shorter. Stem 

 hoUow. Stem-L. linear, erect, somewhat chan- 

 neled, flat at the top. p. 5, 6. Peaty mea- 

 dows. Tyrol. — Koch. 



87. latifolia. Spur conico-cyHndrical, de- 

 scending, shorter than germen. Lateral Sep. 

 spreading, afterwards turned upwai'ds. Lower 

 and middle Bracts exceeding flowers. Stem 

 hoUow. Lower L. obtuse ; upper somewhat 

 acuminate, p. 6. Moist meadows. — Koch. 



38. incanxata. Spur conico-cylindrical, 

 descending, shorter than germen. Lateral Sep. 

 spreading, afterwards turned upwards. All 

 Bracts 3-nerved and veined, exceeding flowers. 

 Stem hollow. L. erect, lanceolate, attenuate, 

 hooded at the tip. p. 6. Boggy meadoivs. 

 — Koch. 



39. maculata. Spm* conico-cylindrical, 

 descending, shorter than germen. Lateral 

 Sep. spreading. Middle Bracts about equaUing 

 germen. Stem solid. Upper L. small, bract- 

 like, remote from flowers, p. 6. Woods and 

 meadows. 



