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ORCIIIDACEiE. 



iLiparis, 



small, superior, undivided. Column very short. Anfh 



^^ open. 

 Pollen-masses in 2 pairs, placed the one 



Name : (laXa^ic^ a softenings from ^iciKaaau} 

 ^ to soften^ on account of the tender nature of the plant. ' 



inor longitudinally, 

 behind the other. 



1. ISL paliidosa S\v. (Bog-Oy^his^ \ leaves 4—5 oval 

 concave papillose at the extremity ^5 lip concave acute. 

 t,72. 



Ophrys L. 



very 



its 

 2- 



Spongy hogs, in many places, but often overlooked on account of 

 STYiall size. Frequent in the valleys of Clova, 2/.. 7 — 9^ ^^^ 



4 inches high. 



Stem 

 Flowers erect, minute, in a small greenish spike 



Outer 5e;3aZs ovate, one of them recurved, the other two erect and with 

 their bases embracing the base of the lipi which is thus aLo erect: the 

 two lateral i?iner ones recurved. 



2, LiPARis Rich. Liparis. 



Perianth spreading, uniform, with linear segments. Lip in- 

 ferior, undivided, reflexed. Column elongated. Pollen-masses 

 in 2 pairs in a single row. — Xamed from Xiirapog^ fat^ or unctu- 

 ous to the touch. 



1. L. Loeselii Rich, (two-leaved Liparis) ; leaves 2 broadly 

 lanceolate, scape trigonal, lip entire longer than the unequal 

 leaves of the perianth. Malaxis Su\ Ophrys i. ; E. B. t. 47. 

 Sturmia Loeselii Reich. 



Sandy bogs, in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire. 11. 7,^ 

 Stem 6 — 8 inches high. Flowers few, in a lax spike, yellowish-green: 

 their general structure Is very similar to the tropical and parasitical 

 L, foliosa, Bot. Mag. t. 2709. 



3. CoRALLOBHizA HalL Coral-root. 



Sepals oonYQYging. Lip inferior, produced at thebase ; itsspitr 

 adnate with the ovary, or free. Column free. Anther openin^r 

 transversely, 2-lipped. Pollen-masses 4, oblique, not parallel— 

 —iNTame : KopaXXwv, coral^ and pt^a, a root; from the curious 

 structure of the root. 



1 . C. inndta Br. (spurless C.) ; spur very short adnate. 



Ophrys Corallorhiza Z. ; E. B. t. 1547: 



Marshy woods, and more rarely in sand, in several parts of 

 Scotland. %. 7. " , ^ ., . , . . t- 



6 



Stem 



Root of thick, interwoven, flesliy fibres. 

 12 inches high, greenish- white, with 2—3 lanceolate, acute, 

 sheathing scales, rather than leaves. Flowers 6—8, in a short lax 

 sjrike, pale yellowish-green. Outer sepals linear-lanceolate, keeled ; 



1 These papillae the Rev. Professor Henslow has clearlv ascertiined to Iw little 

 b^Vbous^.„ and has described and figured thL arsiTcht.fthe'^^/^. o}S 

 Mr VV Wilson wlo further In 'i^'' previously by ourselves in 1819, audio 1824 by 

 the'decaved lav'eT Thn» f ^ ' T hybernaculum formed in the autumn among 



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