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Scotland, near FuUarton House, Ayrshire. If., 8 Leaves mostly 



radical. Stem a span high, bearing bracteiform leaves. Flowers small 

 white. Column very short. Pollen-masses broadly oval, composed of 

 large granules. 



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'' 4 1 naceous) 



apex of the column. Pollen- 

 i a lax state of cohesion (fari- 

 ' small granules or lobes (not 

 (sectile). Arethuse^. 



8. Epipogon Gmel Epipogon. 



hw Perianth resupinate. Sepals nearly equal, spreading Lip 



latea superior, 3-lobed, with an inflated short spur. Column with the 



stigma at the base in front. Pollen-masses 2, sectile, stalked • the 

 stalks attached to a triangular gland. Ovary straifrht Vnot 



twisted). — Name : s7rt,upon ( 



an appellation given by Gmelin, because the lip (called byTim 

 the beard), is uppermost. "^ 



melini Ledeb (Gmelin's E.) Ledeh. -pi. Boss. iv. 



p. 77. Hook, in Bot Mag. t. 4821. Satyrium Epipogium i. 



StifF wet soil. Foot of a steep woody bank, close to a brook Ted- 

 stone Delamere, Herefordsliire : Mrs. Anderton Smith. Ij. ' 9 -, 



Ihis plant IS reckoned very rare on the conthient, though, perhans 

 often overlooked on account of its leafless character and Sale colour' 

 The root consists of thick branchin<>: fleshy fibres, and resembles that 

 ot Lomllorlnza, but the structure of the flowers is very different It 

 IS probably epiphytal. Scape simple, sheathed with scales, tumid 

 am jointed near the base. F/owers racemose, yellowish-white, par- 



lally streaked with red. Sepah nearly equal. Lateral lobes of the 



nisell'n ; r- "V *™"^.' °"f J^rge, entire, concave, studded with 

 laised points ni lines, furnished at the base with an inflated and as- 

 cending spur. Column short, bearing the large stigma in front. Jnther 



J IV. Anther 1 adnafe to the face of the stigma. Pollen-masses 

 .,,1 granular: pollen eoheriiig in an indefinite number of 



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^itwac ceuular tissue along the axis of 



(sectile). Ophyde^. 



9. O'kchis Linn. Orchis. 



^ tainS •P'"'''^'^- ^^'''"^' °^ *'^^ ^t«"^s of the pollen-masses con- 

 ^xZLf ^ ^«»^^^«n little pouch. - Name : op^^c, an ancient 

 A appellation of plants with a double tuberous root. 



