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ORCIIIDACE^. 



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* Stalks of the pollen-masses each with a distinct gland. 



+ Knohs^ of the root 2, undivided. 



I Bracteas 1 -nerved. 



1. o. 



Mario L. {green-winged Meadow O.) ; lip 3-lobed 

 somewhat crenate the middle lobe emarginate, sepals obtuse 

 iiscending connivent, spur ascending blunt rather shorter than 



the gernien. 



E. B. t. 2059. 



Stem from 1 span to 



forming a sort of hehnet over the rest of the flower. 



Meadows and pastures in England. 1/.. 6. 

 1 foothicrh. Flowers- few, in a lax spike. Outer sepals purplish green, 



Lip purple, 

 pale in the middle, with purple spots. 



' 2. O. mdscula (earhj purple O.) ; lip 3-lobed somewhat cre- 

 nate the middle lobe emarginate, outer sepals acute, the two 

 lateral ones reflexed upwards, lateral inner sepals converging, 

 spur obtuse rather longer than the germen. E, B, t. 631. 



Woods and pastures, frequent. 1^ 4 — 6. — Stem I foot high. 

 Leaves generally marked with dark purple spots. Flowers in a lax 

 oblong spikcj purple, sometimes fragrant ; the centre of the Up is 

 whitish at the base and spotted, sometimes altogether white. A plant 

 found by Mr. Moore in Co. Wieklow, Ireland, is referred by 

 jsome to O. mascula ; by others to 0. speciosa Host (which, however, 

 seems only a form of O. masctda with attenuated sepals); the leaves 

 are invariably without spots : we have seen no specimens. 



3. O. liMvldta L. 



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lip 3-partite 



marked with discoloured raised spots, segments narrow the 

 middle one bifid, outer sepals connivent acute including the 

 two lateral Inner ones, spur nearly half as long, and bracteas 

 as long, as the germen. jB. B. t. 18. 



Dry chalky pastures, in England, 7/.. 5, 6. — Stem 4 — 5 Inches 

 high. Lip white, with purple, raised, not rough spots, while the 

 rest of the flower is a dark, dingy purple. Outer sepals forming a 

 sharp helmet-like covering, within which are the two small lineur 

 lateral inner ones, ieares lance;:late, acute. 



4. O. fitsca Jacq. (great brown-winged O,) ; lip deeply 3- 

 lobed with raised rough dai'k points, lateral lobes linear-oblong, 

 intermediate one laro;e obcordate crenate and emaro-inate with 

 a point in the sinus, outer sepals rather obtuse connivent in- 

 cluding the two inner ones, spur obtuse about half as long as 

 the germen. O. militaris E. B, 1. 16. 



Chalky pastures and borders of woods, in Kent. 1/.. 5. — Stein 



Floivers forming a 



1 



■2 feet high. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse. 



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Knobs or tubercles are simple roots which become succulent. 



In this Order 



a 



they are often called tubers, by mistake ; for a true tuber is not a root, but "a 

 roundish underground succulent stem covered with buds (or eyes), from which 

 new plants or tubers are produced, — as the Potato." Lindl. 



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