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\\ O'rchis.'] Lxxxix. okchidace^. 433 



handsome spike, v^ith variegated purple mner' sepals; the outer ones 

 of a dark greenish-purple, the lip much paler. 



5. 0. militdris L. (Military O.) ; lip deeply 3-lobed with 

 small raised rough points, the two lateral lobes linear-oblons; 

 geveral-velned short, middle lobe dilated at the extremity and 

 deeply emarginate with an intermediate point, outer sepals acu- 

 minate connivent including the 2 lateral inner ones, spur ob- 

 tuse about half as long as the germen, bracteas very short. 

 Bicheno in E. B. S. t. 2675. 



Chalky hills, principally about Reading, on both sides of the 

 Thames. 2/.. 5. — Intermediate, in the construction of its flowerSy 

 between the preceding and the following, but most allied to the 

 former. Outer sepals pale ash-coloured. Lip deep purple, white in 

 the middle. Leaves oblong, rather acute. 



6. 0. tepJirosdntlios Vill. (Monkey O.) ; lip 3-partIte with 

 small raised rough points the two lateral lobes linear 1 -veined, 

 intermediate one deeply bifid with a point in the sinus, outer 

 sepals acuminate connivent including the two lateral inner 

 ones, spur half as long as the germen, bracteas very small. 

 0. macra LindL O. militaris jS. E. B, t. 1873 ? 



pljT Chalky hills, In Berks, Oxfordshire and Kent. "2/.. 5. — This 



,j jrl* beautiful and curious sp. Dr. Lindley pronounces to be quite distinct 



from 0. tephrosanthos, with which it had been confounded ; but Mr. 



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Borrer not only doubts its being so, but whether it be even distinct 

 from 0. militaris, from which it chieflv differs bv the narrower and 

 less veined lateral lobes of the lip. Flowers pale purple, spotted.' 

 artitti Segments of the /zp narrow, deep purple. Among specimens com- 

 ytkl municatedby Mr. Bicheno, were some monstrous flowers, each having 



2 opposite horizontal lips, 2 spurs, and only 2 opposite outer sepals^ 



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H Bracteas with 3 or more nerves* 



inehfi 7. 0. laxiflora Jjwci. (lax-flowered 0.)\ lip 3-lobed the la- 



letkf teral lobes rounded in front crenulate longer than the trun- 

 linj'l cate slightly emarginate intermediate one, spur cylindrical 

 \0 ^ emarginate much shorter than the germen, lateral outer sepals 



reflexed, middle one erect, lateral inlier ones connivent. Bab. 

 ;J inE.B. S. t. 2828. 



Mr. Babington, Tf.. 



5, 6. — " Allied to 0, Morio, but that plant has single-nerved brae- 

 p^'f ^^^s, and all the segments of its perianth, except the lip, are conni- 

 jjrSi "vent. The short spur is also a valuable distinctive character." Bah. 



f f Knobs 2, palmate, Bracteas with 3 or more nerves. 



]if\ *?' O.lati folia L. (Marsh 



Sides slightly reflexed crenate, outer sepals patent, 2 lateral 

 inner ones connivent, spur cylindrical shorter than the germen, 

 oi'acteas as long as or longer than the flower. E. B. t. 2308. 



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