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towards the extremity, white and spotted towards the base; middle 



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ij. 10. Gymnadenia Br. Gymnadenia. 



. Lip spurred. Anther-cells contiguous. Glands of the stalks 

 of the polle7i-masses naked, approximate. — Named from yvfX'^ 

 '^ vog^ naked^ and ahjv^ 2i gland; one of the essential characters of 



■* this genus. 



1. G, conopsea Br. {fragrant G.). Orchis Z. : E. B. t. 10. 



" Dry pastures and heaths, in mountainous or hilly countries, espe- 

 , cially in Scotland, most abundant, scenting the atmosphere with its 



v'? fragrance. %» 6 — 8. — Stem 1 foot high. Knobs of the root palmate. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, keeled. Flowers in an ovate-oblong, rather 



dense sptke^ rose-purple. Lip 3-lobed, not spotted, the lobes equal, 



entire, rounded ; the 2 lateral outer sepals spreading, their margins 



revolute ; 2 lateral inner ones connlvent. ^Spwr filiform, twice as long 



?^^^| as the germen. The 2 cells of the anthers are perforated at the base, 



through which the naked, large, and oblong glands of the stalks of 

 the pollen-m.asses appear. — This geniis is near the following in cha- 

 "^1 racter, but it differs in habit, 



1 1 . Habenaria Br, Habenaria. Butterfly-orchis. 



Lip spurred. Anther-cells separated, diverging at the base. 

 Glands of the stalks of the pollen-masses naked, distant. — 

 Named from habena^ a thong or strap^ which the lip sometimes 

 eouall resembles. 



* Spur very short, Peristylus Lindl, 



iridis Br. {green H,) ; spur very short 24obed, Up 

 j/iti linear bifid with an intermediate tooth, anther-cells without 



any process between their bases, bracteas much longer than the 

 '^l flowers, knobs palmate. Satyrium L,: E. B, t. 94, 



'q0 ' Dry hilly pastures, not unfrequent, %, 6 — 8, — Stem 6 — 8 inches 



close, high ; lower leaves nearly ovate, obtuse ; outer and lateral i?iner sepals 



connivent and forming a helmet, green. Lip small, greenish-brown. 



2. H. dlbida Br. {small white iT.) ; spur obtus§ much shorter 

 than the germen, lip 3-cleft the segments acute, middle one the 

 longest, anther- cells with a rostellate process between their 



very bases, sepals all nearly equal ovate concave. Satyrium L, : 



0t ^ E, B. t, 505. Gymnadenia albida Rich. 



0^"' ^ Mountain-pastures, not unfrequent. ^, 6 — 8. — About a span 



I high. Leaves oblong, striate, lower ones obtuse. Flowers white, 



^^fy small, fragrant. Lip scarcely longer than the other sepalsy deflexed. 



^i . ** Spur Jilif army elongated, Platanthera LmtZZ. 



ifflf I . 3. H, Ufolia Br. {lesser B,) ; inner sepals connivent obtuse, 



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