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on the rudiment of the ftyle. He divides them into two genera, under the names of orchis and fa- 
tyrium , the principal difference of which is, that 'the hinder part of the ne@tarium is in the orchis 
pointed and long, and in the /ayrium fhort and nipped. Thefe characters are hot enough to feparate 
plants, fo evidently connected by Nature to one another; and we have therefore joined them, 
1. Great Goat Orchis. 
Orchis barbata fatida. 
The root is a double bulb, or is compofed of 
two roundifh parts of the bignefs of walnuts. 
The leaves are very large, broad, oblong, and 
of a deep green. 
The ftalk is a yard high, and has fome leaves 
on it. 
The fpike of flowers is long and thick: they 
are placed on twifted bodies; and are of a 
whitifh green, variegated with purple, and dif- 
tinguifhed by long, greenith beards, formed of 
the lower lip of the ne¢ctarium, 
The whole plant has a ftrong and difagreeable 
fmell, 
We have it in many parts of England in rich 
damp places. It flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis bartata’ fatida. 
Others, Trazo-orchis, 3 
2. Small Goat Orchis. 
Orchis barbata minor. 
The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are broad, obtufe, and of a deep 
green. 
The ftalk is thick,*juicy, and a foot high. 
The flowers are {mall and white, and have 
white beards. : 
Iris found in our fouthern counties, and flowers 
in July. 
Ray calls it Orchis barbata fetida minor flore | 
albo, 
3. Male Foo!’s Orchis, 
Orchis morio mas. 
‘The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are long, broad, of a deep green, 
and fpotted with black. | 
The ftalk is ten inches high. 
The flowers are large, and of a fine purplifh 
red, with a few deep purple fpots: they ftand 
in loofe, fhort fpikes at the tops of the ftalks. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis morio mas foliis ma- 
culatis. 
cad 
4. Female Fool’s Orchis, 
Orchis morio famina. 
The root is a double bulb. 
‘The leaves are long, and of a faint green; and 
the falk is a foot high, 
‘The flowers ftand in a fhort, loofe {pike ; and 
the body of them is purple ; but the fide feg- 
ments are f{treaked with green. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis morio femina. 
5. Little purple Orchis, 
Orchis pumila floribus purpureis punttatis, 
The root a fmall double bulb. 
The leaves are long and obtufe. 
The ftalk is eight inches high; and the flowers 
before they are opened, terminate jt in a dufky 
cone. When opened, they are fmall, and ftand 
thick ina fhort fpike: their hood is Purple, and 
their under-part whitifh, but full of purple fpots, 
We have it on dry, chalky hills, flowering in 
July. ; 
C. Bauhine calls it Cynoforchis militaris Praten- 
Jis humilior. 
6. Purple Sweet Orchis, 
Orchis purpurea odorata. 
The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are very broad, oblong, and of a 
~deep green. 
The ftalk is a foot and half high, 
The flowers ftand at the top in a long fpike ; 
and they are of a deep fine purple, and have a 
light fragrance, 
_ We have it in rich meadows, flowering in 
June, 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis obfcure purpurea odo- 
rata. ; I 
7. Purple Late Orchis, 
Orchis purpurea fpica congefta pyramidali. 
The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are oblong, moderately broad, and 
of a deep green. 
The ftalk is two feet high. 
The flowers ftand at the top ina thick, fhort 
{pike ; and are of a pale redith colour, without 
any {pots : they have long and flender fpurs. 
It is found in dry paftures, and flowers in the 
beginning of July. . 
C. Bauhine calls it Cynoforchis militaris Spica ru- 
Lente conglomerata. 
8. Yellow Mufk-Orchis. 
Orchis oderata radice fimplici. 
The root is a fingle tuberous lump. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, and of a pale 
green. 
The ftalk is lender, and eight inches high. 
The flowers ftand in a long, flender, loofe 
fpike ; and they are {mall, and of a greenifh yel- 
low: they have a light fragrance. 
It is found in dry paftures, and flowers in au- 
tumn, | ' 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis odorata mofchata five 
mono-orchis ; a name others have copied. 
9. Lady Trace Orchis. 
Orchis fpiralis alba. 
The root is a triple bulb. 
The leaves are fhort, broad, pointed at the 
end, and of a pale green. 
The ftalk is round, and of a whitith green, and 
fix inches high. 
The flowers are fmall and whitifh ; and they 
ftand in a twifted or fpiral feries at the top of the 
ftalk. 
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