GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Orchis. 253 



O. ustulata. Dwarf Scorched-flowered 0. Knobs of 

 the root oval. Lip of the nectary three-lobed, the 

 middle one two-partite, longer, rough with small points. 

 Spur blunt, not half the length of the germen. Calyx 

 approaching at the top. Leaves spear-shaped. E. B. 

 18. H. L. SQ. Cynosorchis minor pannonica. G. 

 E. 207. 



Dry, open, chalky spots. Sm.* Burford Downs. Caversham 

 Warren. Sb. Streatley Downs, Berks. B.v. Road from 

 Ensham to Abingdon. Benwell, and Wh. 



Per. May. 



The upper part of the ftower, purple brown, lower part, or nect. 

 white, sometimes sliglitly tinged with purple, and speckled with 

 dark brown points. The iiowers on a cursory view, especially 

 before expansion, appear as if scorched, or blackened by heat. 

 Ls. five or six. Stem four to eight inches. Spike short, close 

 set. Helmet of the flower has a burnt appearance. 



O. militdris. Military 0. Knobs of the root oval. 

 Lip of the nectary five-lobed, downy ; two middle 

 lobes dilated, rounded. Spur blunt, not half the 

 length of the germen. Caljrx approaching at the top, 

 taper-pointed. E. B. Suppl. 2675. Tr. L. Soc. 12. 31. 



Chalky hills. Sm. * On hills by the Thames, near Cawsham 

 (Caversham) bridge, a mile from Reading, and on several hills, 

 on the other side the water, towards Wallingford ; first 

 observed by J/r. Broivn. Merrett, Ray. At Streatley, between 

 Reading and Wallingford ; also at Penley Hangings, Stoken- 

 church, where Dr. Williams first found it. Mr. Bicheno. Sm. 

 in Eng. Fl. Beech Woods between Fawley Court, and Bix- 

 gibwen, about a mile and a half from Henley. Professor Dau- 

 heny, and B.v. 



Per. Alay. 



Chief character of this species, the regular, linear, incurved seg- 

 ments of the lip, broader than in Or. tephrosanthos, and not 

 notched and ragged as in Or, fusca, but much naiTower. Bi- 

 cheno ill Tr. Linn. Soc. 12. 32. Fl. distinguished by their 

 silvery ash colour, and the total want of the dark ribs, or stains 

 in Or. fusca. (Or. mihtaris, E. B. 16.) Sm. E. Fl. 



Discrim. Tapering points, and grey hue of the calyx, and the 

 more lengthened out lip, contracted in the middle. 



O. tephrosanthos.^ Monkey 0. Knobs of the root oval. 

 Lip of the nectary downy, in five lobes ; four of them 

 equal, linear, entire. Spur blunt, not half the length 



' From its ash-coloured spike, lephros, ashes. Gr, 



