254 GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. Orchis. 



of the germen. Calyx approaching at the top, taper- 

 pointed. H. L. 82. O. militarise E. B. 1873. Sb. 

 10. 



Chalky hills. Sm. * Found by Mr. Brown, between Wallingford 

 and Reading. Blerrett. On Riclgway hill, near Mapledurham, 

 Oxfordshii'e. Dr. Lamb. Among bushes on the rising ground 

 to the west of the great chalk-pit, near Caversham, facing the 

 Thames. Mr. Bicheno. Caversham Warren. Sb. Goring, 

 near Reading. BIr. L. Darwall. 

 Per. May. 



Lip three-partite, smooth, segments hnear, the intermediate one 

 two-cleft, with a sharp point between, petals (^caly.v-ls.) acute. 

 Sptir somewhat incui'\"ed, twice as short as the germen. Bract, 

 verj short. W. This plant easily known by the narrow seg- 

 ments of the lip, and the petals (caly.v-ls.) tapering to a point. 

 A delicate plant, smaller than Or. militaris, or Or. fusca. Spike 

 remarkably abrupt in its termination. Bicheno in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. 12. 34. 



Smith in E. Fl. is doubtful with regard to this species and Or. 

 mihtaris, both of which differ from Or. fusca, in their taper- 

 pointed calyx. All three smell like Woodruff in drying. E. Fl. 

 * * Knobs of the root tapering, clustered. 



O. viridis. Frog 0. Knobs tapering, clustered, hand- 

 shaped. Lip of the nectary linear, with three teeth ; 

 the middle one much the smallest. Spur very short, 

 slightly cloven. Satyrium viride. E. B. 94. Sb. 

 11. Habenaria viridis. H. L. 130. Serapias batra- 

 cliites altera. G. E. 224. 



Bloist pastures, meadows. Shotover Hill. Southleigh. Cornbury. 



Burford Downs. Sb. 

 Per. Jn7ie. 

 Fl. pale, gi'eenish. Caly.x-leaves approaching, forming a helmet in 



shape. Stem five to eleven inches. Bract, awl-spear-shaped, 



keeled, much longer than the flowers, somewhat incurved. 



Stem-Is. spear-shaped, pointed, lower ones broadish, blunt. 



Nect. sides purplish red, inner part yellow. 



* * * Knobs of the root hand-shaped (^palmate?) 



O. latifolia. Marsh Broad-leaved^ Palmate 0. Knobs 

 imperfectly hand-shaped. Lip of the nectary convex, 

 notched, slightly three-cleft, sides bent back ; spur 

 conical. Bracteas longer than the flowers. Stem 

 hollow. E. B. 2308. C. 5. Qd. Palma Christi 

 mas. G. E. 220. Serapias palustris latifolia. G. E. 

 222. 



Marshes, moist meadows. - ^- ■ 



