PLATE XLII. 



ORCHIS CILIARIS. 



Fringed Orchis. 



CLASS XX. 

 GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 



GENERIC 



Calyx. Spathae vagce. Spadix fimplex. Peri- 



anthium nullum. 

 Corolla. Petala quinque; tria exteriora; duo 



interiora furfum conniventia in galeam. 



Neftarium monophyllum, a latere inferiore 

 inter divifuram petalorum receptaculo af- 

 fixum. Labio fuperiore eredto, brevillimo. 

 Labio inferiore magno, patente, lato. Tubo 

 poftice corniformi, nutante. 



Stamina. Filaments duo, tenuillima, breviffi- 

 ma, pittillo inlidentia. Antherae obovatae, 

 ereftae, tedtae duplicatura biloculari labii 

 fuperioris neftarii. 



Pistillum. Germen oblongum, contortum, in- 

 ferum. Stylus adnatus labio fuperiori nec- 

 tarii, brevitlimus. Stigma compreftum, ob- 

 tufum. 



Pericarpium. Caplula oblonga, unilocularis, 

 tricarinata, trivalvis ; fub carinis trifariam 

 dehiicens, apice et bail cohoerens. 



Semina numerofa, minima. 



SPECIFIC 

 Orchis radicibus fubpalmatis, expanfis ; ne&arii 



labio lanceolato, ciliato, cornu torto, lon- 



giflimo; floribus luteis. 



O R D E R I. 



Chives on the Pointal. 



Two Chives. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. Sheaths (battered, Fruit-ltalk 

 (imple. Cup none. 



Blossom. Petals five; three outer ones; two 

 inner ones approaching upwards in form of 

 a helmet. 



Honey-cup one leaf, fixed by the lower fide 

 to the receptacle betwixt the divifion of the 

 petals. Upper lip upright, and very fhort. 

 Lower lip large, fpreading, broad. Tube 

 (landing behind, fhaped like a horn, and 

 hanging down. 



Chives. Two threads, very (lender, and very 

 fhort, fixed on the pointal. Tips inverlely 

 egg-fhaped, upright, covered by a folding 

 of the upper lip of the honey-cup, forming 

 two cells. 



Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, twilled, and be- 

 neath. Shaft fixed to the upper lip of the 

 honey-cup, very (hort. Summit flattened, 

 and blunt-ended. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong, of one cell, three 

 keels, three valves; fplitting in three places 

 under the keels; fattened at the point, and 

 the bafe. 



Seeds numerous, very fmall. 

 CHARACTER. 



Orchis with roots nearly hand-fliaped, fpread- 

 ing; lip of the honey-cup lance-(haped, and 

 fringed, horn twitted, very long; flowers 

 yellow. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Honey-cup with its Horn. 



2. The upper Petal. 



3. A fide Petal. 



4. One of the inner Petals. 



5. The Chives, and Pointal attached to the horn of the Honey-cup. 



6. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified; with the Chives drawn from their cells. 



This handfome Orchis is a native of North America, and is found in all the dates from Virginia as 

 far north as Canada : it has been treated of by Kay, Morifon, Gronovius, Royen, Linnaeus, and others; 

 but although fo long known by name, it was not introduced to our gardens before the year 1/Q6; 

 having been fent that year from Philadelphia by Mr. J. Lyons, from the gardens of J. Hamilton, Elq. 

 toMeifrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith; at whole nurfery it flowered this year, in the month of 

 July, when the drawing was made. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, thriving belt in a (hady border, 

 and lhould be planted in a mixture of loam and peat earth. The propagation of this plant, like mod 

 of the genus, is difficult, the feeds being too fmall to be collected, and the root feldom producing more 

 than one bud. 



