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and fiftular : the fpike is conico-cylindrical : the 

 flowers are commonly purple, but fometimes 

 red or white, intermixed with many broad lan- 

 ceolate Bra^ea^ which arc longer than the 

 flowers : the two fide petals turn back, and 

 ftand almofl upright, the others connive toge- 

 . gcther; the lip is divided into three obfcure 

 lobes, ferrated on the edges, and marked with 

 purple lines and fpots : the middle lobe is fliort, 

 and the fide ones reflexed : the fpur is conical, 

 a little incurv'd, and fhorter than the germen. 



mamlata 6, ORCHIS bulbis palmatis patentibus, neclarii cor- 

 nu germinibus breviore, labio piano, pctalis 

 dorfalibus patulis. 6"^. fl, 1335. ^yft^ nat. 590, 

 {Ger. em. 220. f, 2. VailL paris, t. ^\, f, 9 10. 

 Rivin, /. 8. fff II. Hall^ hift, 1278. /. ^2,hna,) 



Female handed Orchis. Jnglis. Balderry. Scotis. 



An ijrach-bhallach. Gaulis. 



In pailures and heaths very common. %. VII, 



The bulbs are divided into three or or four divari- 

 cated fingeis : the leaves are almoft always fpot- 

 ted, and narrower than in the preceding fpecies : 

 the ftalk is a cubit high, and folid : the fpike is 

 cylindrical, and the flowers commonly of a pale 

 blufh, or almofl: white colour, marked with 

 many fpots and purple Imes : the fide petals 

 fl:and open, and almofl: ered: : the lip is plane, 

 crenated, and divided into three lobes, tlie mid-» 

 die one narrowefl:^ and generally acute a-nd en- 



tires 



