ORCHIS. 327 



2. O. mas'cula (L.); lip crenate, middle lote emarginate, spur 

 ascending rather longer than the germen, sep. aoute 2 outer re- 



Jlexed wpwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate apiculate. — 

 E.B. S. 2996. H. xiii. 890.— St. a foot high. L. mostly radical, 

 ellipticrlanceolate, usually spotted with piu'ple. Lowest bract 

 often 3- veined. Fl. in a lax spike, purple j centre' of the lip 

 whitish at the bafee, spotted and dovmy. Sep. and pet. without 

 green veins. — Woods and pastures. P. V. Mai'ly purph Orchis. 



E. S. I. 



XX Lip pinnateiy 4^-lohed {that is, middle lobe bifid and often with 

 an intermediate tooth). 



3. O. purpurea (Huds.) ; basal lobes of cor.-lip linear-oblonff, 

 inte)-m. lobe widenitig gradually upwards and 2-lobed with an 

 interm. tooth its lobes denticulate at the tip and broad, spur 

 aboiit I as long as the germen, Sep. converging into an ovate 

 helnut including the pet., bracts minute. — -ffi. xiii. 378. O.fusca 

 Jacq. O. militaris Sm., £. B. 16. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. L. ovate- 

 oblotig, blunt. Fl. in a rather dense spike ; helmet dark purple, 

 variegated ; lip palfer with raised rough red points, its term, lobe 

 very broad. — Chalky bushy billa in Rent. P. V. E. 



4. O. militaris (L.) ; basal lobes of cor.-lip linear, interm. lobe 

 broader linear suddenly widened and 2-lobed with an interm. 

 tooth its lobes mostly entire at the tip and broad, spur about j 

 as long as the germen, sep. converging intcj an ovate-lanceolate 

 Jtelmet including the pet, bracts minute. — JE. B. S. 2675. B. xiii. 

 376. — Smaller than the preceding. Helmet ash-coloured or pale 

 pmple. Lip purple, white in the middle -rtith raised rough red 

 spots, with a linear space betw'eeh the pairs of lobes, and its 

 term, lobes broad.— Chalky hills. Berks., Qxf., Bucks., Herts. 

 P.V. E. 



5. O. Sim'ia (Laan.) ; hbei of lip all long narro^o 1-veined 

 linear with an. interm. setaceous tooth, spur j as long as the 

 g6rmen,sep. converging into an ovate-lanceolate helmet iucluding 

 the pet., bracts minute. — O. tephrosanthosT^.'R.l&'i'ii. ij, xiii. 

 373. — More slender than the preceding. Helmet dark purplish. 

 Lip with retaarkably sleMer segments, dark purple, with or with- 

 out small tough raised points; a linear space between the pairs 

 of lobes which are about equal in size. — Chalky hiUs in Berks., 

 Oxf., and Kent. P. V. E. 



6. O. ustuldta (L.) ; lobes of Kp linear-oblong, spur, ^ the 

 length of the germen, sep. converging into a roundish rheltuet in- 

 cluding the pet,, bracts long. — E. B. 18. B. xiii. 368. — St. 4 — G 

 in. high. L. lanceolate, acute. Spike oblong, dense. Fl. small. 



