328 82. ORCHlDACEiE. 



many. Helmet dark purple. Pet. linear-lanceolate, blunt. 

 Lip wliite with purple spots.^-Calcareous hiUs. P. VI. E. 



tt Bracts with 3 or more veins, root-knobs undivided. 



lO,,laxifidra(La,m..); lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded and 

 crenulate in front J.onger, than the truncate slightly emarginate 

 interm. lobe, spur shorter than the germen cylindrical, 2 lateral 

 Sep. reflexed upwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate apiculate. 

 ~K B. S. 2828. R. xiii, 393.— St. 1—2 feet high, round, an- 

 gular and rough upwards. L. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 

 Bracts 3 — 5-veined. Spike long, lax. Fl. bright purple. — Wet 

 meadows and bogs in Jersey and Guernsey. P. v. VI.] 



ttt Bracts with 3 or more veins, root-knobs palmate. , 



7. 0. mamlata (L.) ; lip 3-lobed flat crenate, spur subulate 

 shorter than the germen,iAree sep.-pateni, pet. converging, st. solid, 

 1. lanceolate-obovate. — JE. B. 632. B,. xiii. ,407.; — St. about a foot 

 high. L. usually spotted with purple ; lower blunt or rarely 

 acute, broadest towards their top ; upper linear-lanceolate, re- 

 sembling the bracts. Spike ovate, afterwards elongate ; lower 

 bracts exceeding the germen, upper equalling it. Fl. pale purple, 

 more or less streaked with purple. Lateral veins of bracts in- 

 conspicuous. Lip usually flat, deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 rounded, middle lobe longer and narrower. — Damp woods and 

 pastures. P. V. VI. . Spotted Hand- Orchis. E. S. I. 



8. 0. latifdlia (L.) ; lip obscurely S-lobed its sides , ultimately 

 reflexed, crenate, spur subulate shorter than, the germen, two 

 lateral sep. patent, middle pep. and pet. converging, St. holloiv, I. 

 lanceolate acute. — J^. B. S, 2973. .K.xiii. 402. — About a foot 

 high. L. often only faintly spotted, spreading, lowest oblong 

 and blunt, from a narrow base but broadest about their middle. 

 Spots on 1. ' ringshaped. Lower bracts exceeding the flowers. 

 Lip usually only slightly lobed. Mostly quite past flowering 

 when Sp. 9 is in. perfection in the middle of June. — Marshes 

 and damp meadows. P. V. VI. Marsh Orchis. E. S. I. 



9. O. incarndta (L.) ; lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides reflexed 

 crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two lateral sep. 

 patent, middle sep. and pet. converging, st. hollow, I. narrmoed 

 from a broad base hooded at the end. — JR. xiii. 397. 0. latifolia 

 m. B. 2308. Oiirt. ii. 184. — L. erect and approaching the stem. 

 Bracts all usually exceeding the flowers.- — (3. 0. angmtifolia 

 (R.) ; 1. erect-patent linear4anceolate, upper 1. erect, lower 

 bracts equalling the flowers upper ones shorter. R. xiii. 394. O. 

 Traunsteineri Koch. — Marshes, P. VI. E. I. 



