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** Glands of the pollen-masses united, root-knobs undivided. 

 t Spur filiform. Anacamptis Rich. 



10. 0. pyramiddlis (L.) ; Up with 8 equal lobes and 2 tiiber^ 

 cles at the base above, lobea oblong truncate, middle lobe some- 

 times emarginate, spur filiform longer than the germen, lateral 

 Sep. ovate-laneeolate acute spreading, bracts S-yeined.; — ^ B. 

 110. — St. 12 — 18 in. high. . L. linear-lanceolate, acute. Spike 

 pyramidal, afterwards cyHndrical. Fl. rose-purple, sometimes 

 white. — Calcareous pastures. P. VII. : Pyramidal Orchis. E. S. I. 



tt Spur conical. Himantoolossum Spr. 



11. O. hirdna (Scop.) ; lip 3-parted spiral in the bud, lobes 

 linear, middle one very long twisted, lateral much shorter wavy, 

 spm- very short.— -E. B. 34.' R. xiii. 359, 360.— St. 2—3 feet 

 high. " Oal. green,- spotted with dull purple internally." Lip 

 purplish white and spotted at the base, an mch or more long. — 

 Bushy chalk hills. Kent. Surrey. Gt. Glenham, Suft^ ! P. 

 V. Idzard Orchis. E. 



2. Gtmnabb'nia B. Br. 



1. O, conops'ea <(R. Br.) ; lip 3-lobed, lobes equal entire blunt, 

 lateral sep. spreading, spur filiform twice as long as the germen, 

 root-knobs palmate.— Orchis Sm., B.B. 10. — St. a foot high. L. 

 liuesir-lanceolate. . Spike cylindrical, elongated. Bracts S-veined. 

 H. rose-purple, fragrant. Pollen-cells open in front and below, 

 stopped below by oblong glutinous valves quite distinct from the 

 stigma, and to the broader ends of which the glands, of the pol- 

 len-masses are attached.— Hilly pastuj;es, P. vT. YII. E. S. I. 



2. G. al'bida (Rich.) ; lip 3-lobed, hbes unequal entire, middle 

 lobe longest and broadest, sep. and lateral pet. converging, spur 

 much shorterthau the germen, root-knobs clustered. — Hdbmarid 

 R. Br. Orchis Sm., E. B. 505. :Peristylus lAndl.—Qt. 6—12 

 in. high. L. oblong, blunt ; upper lanceolate, acute. Spike elon- 

 gated, eyhndrical, dense. Bracts 3-veined. Fl. small, yeUovsdsh 

 white, fragrant.^Mountain pastures. P. VT. VII. E.S.I. 



3. A'cEKAS R. Br. 



1: A. anthropopK ora (R. Br.) ; lip 3-parted, segments linear- 

 filiform, middle one bifid and often with an intermediate tooth. 

 —E. B. 29, R. xiii. 357.— Root-knobs ovate. Height 8—12 in. 

 Spike long, lax. ' Fl. greenish yellow. Sep. ovate, acute, con- 

 verging, margined with purple, including the linear-lanceolate 

 blunt petals.-^Dry chalky places. P. VI. Green-man Orchis. E. 



