330 82. 0ECHIDACEJ3. 



4.'IfmTm'MA Beichenb. 



1. If. intac'ta (Reich.) ; lip S-lobed, lobes unequal, lateral 

 lobes linear acute falling much sbort of the broad oblong interm. 

 lobe.— -Seem. J. of B. iii. t. 25.— Height 2—12 inches. Spike 

 dense, cylindrical. Fl. very delicate, pint. Semilancetshaped 

 acute sepals converging over the column and narrow petals and 

 exceeding them. Spur very short. The two ascending fleshy 

 lobes of stigm. and the flat broad plate between them are cha- 

 racteristic of the plant. — Open limestone pastures at Oastle 

 Taylor, co. Gritlway. P. V. I. 



5. HiBEK-A'teiA R. Br. Frog Orchis. 



* ^Ur very short, usually inflated. Cobloglossum Hartm. 



1. JI. mr'idis (R. Br.) ; spur 2-lobed, Up linear flat 3-pointed 

 middle poijitthe shortest. — Orchis Sm.,-B. B. 94. iJ. xiii. 434. 

 Peristylm. Lindl. — Lip with 8 tubercles at its base, 1 central, 2 

 lateral, ,, Stigi^a, oblong, slightly emarginate above. Glands of 

 the pollen-masses connected by an elevated transverse line. Sep. 

 and pet. connivent. Root-knobs palmate. Fl. green, lip browner. 

 St. «}— 8 in. high.— Pastures. P. Vl. VH. Frog Orchis. E. S. I. 



** Spur slender. Platanthbea Rich. Butterfly Orchis. 



'2. S. hifdlia (R. Br.) ; spur twice as long as the germen, lip 

 linear entire, pet. connivent blunt, anth. oblong truncate its cells 

 parallel— K B: S. 2806: iJ.xiii. 429.— About afoot high. Root- 

 1. ilsually 2, elliptic. Stem-1. small, lanceolate, resembling the 

 bracts. ' Spike slender. Fl. white. Central line between the 

 ofjUs of the anther a furrow iu frfiht and a keel behind. Stigma 

 truncate, 'emarginate with pointed lobes. — Heathy places. P. 

 VI. VII. E. S. I. 



1,3. a. chloran'tha (Bab.) ; spur twice a.s long as the germen, 

 lip linear entire, pet., connivent blunt, atith. truncate its ceUs twice 

 as distant at the base as at the top. — Orchis bifolia Sm., E. B. 22. H. 

 montana B. xiii. 430, — Usually taller and stouter than the pre- 

 ceding. , Spike usually lax, but sometimes dense. Fl. larger. 

 Central line between the cells. of the anther a prominent ridge 

 in front and a groove behind. Space between the bases of the 

 anth.-ceUs usually, not always, spread open. Stigma very broad, 

 slightly pointed in the middle.— Moist woods and thickets. P. 

 V.VL. E.S.I. 



6. O'pHETS Linn. 



1. O. apifera (Huds.) ; lip tumid 5-lobed, 2 lower lobes pro- 

 minent ancl with a hairy base, 2 intermediate reflexed truncate, 

 terminal acute long reflextd, anth. with a hooked point, pet. ob- 



