OPHETS. HEEMTtfrUM. SOODTBEA. 331 



long bluntish downy. — 'E. B. 383.-T-Abouf a foot high. EI. few, 

 large, rather distant. Sep. whitish tinged with purple., Lip 

 velvety, brovim variegated with yellO'W. " All the lobes of the 

 lip sometimes reflexed, interm. overlapping term, one."— Oil 

 calcareous soils. P. VI. VII. Bee Orchis. E. I. 



2. O. arachnites (Reichard); lip somewhat tumid entire or with 

 4 shallow marginal lobes and a tertninal infiexedfiat rather heart- 

 shaped apppndage, anth. with a straight, or ,^iooked point, ^et 

 deltma ckvmy. — E. B. S. 2596. R. xiii. 461. — Sep. pinkish.. Lip 

 telvety, dark purple, variegated with yellow; appendage green, 

 never reflexed. — Chalk downs. Folkestone and bittingboume, 

 Kent, P.IV.— A^L Late Spider Orchis. E. 



3. O. aranifera (Huds.) ; lip tUmid obscurely 3-lobed, middle 

 Ictbe large emarginate ivithout an appendage, anth. acute, pet, 

 linear glabrous. — E. B. 65. R. xiii. 449. — Smaller than the two 

 preceding and with fewer flowers. Sep. green. Pet. greMi,. quite 

 glabrous. Lip deep brown; hairy with paler or yellowish gla- 

 brous lines often resembling the Greek , letter n, entire at the 

 end or notched with or without a central point.- — ^. O. fucifera 

 (Sm.) ; lip usually undivided often with a gland in the notch, 

 pet. rough. E. B. S. 2649.^-UhaIky places, rare. 13..' Kent and 

 Sussex. P. IV. V. Spider Orchis. .)-.'. E. 



4. O. musdf.efTfi.QiaAs,); lip oblong trifid-mVla. a, 'brosA pale 

 spot in the centre, middle lobe long l)i/id, anth. short blunt, pet. 



filiforni.~E. B. 64. R. xiii. 447. St. 40. 1-5.— Slender, about a 

 foot high. Sep. green. Lip brownish purple j central spot sub- 

 quadrate, bluish. Pet. very narrow, pm'ple, — Damp calcareous 

 thickets and pastiu'es. P. V. VI. Fly Orchis. ; E. I. 



7. 'SsEBMXshv^ R. Br. Musk Orchis. 



, 1. H. Mbnor'chis (R. Br.) ; lip 3-lobed, central lobe longest, 

 pet. with a lobe on each sidfe. — E. B. 71. — Koot-kripbs very im- 

 equal and distant. L. usually 2, lanceolate. St. aliout 6 in. 

 high. Sep. ovate, greenish. Spike dense, slender. — Calcareous 

 soil in the South. P. VL VIL E. 



Tribe II. NeottidecB. 



8. Goobte'sa R. Br. 



1. G. ripens (R. Br.) ; 1. ovate stalked netted^ sep. pet. and 

 lip ovate-lanceolate. — E. B. 289. — St. 6 — 8 in. high, bearing 

 linear adpressed bracts. Creeping. ■, Whole upper part of the 

 plant covered with minute stalked glands. L. netted with brown. 

 Fl. white, small.— Fir forests of the North. P. VIII. S. 



