316 82. ORCHIDACE^. 



Tribe I. Ophrydinea. 



1 . Orchis Linn. Orchis. 



* Glands of the pollen-masses separate, lip erect in (Estivation. 



t Bracts mostly 1-veined, root-knobs undivided. 



J Lip 3-lobed, lobes broad and short. 



1. O. Mario (L.); lip crenulate, middle lolie truncate-emar- 

 ginate, spur ascending subclavate rather shorter than the germen, 

 sep. and pet. obtuse connivent, anth. obovate rather acute. — E.B. 

 2059.' R. xiii. 363.— St. 6—12 in. high. L. lanceolate, lower 

 spreading, upper adpressed. Fl. few, in a lax spike, purple ; sep. 

 (rarely patent) and pet. marked with green veins, converging so 

 as to form a sort of helmet ; lip pale in the middle, spotted with 

 purple. Fl. sometimes white. — Meadows and pastures. P. V. 

 VI. Green-winged Meadow Orchis. E. I. 



2. 0. mascula (L.) ; lip crenate, middle lobe emarginate, spur 

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

 flexed upwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate apiculate. — 

 E. B. 631. R. xiii. 390. — St. a foot high. L. mostly radical, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, usually spotted with purple. Lowest bract 

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

 whitish at the base, spotted and downy. Sep. and pet. veinless. 

 —When the sep. and pet. are very acute and the plant luxuriant 

 it is the 0. speciosa Host. — Woods and pastures. P. V. Early 

 purple Orchis. 



Xt Up 3-lobed, middle lobe dilated bifid and often with an inter- 

 mediate tooth [that is, pinnately 4-lobed). 



3. 0. purpurea (Huds.) ; lip with raised rough red points, 

 basal lobes linear-oblong, term, lobes broader and shorter with 

 an interm. tooth, spur about J as long as the germen, sep. con- 

 nivent into an ovate helmet including the pet., bracts minute. — 

 R. xiii. 378. O.fusca Jacq. 0. militaris Sm., E. B. 16. — St. 

 1 — 2 ft. high. L. ovate-oblong, obtuse. Fl. in a rather dense 

 spike ; helmet dark purple, variegated ; lip paler. — Chalky bushy 

 hills in Kent. P. V. E. 



4. 0. militaris (L.) ; lip with raised rough red points, basal 

 lobes linear, term, lobes broader and shorter with an interm. 

 tooth, spur about J as long as the germen, sep. connivent into 

 an ovate-lanceolate helmet including the pet., bracts minute. — 

 E.B. S. 2676. R. xiii. 376. — Smaller than the preceding. Hel- 

 met ash-coloured or pale purple. Lip purple, white in the middle, 



