318 82. orchidacbjE. 



exceeding the flowers. Middle sep. usually hooded at the end. 

 — Marshes and damp meadows. P. VI. Marsh Orchis. 



10. 0. incarnata (L.); lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides reflexed 

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

 patent, middle sep. and pet. connivent, st. hollow, I. narrowed 

 from a broad base hooded at the end. — R. xiii. 397. — L. erect 



and approaching the stem, hooded at the end. Bracts all usually 

 exceeding the flowers. Middle sep. hooded. — /3. 0. angustifolia 

 (R.) ; 1. erect-patent linear-lanceolate, upper 1. erect, lower bracts 

 equalling the flowers upper ones shorter. R. xiii. 394. 0. 

 Traunsteineri Koch. — Marshes. P. VI. 



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

 Anacamptis Rich. 



t Lip erect in sestivation. 



11. 0. pyramidalis (L.); lip with 3 equal lobes and 2 tuber- 

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

 times emarginate, spur filiform longer than the germen, lateral 

 sep. ovate-lanceolate acute spreading, bracts 3-veined. — E. B. 

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

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

 white. — Calcareous pastures. P. VII. Pyramidal Orchis. 



tt Lip spiral in aestivation. Himantoglossum Spr. 



12. 0. hircina (Scop.) ; lip 3-parted downy, segments linear, 

 middle one very long twisted, lateral much shorter wavy, spin- 

 very short.— £1. B. 34. R. xiii. 359. 360.— St. 2—3 feet high. 

 " Cal. green, spotted with dull purple internally." Lip purplish 

 white and spotted at the base. — Bushy chalk hills. Kent. 

 Surrey. Gt. Glenhara, Sufi". ! P. V. Lizard Orchis. E. 



2. G^mnadenia B. Br. 



1 . G. conopsea (R. Br.) ; lip 3-lobed, lobes equal entire obtuse, 

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

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

 Unear-lanceolate. Spike cylindrical, elongated. Bracts 3-veined. 

 Fl. 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 pastures. P. VI. VII. 



2. G. albidaCRich.) ; \ip 3-\obe([, lobes unequal entire, middle 

 lobe longest and broadest, sep. and lateral pet. connivent, spxir 

 much shorter than the germen, root-knobs clustered. — Habenaria 

 R. Br. Orchis Sm., E. B. 505. Peristylus Lindl.— St. 6—12 in. 



