320 82. orchidacejE. 



terminal acute long refiexed, anth. with a hooked point, pet. oh- 

 long bluntish downy. — E. B. 383. R. xiii. 457. — About a foot 

 high. Fl. few, large, rather distant. Sep. whitish, tinged with 

 purple. Lip velvety, brown variegated with yellow. " All the 

 lobes of the hp sometimes reflexed, interm. overlapping term, 

 one." — On 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 terminal injlexedjlat rather heart- 

 shaped appendage, anth. with a straight or hooked point, pet. 

 deltoid downy . — iJ. B. S. 2596. H. xiii. 461. — Sep. pinkish. Lip 

 velvety, dark piirple, variegated with yellow ; appendage green, 

 never reflexed. — Chalk downs. Folkestone and Sittingboume, 

 Kent. P. IV.— VI. hate Spider Orchis. E. 



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

 lobe large emarginate without an appendage, anth. acute, pet. 

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

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

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

 brous lines often resembling the Greek letter 11, entire at the 

 end or notched with a central point. — 13. O.fucifera (Sm.); Up 

 usually undivided often with a gland in the notch, pet. scabrous. 

 E. B. S. 2649.— Chalky places. /3. Kent and Sussex. P. IV. V. 

 Spider Orchis. E. 



4. O. muscifera (Huds.) ; lip oblong frifid with a broad pale 

 spot in the centre, middle lobe long bifid, anth. short ohtuse, pet. 

 filiform.— E. B. 64. R. xiii. 447. St. 40. 15.— Slender, about a 

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

 quadrate, bluish. Pet. very narrow, purple. — Damp calcareous 

 thickets and pastures. P. V. VI. Fly Orchis. E. I. 



6. Herminium jR. Br. Musk OrcHs. 



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

 pet. with a lobe on each side.^ — E.B. 71. — Root-knobs very un- 

 equal and di.stant. L. usually 2. St. about 6 iu. high. Sep. 

 ovate, greenish. Spike dense, slender. — Calcareous soil in the 



south, p. VI. vn. E. 



Tribe II. Neottidea. 



7. GOODYERA R. Br. 



1. G. repens (R. Br.); 1. ovate stalked netted, sep. pet. and 

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

 linear adpressed bracts. Root creeping. Whole upper part of 

 the plant covered with minute stalked glands. L. netted wdth 

 brown. — Fir forests of the north. P. VIII. S. 



