OBCHis. 343 



Tribe I. Ophrydinea. 



1. Ok'chis Linn. Orchis. 



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



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



J JLip S-lobed, lobes broad and short. 



1. 0. M6rio (L.) ; lip crenulate, middle lobe truncate-emargi- 

 nate, spur ascending subolavate rather shorter than the g-ermen, 

 Sep. and pet. blunt converging to form a hood, anth. obovate 

 rather acute.— J?. B. 2059. R. xiii. 363.— St. 6—12 in. hig'h. 

 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 hood ; lip pale 

 in the middle, spotted with purple. Fl. sometimes white. — 

 Meadows and pastures. P. V. VI. Green-winged Orchis. 



E.I. 



2. 0. mas'cida (L.) ; lip orenate, middle lobe emarginate, spur 

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

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

 E. B. 631. E. B. S. 299-5. R. xiii. 390, 391.— St. a foot high. 

 L. mostly radical, elliptic-lanceolate, usually spotted with purple. 

 Lowest bract often 8-veined. Fl. in a lax spike, purple ; centre 

 of the lip whitish at the base, spotted and downy. Sep. and 

 pet. without green veins. — Woods and pastures. P. V. Early 

 purple Orchis. E. S. I. 



XX I'ip pinnately 4rlobed (that is, middle lobe bifid and often with 

 an intermediate tooth). 



3. O. purpurea (Huds.) ; basal lobes of cor.-lip linear-oblong, 

 interm. lobe widening gradually upwards and 2-lobed with an 

 interm. tooth, its lobes denticulate at the tip and broad, spur 

 about 4 as long as the germen, sep. converging into an ovate 

 hood including the pet., bracts minute. — R. xiii. 378. O.fusca 

 .Jacq. O. militaris Sm., E. B. 16.— St. 1—2 ft. high. L. ovate- 

 oblong, blunt. Fl. in a rather dense spike ; helmet darh purple, 

 variegated ; lip paler with raised rough red points, its term, lobe 

 very broad. — Chalky bushy hills in Kent. P. V. E. 



4. O. militdris (L.) ; basal lobes of cor.-lip linear, interm. lobe 

 broader lipear suddenly widened and 2-lobed with an interm. 

 tooth its lobes mostly entire at the tip and broad, spur about \ 

 as long as the germen, sep. converging into an ovate-lanceolate 



