ORCHIS. 345 



conspicuous. Lip usually flat, deeply S-loljed, lateral lobes 

 rounded, middle lobe longer and narrower. — Damp woods and 

 pastures. P. V. VI. Spotted Hand^Orchis. E. S. I. 



8. 0. latifdlia (L.) ; lip obscurely S-lohed its sides ultimately 

 refiexed, crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two 

 lateral sep. patent, middle sep. and pet. converging, st. hollow, I. 

 lanceolate acute. — E. B. S. 2973. -ffi. xiii. 402. — About a, foot 

 high. L. often only faintly spotted, spreading, lowest oblong 

 and blunt, from a narrow base but broadest about their middle. 

 Spots on 1. ringahaped. Lower bracts exceeding the flowers. 

 Lip usually only slightly lobed. Mostly c[uite past flowering 

 when Sp. 9 is in perfection in the middle of June. — Marshes 

 and damp meadows. P. V. VL Marsh-Orchis. E. S. L 



9. O. incamdta (L.) ; lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides reflexed 

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

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

 from a broad base hooded at the end. — It. xiii. 897. 0. latifolia 

 -B. B. 2308. Ourt. ii. 184. — L. erect and approaching the stem. 

 Bracts all usually exceeding the flowers. — j3. 0. angustifolia 

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

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

 O. Traunsteineri Koch. — Marshes. P. VI. E. S. I. 



** Glands of the poUen-rnasses united, root-knobs undivided. 

 t Spur filiform. Anacamptis Rich. 



10. O. pyramiddlis (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. E. S. I. 



t+ Spur conical. HraANTOOLOSsuit Spr. 



11. O. hirdna (Scop.) ; lip 3-parted spiral in the bud, lobes 

 linear, middle one very long twisted, latter much shorter wavy, 

 spur very short.— ^. B. 34. R. xiii. 359, 360.— St. 2—3 feet 

 high. " Oal. green, spotted with dull purple internally." Lip 

 purplish white and spotted at the base, an inch or more long. — 

 BushT chalk hills, very rare. Kent, Surrey. Gt. Glenham, 

 Sufi". ! P, V. Lizard Orchis. E. 



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