346 83. oEOHiDACEj!;. 



2. Gymnadb'nia B. Br. 



1. G. conops'ea (R. Br.) ; lip 3-lolied, lobes equal entire blunt, 

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

 root-knobs palmate. — JE. B. 10. — St. a foot high. L. linear- 

 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. E. 8. 1. 



2. O. al'bida (Kich.) ; lip .3-lobed, lobes unequal entire, middle 

 lobe longest and broadest, sep. and lateral pet. converging, spur 

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

 R. Br. E. B. 505. Peristylus Lindl.— St. 6—12 in. high. _L. 

 oblong, blunt ; upper lanceolate, acute. Spike elongated, cylin- 

 drical, dense. Bracts 8-veined. Fl. small, yellowish white, 

 fragrant. — Mountain-pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



3. A'cEEAs B. Br. 



1. A. anthropoph' ora (R. Br.) ; lip 3-parted, segments linear- 

 filiform, middle one bifid and often with an intermediate tooth. 

 —E. B. 29. R. xiii. 357.— Root-knobs ovate. Height 8—12 in. 

 Spike long, lax. Fl. greenish yellow. Sep. ovate, acute, con- 

 verging, margined with purple, including the linear-lanceolate 

 blunt petals. — Dry chalky places. P. VI. Green-man Orchis. E. 



4. Neoiin'ea Eeichenh. 



1. iV. intac'ta (Reich.) ; lip 3-lobed, lobes unequal, lateral 

 lobes linear acute falling much short of the broad oblong interm. 

 lohs.—Sy. E. B. 1465. J. ofB. iii. t. 26.— Height 2—12 inches. 

 Spike dense, cylindrical. Fl. very delicate, pink. Semilancet- 

 shaped acute sepals converging- over the column and narrow " 

 petals and exceeding them. Spur very short. The two ascending 

 fleshy lobes of stigm. and the flat broad plate between them are 

 characteristic of the plant. — Open limestone pastures at Castle 

 Taylor, and elsewhere. Go. Galway. P. IV. V. I. 



5. Habena'ria R. Br. Frog Orchis. 



* Spur very short, usually inflated. CcELOGLOSsma:, Hartm. 



1. H. vir'idis (R. Br.) ; spur 2-lobed, lip. linear flat 3-pointed 

 middle point the shortest. — Orchis Sm., E. B. 94. R. xiii. 434. 

 Peristylus Lindl.— Lip with 3 tubercles at its base, 1 central, 2 

 lateral. Stigma oblong, slightly emarginate above. Glands of 

 ■the pollen-masses connected by an elevated transverse line. Sep. 



