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and pet. connivent. 11001-10101)8 palmate. Fl. green, lip browner. 

 St. 6—8 in. high.— Pastures. P. VI. VU. Frog Orchis. E.S.I. 



** 8pur slender. Platanthbra Rich. Butterfly Orchis. 



2. H. hifolia (R. Br.) ; spur twice as long as the germen, lip 

 linear entire, pet. connivent blunt, anth. oblong truncate its cells 

 parallel— E. B. S. 2803. R. xiii. 429.— About a foot high. Root- 

 1. usually 2, elliptic. 8tem-l. small, lanceolate, resembling the 

 bracts. Spike slender. Fl. white. Central line between the 

 anth.-ceUs a furrow in front and a keel behind, stalks of pollen- 

 masses short, gland oval. Stigma truncate, emarginate with 

 pointed lobes.— Heathy places. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



3. H. ehloran'tha (Bab.) ; spur twice as long as the germen, 

 lip linear entire, pet. connivent blunt, anth. truncate its cells tioke 

 as distant at the base as at the top. — Orchis hifolia Sm., E. B. 22. 

 H. montana R. xiii. 4-30. — Usually taller and stouter than the 

 preceding. Spike iisually lax, but sometimes dense. Fl. larger. 

 Central line between anth.-ceUs a prominent ridge in front and 

 a groove behind. Space between the bases of the anth.-eeUs 

 usually, not always, spread open. Stalks of pollen-masses long, 

 gland circular. Stigma very broad, slightly pointed in the 

 middle. — Moist woods and thickets. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



6. O'PHETs Linn.. 



1. O. apifera (Huds.) ; lip tumid 5-lobed, 2 lower lobas pro- 

 minent and with a hairy base, 2 intermediate refllexed truncate, 

 terminal acute long usually reflexed, anth. with a hooked point, 

 pet. oblong bluntish downy.— i^. B. 383.— 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 

 lip sometimes reflexed, interm. overlapping term, one." — /3. O. 

 Trollii (Heg.) ; term, lobe of lip acute triangular not reflexed. 

 —On calcareous soils. ^. Reigate. P. VI. VII. Bee Orchis. 



E. I. 



2. O. arac/mito (Reichard) ; lip somewhat tumid entire or with 

 4 shallow marginal lobes and a terminal inflexedfiat rather heart- 

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

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

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

 never reflexed. — Chalk downs. Folkestone and Sittingbourne, 

 Kent. P. IV.— VL late Spider Orchis. E. 



3. O. aranif'era (Huds.) ; lip tumid obscurely 3-lobed, middle 

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

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



