348 83. 0KCHIDACE2E. 



preceding and witli fewer flowers. Sep. green. Pet. green, quite 

 glabrous. Lip deep brown, bairy witb paler or yellowisb gla- 

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

 end or notched with or without a central point. — 13. O. fucifera 

 (Sm.) ; Up usually undivided often with a gland in the notch, 

 pet. rough. JB. B. S.2MQ. — Chalky places, rare. /3. Kent, Sussex, 

 and Isle of Wight. P. IV. V. S^der Orchis. E. 



4. O. musdfera (Huds.) ; lip ohlong trifid with a broad pale 

 spot in the centre, middle lobe long h\fid, anth. short blunt, pet. 

 f,liform.—E. B. 64. R. xiii. 447. -Si!. 40. 16.— 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. 



7. HERsmr'njM R. Br. Musk Orchis. 



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

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

 equal and distant. L. usually 2, lanceolate. St. about 6 in, 

 high. Sep. ovate, greenish. Spike dense, slender. — Calcareous 

 soil in the South, rare. P. VI. Vll. E. 



Tribe II. Neottidece. 

 8. Goodte'ba R. Br. 



1. Q. rdpens (R. Br.); 1. ovate stalked netted, sep. pet. and 

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

 linear adpressed bracts. Creeping. Whole upper part of the 

 plantcovered with minute stalked glands. L. netted with brown. 

 El. white, small.— Eir forests of the North. P. VOL S. • 



9. Spiran'thes RicJi. Lady's Tresses. 



1. 8. auiumndlis (Rich.) ; root-fibres few ovate-oblong thick, 

 root-1. ovate-oblong in a lateral cluster, stem-1. like bracts, spike 

 dense. — B. B. 541.— St. 4 — 6 in. high. Spike spiral. El. 

 greenish white. Column and lid acute ; a blunt ovate mem- 

 branous process between them on each side. — Dry calcareous 

 and gravelly places. P. VIII. IX. E. I. 



2, (S. (BsUvdlis (Rich.) ; root-fibres few long cylindrical, root- 

 1. oblong-lanceolate round the base of the st., stem-1. narrowlv 

 lanceolate, spike lax.— ^, B. 8. 2817.— St. 3 — 12 in. high. Spike 

 spiral. EL with a larger lip. Column and lid acute; the in- 



