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buds red or deep lilac; flowers lighter, not spotted, very 

 fragrant, in an elongated, cylindrieal spike ; bracls^ 3-veined ; lip 

 with 3 equal, entire" lobes and a slender spur twice as long as 

 the ovary.— Dry upland pastures ; cdmmf)n. — Fl. June, July. 



Perennial. 



2. //. iiilticla, a small 



species with ovoid tubers ; 

 s-tein 4 — 10 in. high : leaves 

 often spotted , delicate 

 pink flowers wilh an un- 

 (=qually jdobed lip and 

 Sihort spur, occurs only in 

 limestone pastures in the 

 west of Ireland. — Fl. April 

 -^Junc. Perennial. 



3. H. dlhida (Small 

 White Habenaria). — A 

 similar but rather large 

 species, has roots consisting 

 of numerous fleshy fibres ; 

 lower leaves oblong, blunt, 

 upper lanceolate, acute ; 

 flowers small, yellowish- 

 white, fragrant ; bracts 

 3-\eined ; Up with 3 un- 

 equal, acutely triangular 

 lobes, and a spur shorter 

 than the short ovary. — 

 llilly pastures, mostly in 

 the north ; uncommon. — 

 F'l- June — August. Peren- 

 nial. 



4. H. viriiiis (Frog- 

 Orchis). — Tubers palmate ; 

 stem 3 — R in. high ; leaves 

 oblong, blunt, smaller up- 

 wards ; flower: green, m c. 

 loose spike ; bracts long, 



green ; Up pale brownish-green, linear, fiat ; spur vcrv short, — 

 Upland pastures ; uncommon. — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



5. H. bi folia (Lesser Putterlly-Orchis). — A singular, Imt not 

 appropriately named, ])lant, for its flowers bear but a slight resem- 

 blance to a butterfly. It has 2 broad„glossy leaves at the root ; 

 the stem is slender and angular, about a foot high ; and the 



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