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maculosa 3 . Brn. str. . 8, S. Ev. 8. 1 C. Q. H. 1804 



marginata . Yel. str. . 7, S. Ev. S. £ C. G. H. 1805 



marmorata . Yel. str. . 7, 8. Ev. 8. 1 C. G. H. 1820 



mixta . . Tel. str. . 7, 8. Ev. 8. 1 C. G. H. 1800 



mutfibilis 4 . Tel. str. . 6, 8. Ev. S. £ C. G. H. 1823 



normalis . . Yel. str. . 7, S. Ev. S. £ C. G. H. 1821 



orbicularis . YeL str. . 8, S. Ev. S. J C. G. H. 1709 



picta . . . Yel. str. . 8, S. Ev. S. £ C. G. H. 1799 



planifl6ra . Pa. yel. . . 8, S. Ev. 8. £ C. G. H. 1805 



9 S&vS°? } TeL str - • 5 > 8 - Et - s - 1 °- G - H - 1800 



retusa . . . Yel. str. . 7, 8. Ev. S. £ C. G. H. 1800 

 rugbsa . . Pa. str. . . 6, S. Ev. S. J C. G. H. 1805 

 variegata . . Yel. str. . 8, S. Ev. 8. 1 O. G. H. 1727 



W 4 e n n a d £ mdi - ] Yel. str. . 8, S. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 1818 



Woodfor'dianaYel. str. . 8, 8. Ev. S. £ C. G. H. 1810 



Orbiculate, circular, or spherical. 



Orbicdlately-depressed, spherical, hut de- 

 pressed on the top. 



Orcanette, or Alkanet, is Anck&sa tinctoria. 



Orchall. See Roccella. 



OrohidAce^;, or Orchids. A most extensive 

 order of very singular plants, found in all 

 parts of the world except in the very coldest. 

 The common Orchids of our meadows and 

 woods are examples. 



Orchidocarpom. See Astmina. 



Orchis, Linn. Orchis, testis ; frequent shape 

 of the roots. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Orchidheece. Some of the species of this genus 

 are well known, and require the same treat- 

 ment as the genus Ophrys. O. maculata;' and 

 several others, grow hest in peat soil. Syno- 

 nymes: 1, Orchis parvifldra ; 2, Satjjrium Mr- 

 cXnum ; 3, Gymnadenia anguslifblia ; 4, O. 

 paMstrisj 5, O. RobertiAna ; 6, O. tephrosdn- 

 thos ; 7, O. Mvini ; 8, O. sulpMrea ; 9, O. 

 Cyrilli; 10, O. Schleicheri; 11, O. sambuclna 

 r&bra ; 12, O. militaris ; 13, Babenaria spec- 

 tabilis ; 14, O. simia, ; 15, O. iephrosdnthos. 

 See Aceras, Anacdmptis, Angrcecum, Qymna- 

 denia, ffabenaria, and Platanthira. 

 acuminata 1 . Purple . 5, F. Ter. J Barbary . 1815 

 coriophora . Brown . 6, H. Ter. 1 Switzerl. . 1825 

 foliosa . . . Purple . 5, P. Ter. 1 Madeira . 1829 

 rasca . . . Brown . 6, H. Ter. 1 Eng., cha. "hills 

 fusce"scens . Green . 6, H. Ter. £ N. Amer. . 1831 



flobdsa . . Purple . 6, H. Ter. $ Austria . 1792 

 irclna 2 . . Brown . 6, H. Ter. 1£ Eng. mead, 

 ib&ica 3 . . White . 6, H. Ter. 1 Caucasus . 1819 

 latif&lia . . Pink . . 6, H. Ter. 1 Brit., mead. 



flbre-albo . White . 6, H. Ter. 1 Switzerl. . 1820 

 laxifldra 4 . Purple . 6, H. Ter. J Europe . 1820 



'TetoT: ] Pur P le • 5 - F - Ter - 1 Sicily . . 1818 

 longicdmu . Purple . 5, i 1 . Ter. 3 Barbary . 1815 

 macra 6 . Pa. pur. . 5, H. Ter. 1 Brit., pastures 

 maculAta . . Flesh . 6, H. Ter. 1 Brit., woods 

 mascula . . Purple . 5, H. Ter. 1 Brit, woods 

 militaris . . Purple . 5, H. Ter. £ Switzerl. . 1825 



vera 7 . , Purple . 5, H. Ter. £ Switzerl. . 1825 

 mbrio . . . Purple . 5, H. Ter. J Brit, mead. 

 Nicodemi . Purple . 6, H. Ter. j Italy . . 1825 

 pallens 8 . .Pa. yel. . 5, H. Ter. | Switzerl. . 1825 

 papilionacea. Purple . 4, H. Ter. 1 Rome . . 1788 

 pauciflbra . Purple . 5, H. Ter. | Italy . . 1825 

 provincialis 9 Pur. yel. . 6, H. Ter. J Switzerl. . 1825 



pauciflbra . Purple . 7, H. Ter. | Italy . . 1825 



P s B amb uctaa} Pm 'P l0 ■ *, H. Ter. | Italy .1828 



lutescens . Yellow . 6, H. Ter. % Italy . . 1828 



qU ta^!T°."} Pui ^ -4,H.Ter. J Italy . .1828 



saccate . . Purple 4, H. Ter. J Sicily . . 1828 



sambuclna 10 Yellow . 4, H. Ter. J Switzerl. .1825 



Schleicheri 11 Red . . 5, H. Ter. 1 Switzerl. . 1825 



Smithii 12 . Purple . 6, H. Ter. j Eng., cha. pa. 



spectaMisl3. Pink . . 6, H. Ter. 1 N. Amer. . 1801 

 'thoTlf'l } Purple . 4, H. Ter. 1 Eng., cha. pa. 

 undulata.' . Pa. pur. . 12, F. Ter. 1 Sicily . .1818 



U Sa'i 1 5 3tift " ] Pa - pur - ' 6 ' H ' Ter - 1 Brit ' meai 

 ustulata" . . Purple . 5, H. Ter. 1 Eng., dry pi. 

 variegata. . Pa. pur. . 5, H. Ter. I S. Eur. .1818 



Ordeal tree or Madagascar. See Ciriera 

 Tanguin. 



Oreads. See Agdricus oreades. 



Orellana. See JSlxa Orellana. 



Orembourg gum is produced hy the larch 

 (Ldrix europcea). 



Oreodaphne, Noes von Eseribeck. From oros, a 

 mountain, and daphne, a laurel. Linn. 9, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Laur&cece. Neat greenhouse 

 plants, of easy culture in a mixture of peat and 

 loam, and propagated by cuttings planted in 

 sand, under a glass, in heat. Synonyme: 

 Laurus bulldta. 



bullata . . Grn. wht. 6, G. Ev. 8. 6 C. G. H. . 1840 

 californica . Green . 6, H. Ev. S. 4 California. 1860 



Oreopanax. See Ar&lia. 



Ore6pteris. See Aspldium Oredpteris. 



OreoselInum. See SeHnum Oreosellnum. 



Orifice, an opening. 



ORfGANUM, Linn. From oros, a mountain, and 

 ganos, joy: in allusion to the habitation of the 

 plants. Linn. 14, Or. 1, Nat Or. Lamiacete. 

 Marjorams are a genus of well-known and easily 

 cultivated plants ; they grow in any light dry 

 soil. The shrubby kinds are increased by 

 cuttings or slips ; the herbaceous species by 

 dividing at the roots. O. Dictdmnus is said to 

 be tonic and stimulant. Synonymes: 1, O. 

 stolonlferum ; 2, O. humile ; 3, O. crMicum, 

 O. 'inegastdchyum ; 4, O. oblongatum, 0. vlrens. 

 segypttaoum. Pink . 7, F. Ev. S. 1 Egypt . . 1731 

 benghalehse. Pink . 6, F. Ev. S. 1 Bengal . 1820 

 Dictamnus . Piuk . 7, F. Ev. S. 1 Candia . 1551 



h cum! e6ti ." } White • 8 ' H - Hor - P - 1 S - Eur - ■ lm 



Mara' . .' . Pink . 6, F. Ev. 8. 1 



normals . . Blue . 6, H. Her. P. 1 Napal . . 1819 



sipyleum . . Pink . 8, F. Ev. S. 1 Levant. . 1899 



smyrnseum . White . 6, F. Her. P. 1£ Smyrna . 1722 

 Tournefbrti . Pink . 8, F. Ev. S. 1 Arnorgos 17s8 



vulgare 1 . . Pink . 8, H. Her. P. 2 Brit., woods 



fl&re-albo . White . 0, H. Her. P. 1 Brit, .woods 



humile 2 . Purple. 6, H. Her. P. 1 Asia . . 1818 



I cum'a tl " } WWte ■ 7 ' H - Her " P - 1 Mediter - • 1817 

 vlrens 4 . Purple. 6, H. Hor. P. 1 Portugal. 1824 

 hirfoim, oblongatum, megastdchymn, OnUes, 

 Syriacv/m, indicum. 



ORfTHYlA. See OrnilMgalum. 



OrlAya, Hoffmann. In honour of John Orlay, 

 M.D., secretary to the Medico-Chirurgical So- 

 ciety of Moscow. Linn. 5, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 

 Apidcece. Worthless plants. The seed should 

 be sown in the open ground in spring. Syno- 

 nymes: 1, CaHealis grandifldra ; 2, O. ma- 

 rltima; 3, platycdrpos— grandifl&ra 1, maritima 

 2, platycarpos 3. 



Ormocarpum, P. Browne. From ormos, a 

 necklace, and Tcarpos, a fruit ; .the pods are 

 jointed, and appear like a necklace. Linn. 

 17, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Fab&cece. For the culture 

 and propagation of this plant, see Peclltia. 

 Synonyme; 1, Hedgsarum sennoldes — sen- 

 noldes 1. 



