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gular and rougli upwards. L. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 

 Bracts 3 — 5 veined. Spike long, lax. Fl. bright purple. Some 

 specimens approacli O. pnlustris. — Wet meadows and bogs in 

 Jersey and Guernsey. P. V. VI.] 



ttt Bracts witli 3 or more veins, root-knobs palmate. 



7. O. maculdta (L.) ; lip 3-lobed flat crenate, spur subulate 

 shorter than the germen, three Sep. patent, pet. converging, st. solid, 

 1. lanceolate-obovate. — E. B. 362, 5. xiii. 407. — St. about a foot 

 high. L. usually spotted with purple ; lower blunt or rarely 

 acute, broadest towards their top ; upper linear-lanceolate, re- 

 sembling the bracts. Spike ovate, afterwards elongate ; lower 

 bracts exceeding the germen, upper eaualling it. Fl. pale purple, 

 more or less streaked with purple. Lateral veins of bracts in- 

 conspicuous. Lip usually flat, deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 rounded, middle lobe longer and narrower. — Damp woods and 

 pastures. P. V. VL Spotted Hand^Orchis. E. S. I. 



8. O. latifdlia (L.) ; lip obscurely 8-lobed its sides ultimately 

 re/kxed, crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two 

 lateral sep. patent, middle sep. and pet. converging, st. hollow, I. 

 lanceolate acute. — JE. S. S. 2973. It, xiii. 402. — About a foot 

 high. L. often only faintly spotted, spreading, lowest oblong 

 and blunt/from a narrow base but broadest about their middle. 

 Spots on 1. ringshaped. Lower bracts exceeding the flowers. 

 Lip usually only slightly lobed. Mostly quite past flowerin;.- 

 when Sp. 9 is in perfection in the middle of June. — Marshes 

 and damp meadows. P. V. VI. Marsh-Orchis. E. S. I. 



9. O. incarndta (L.) ; lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides reflexed 

 crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two lateral sep. 

 patent, middle sep. and pet. converging, st. hollow, I. narrowed 

 from a broad base hooded at the end. — It. xiii. 397. 0. latifolia 

 E. B. 2308. Ourt. ii. 184. — L. erect and approaching the stem. 

 Bracts all usually exceeding the flowers. — j8. O. angustifolia 

 (R.) ; 1. erect-patent linear-lanceolate, upper 1. erect, lower 

 bracts equalling the flowers upper ones shorter. R. xiii. 394. 

 O. Traunsteineri Koch. — Marshes. P. VI. E. S. I. 



** Glands of the pollen-masses united, root-knobs undivided. 

 t Spur filiform. AifACAMPTis Rich. 



10. O. pyramiddlis (L.) ; lip with 3 equal lobes and 2 tuber- 

 cles at the base above, lobes oblong truncate, middle lobe some- 

 times emarginate, spur filiform longer than the germen, lateral 

 sep, ovate-lanceolate acute spreading, bracts 3-veined. — H. B. 

 110. — St. 12 — 18 in. high. L. linear-lanceolate, acute. Spike 



