338 83. OECHIBACE^. 



pyramidal, afterwards cylindrical. Fl. rose-purple, sometimes 

 white. — Calcareous pastures. P. VII. Pyramidal Orchis. E. S. I. 



tt Spur conical. Himantoglossijm Spr. 



11. 0. Mrcina (Scop.) ; lip 3-parted spiral in tlie bud, lobes 

 linear, middle one very long twisted, lateral much shorter wavy, 

 spur very short.— ^. B. 34. R. xiii. 359, 360.— St. 2—3 feet 

 high. " Oal. green, spotted with dull purple internally." Lip 

 purplish white and spotted at the base, an inch or more long. — 

 BusQy chalk hills, very rare. Kent. Surrey. Gt. Glenham, 

 SufF. ! P. V. Lizard Orchis. E. 



2. Gxmnade'nia R. Br. 



1. O. conops'ea (R. Br.) ; lip 3-lobed, lobes equal entire blunt, 

 lateral sep. spreading, spur filiform twice as long as the germen, 

 root-knobs palmate. — E. B. 10. — St. a foot high. L. linear- 

 lanceolate. Spike cylindrical, elongated. Bracts S-veined. Fl. 

 rose-purple, fragrant. Pollen-cells open in front and below, 

 stopped below by oblong glutinous valves quite distinct &om the 

 stigma, and to the broader ends of which the glands of the pol- 

 len-masses are attached. — Hilly pastures. P. "VT. VII. E. S.I. 



2. G. al'bida (Rich.) ; lip 8-lobed, lobes mieqUal enth:e,Taiddl& 

 lobe longest and broadest, sep. and lateral pet. converging, spur 

 much shorter than the germen, root-knobs clustered. — Habenaria 

 R. Br. E. B. 605. Peristijlus Lindl.— St. 6—12 in. high. L. 

 oblong, blunt ; upper lanceolate, acute. Spike elongated, cylin- 

 drical, dense. Bracts 3-veined. Fl. small, yellowish white, 

 fragrant.^Mountain-pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



3. A'cEEAS B. Br. 



1. A, anihropoph'ora (R. Br.) ; lip S-parted, segments linear- 

 filiform, middle one bifid and often with an intermediate tooth. 

 —E. B. 29. P. xiii. 357.— Root-knobs ovate. Height 8—12 in. 

 Spike long, lax. Fl. greenish yellow. Sep. ovate, acute, con- 

 verging, margined with purple, including the linear-lanceolate 

 blunt petals. — Dry chalky places. P. VI. Green-man Orchis. E. 



4. Neotin'ea Reichenh. 



1. iV. intac'ia (Reich.) ; lip 3-lobed, lobes unequal, lateral 

 lobes linear acute falling much short of the broad oblong interm. 

 lobe.— &/. E. B. 1465. J. ofB. iii. t. 25.— Height 2—12 inches. 

 Spike dense, cylindrical. Fl. very delicate, pink. Semilancet- 

 shaped acute sepals converging over the column and narrow 

 petals and exceeding them. Spur very short. The two ascending 



