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fleshy lobes of stigm, and the flat broad plate between tiiem are 

 cbaracteristic of the plant. — Open limestone pastuiea at Castle 

 Taylor, Co. Galway. P. IV. V. I. 



5. Habena'eia R. Br. Prog Orchis. 

 * Sjmr very short, umaMy inflated, Cceloglossum, Hartm. 



1. JI. vii^idis (R. Br.) ; spur 2-lobed, lip linear flat 3-pointed 

 middle point the shortest. — Orchis Sm,, E. B. 94. R. xiii. 434. 

 Peristytus Lindl. — Lip with 3 tubercles at its base, 1 central, 2 

 lateral. StigiHa oblong, slightly emaiginate above. Glands of 

 the pollen-masses connected by an elevated transverse line. Sep. 

 sind pet. connivent. Root-knobs palmate. Fl. green, lip browner. 

 St. 6-^ in. high.— Pastures. P. VI. VII. Frog Orchis. E. S. I. 



** ^mr shnckr. Platanthbba Rich. Butterfly Orchis. 



2. S. bifdlia (R. Br.) ; spur twice as long as the germen, lip 

 linear entire, pet. connivent blunt, anth. oblong truncate its celts 

 paralld.—E. M. S. 2806. R. xiii. 429.— About a foot high. Root- 

 1. usually 2, elliptic. Stem-1. small, lanceolate, resembling the 

 bracts. Spite slendei'. Fl. white. Central line between the 

 anth.-oells a furrow in front and a keel behind, stalks of pollen- 

 masses short, gland oval. Stigma truncate, emarginate with 

 pointed lobes. — Heathy places. P. VT. VII. E. S. I. 



3. B, ehloran'tha (Bab.) ; spur twice as long as the germeu, 

 lip linear entire, pet. connivent blunt, anth. truncate its cells tivice 

 as distant at the hose as at the top. — Orchis hifolia Sm., E. B. 22. 

 H. montana R. xiii. 430. — ^Usually taller and stouter than the 

 preceding. Spike usually lax, but sometimes dense. Fl. lai'ger. 

 Central line between anth. -cells a prominent ridge in front and 

 a gi'oove behind. Space between the bases of the anth.-cells 

 usually, not always, spread open. Stalks of pollen-masses long, 

 gland circular. Stigma very broad, slightly pointed in the 

 middle. — Moist woods and thickets. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



6. O'pHKTs Linn. 



1. O. apifera (Huds.) ; lip tumid 5-lobed, 2 lower lobes pro- 

 minent and with a hairy base, 2 intermediate reflexed truncate, 

 terminal acute hng usuaUy reflexed, anth. with a hooked point, 

 pet. oblong bluntish downy. — E. B. 383. — About a foot high. Fl. 

 few, large, rather distant. Sep. whitish tinged with purple. Lip 

 velvety, brown variegated with yellow. "All the lobes of the 

 lip sometimes reflexed, interm. overlapping term, one."— /3. O. 

 Trollii (Heg.) ; term, lobe of lip acute triangular not reflexed. 

 — On calcareous soils. /3. Reigate. P. VI. VII. Bee Orchis. 



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