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lower spreading, upper adpressed. Fl. few, in a lax spike, pur- 
ple; sep. (rarely patent) and pet. marked with green veins, con- 
verging so as to form a sort of helmet; lip pale in the middle, 
spotted with purple. Fl. sometimes white—Meadows and pas- 
tures. P.V. VI. Green-winged Meadow Orchis. ede 
2. O. mascula (LL.) ; lip 3-lobed crenate, middle lobe emargi- 
nate, spur ascending rather longer than the germen, sep. acute, 
2 outer reflened wpwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate 
apiculate—E. B. 631. R. xiti. 390.—St. a foot high. L. 
mostly radical, elliptic-lanceolate, usually spotted with purple. 
Lowest bract often 3-nerved. Fl. in a lax spike, purple; centre 
of the lip whitish at the base, spotted and downy. Sep. and pet. 
pd ee veins.—Woods and pastures. P.V. arly purple 
rchis. 
tt Inp 3-lobed, middle lobe dilated bifid and often with an inter- 
mediate tooth. 
3. O. fusca (Jacq.); lip pinnately 4-lobed with raised rough 
red points, basal lobes linear-oblong, terminal lobes broader and 
shorter with an intermediate tooth, spur about 4 as long as the 
germen, sep. connivent into an ovate helmet including the pet., 
bracts minute.—E£. B. 16. R. xiii 378.—St. 1—2 ft. high. L. 
ovate-oblong obtuse. Fl. in a rather dense spike ; helmet dark 
purple, variegated ; lip paler—Chalky bushy hills in Kent. P. S 
4. O. militaris (L.); lip pimnately 4-lobed with raised rough 
red points, basal lobes linear, terminal lobes broader and shorter 
with an intermediate tooth, spur about 4 as long as the germen, 
sep. connivent into an ovate-lanceolate helmet including the pet., 
bracts minute.—F. B. S. 2675. R. xin. 376.—Smaller than the 
preceding. Helmet ash-coloured or pale purple. Lip purple, 
white in the middle, spotted, with a linear space between the pairs 
of lobes.—Chalky hills in Berks., Oxf., Bucks., and near Tring, 
Herts. P. V. E. 
5. O. Simia (Lam.); lip pinnately 4-lobed, lobes all long nar- 
row 1-nerved linear with an intermediate setaceous tooth, spur } 
as long as the germen, sep. connivent into an ovate-lanceolate 
helmet including the pet., bracts minute. —O. tephrosanthos E. B. 
1873. R. xii. 373.—More slender than the preceding. Helmet 
dark purplish. Lip with remarkably slender segments, dark 
purple with or without small rough raised points; a linear space 
between the pairs of lobes which are about equal in length 
Chalky hills in Berks., Oxf., and Kent. P. V. E. 
6. O. ustulata (L.); lip pinnately 4-lobed, lobes linear-oblong, 
spur } the length of the germen, sep. connivent into a roundish 
helmet including the pet., bracts elongate —E. B. 18. R. xiii. 368. 
