308 82. ORCHIDACEA. 
—S8t. 4d—6 in. high. L. lanceolate, acute. Spike oblong, dense. 
Fi. small, numerous. Helmet dark purple. Pet. linear-lanceo- 
late, obtuse. Lip white with purple spots.—Calcareous hills. 
P. VI E. 
tt Bracts with 3 or more nerves, root-knobs undivided. 
[7. O. laxiflora (Lam.); lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded and 
crenulated in front longer than the truncate slightly emarginate 
intermediate lobe, spur shorter than the germen cylindrical, 2 la- 
teral sep. reflexed upwards, pet. connivent, anth. obcordate api- 
culate. —E. B. S. 2828. R. xui. 393.—St. 1—2 feet high, round, 
angular and rough upwards. L. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 
Bracts 3—5-nerved. Spike elongate, lax. Fi. bright purple— 
Wet meadows and bogs in Jersey and Guemsey. P. V. VIL] 
ttt Bracts with 3 or more nerves, root-knobs palmate. 
8. O. maculata (L.); lip 3-lobed flat crenate, spur subulate 
shorter than the germen, 3 sep. patent, pet. connivent, st. solid. 
—E. B. 632. R. xiii. 407.—St. about a foot high. L. usually 
spotted with purple, lower obtuse or rarely acute, upper linear- 
lanceolate resembling the bracts. Spike ovate, afterwards elon- 
gated ; lower bracts longer than the germen, upper equalling it. 
Fl. pale purple, more or less streaked with purple. Lateral 
nerves of bracts inconspicuous. Middle sep. with a flat acute 
point. Lip usually flat, deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, 
middle lobe longer and narrower.—Damp pastures and heaths. 
P.V. VI. Spotted palmate Orchis. 
9. O. latifolia (L.); lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides reflexed cre- 
nate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two lateral sep. pa- 
tent, pet. connivent, st. hollow.—E. B. 2308.—Ahbout a foot 
high. L. seldom spotted. Bracts longer than the fl. Middle 
sep. usually hooded at the end.—The following forms are con- 
sidered as species by many authors and deserve attention.—a. 
O. latifolia (Fr.) ; 1. spreading oblong obtuse, upper |. lanceolate 
acute, lower bracts longer than flowers. R. xin. 402.—8. O. in- 
carnata (L.); 1. erect approaching the st. lanceolate attenuated 
hooded at the end not spotted, all the bracts usually longer than 
the flowers which are often crimson.—y. O. angustifolia (R.) ; 
1. erect-patent linear-lanceolate narrowed from the base, upper 
1, linear erect, lower bracts equalling the fl. upper ones shorter. 
O. Traunsteineri Koch. R. xii. 394.—Marshes and damp mea- 
dows. P. VI. Marsh Orchis. 
** Glands of the pollen-masses united, root-knobs undivided. 
Anacamptis Rich. 
T Lip erect in estivation. 
10. O. pyramidalis (L.); lip with 3 equal lobes and 2 tuber- 
