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glabrous.—E. B. 65. R. I. f. 1154—1156.—Smaller than the 
two preceding and with fewer flowers. Sep. green. Pet. green, 
quite glabrous. Lip deep brown, hairy with paler or yellowish 
glabrous lines often resembling the Greek letter II, entire at the 
end or notched with a central point.—8. O. fucifera (Sm.) ; lip 
usually undivided often with a gland in the notch, pet. scabrous. 
E. B.S, 2649.—Chalky places. 8. Kent and Sussex. P.IV. V. 
Spider Orchis. E. 
4. O. muscifera (Huds.); lip oblong trifid with a broad pale 
spot in the centre, middle lobe elongated bifid, anth. short obtuse, 
pet. filiform. E. B.64. R.I.f. 1146. St. 40. 15.—Slender, 
about a foot high. Sep. green. Lip brownish-purple, central 
spot subquadrate bluish. Pet. very narrow, purple.—Damp cal- 
careous thickets and pastures. P.V. VI. Fly Orchis. EI. 
6. Herminium R. Br. 
1. H. Monorchis (R. Br.); lip 3-lobed, central lobe longest, 
pet. with a lobe on each side.—H. B. 71.—Root-knobs very un- 
equal and distant. L. usually 2. St. about 6 in. high. Sep. 
ovate, greenish. Spike dense, slender.—Calcareous soil in the 
south. P. VI. VII. Musk Orchis. E. 
Tribe II. Limodoree. 
7. GoopyveRA R. Br. 
1. G. repens (R. Br.); 1. ovate stalked reticulated, sep. pet. 
and lip ovate-lanceolate.—E. B. 289.—St. 6—8 in. high, bear- 
ing lmear adpressed bracts. Root creeping. Whole upper part 
of the plant covered with minute stalked glands. L. reticulated 
with brown.—Fir forests of the north. P. VIII. s. 
8. SprrantuEs Rich. 
1. S. autumnalis (Rich.) ; root-knobs ovate-oblong thick, root- 
1. ovate-oblong, stem-l. like bracts, spike dense.—Z. B. 541. 
Neottia Sm.—St. 4—6 in. high. Spike spiral. Fl. greenish- 
white. Column and operculum acute with an obtuse ovate 
membranous process between them on each side.—Dry calcareous 
and gravelly places. P. VIII. IX. Fragrant Lady’s gil 
2. S. estivalis (Rich.) ; root-knobs elongated cylindrical, root- 
1. oblong-lanceolate, stem-l. narrowly lanceolate, spike lax.— 
E. B. 8, 2817.—Spike spiral. Fl. with a larger lip. Column 
and operculum acute with the intermediate processes lanceolate 
acute.—Bog between Lyndhurst and Christchurch in the New 
Forest. St. Owen’s Pond, Jersey. P. VII. VIII. E. 
