ORC 
in one and the e pouch ; ftyle columnar, fhort ; re 
ara the Perris convex, eric. oblong, 
t ribs, of one cell and three valves, fplitting by 
fire pike fifflures. Seeds numerous, minute, each with a 
chaffy tuni 
Eff. Ch. Upper leaf of the calyx vaulted. Lip of the 
neCtary with a pofterior fpur. Anther terminal, parallel. 
Maffes of ecllen ftalked, their bafes approximated within a 
fimple pouch. 
The pig aaa of a as it ftands in Swartz and 
illden much curtailed by Mr. Brown, who 
eeclue pon! it all the {pecies that have not a fimple pouch 
cites ning the bafes of both the maffes of pollen together. 
Thefe are feparate, each with its own pouch, in Opérys, 
(which befides has no {pur to the flower, ) and feparate, with: 
out any pouch, which, fo underftood, becomes a large 
very ‘pore Lee The true la thus sy is fearcely 
found o urope, one fpecies only being known in 
A a none in the fouthe ern beaches nor between the 
tropics. Wh Brown has found anfwering to this 
character are O, morio, Engl Bot. t. ie si t. a ; 
alt ris, Sa 181. Will 
ngl. . te 183 ; militaris, t. 1873 ; 
4 a, which was. firft publith 
t. 16; papilionacea Linn. aa 
Jacq. Te. vt ousa eek a. Jacq. 
Auttr. t <— coriophora, Tins 1332. Jac uftr. 
t. 1223 odoratiffim PPL 1335 Jacq. Auftr. 
t. 2643 /pedabilis, Linn. Sp a ee found in North 
_ Jacq. Auftr. 
em Linn. 
t. 34 uftr. 
latifolia, Engl. 
h 
t. 265; 
Bcitifh ones befides referred to it by Swartz, Orchis b foi, 
Engl. Bot. t.22 3; Satyrium viride, t.94; and albidum, t. 
are confidered b r. enarie.—Orchis co 
at all for the maffes of pollen, which are inferted, as in 
Habenaria, into two naked glands, but they are approxi- 
mated as in Orchis. He ence Mr. Brow wn, in the new edition 
n new gi called Gymnadenia, in allufion to 
thefe naked glands.—The {pecies of Orcbis found, fome 
them copioufly in ws es, others more 
parsaly and fparingly on dry chalky hills. They flower 
r 
n June and are moftly beautiful, fome of the 
kinds very richly Toente d. 
Gardening, contains plants of the herbaceous, 
Dulbous-rooted, flowery perennial kind, of which the fpecies 
cultivated are; the Neat eecne 3 (0. bifolia) ; the female 
or meadow orchis (O. mo the male or early {potted 
- maicula) ; 
erchis (O. maculata); the long-fpurred or 
nopfea) ; and the aaa hide eet or bird’s-neft ciclis, 
(0. ta i tiva). 
he fecond fort has varieties with purple flowers, with 
red lowes: with violet flowers, with flefh-coloured flowers, 
and with white flow 
The fourth ieee has alfo feveral varieties. 
In the fifth there are different varieties. 
ORD 
And the a varies with purple flowers, red flowers, and 
he aes 
dof Culture.—Thefe curious plants may all be in- 
Pet and preferved in the pleafure-grounds, by proper 
care in removing them from their native fituations, which 
fhould always be done when their leaves ren being pre- 
vioufly marked. hen removed at er feafons, ney 
feldom fucceed. They fhould be ter up with balls of 
earth about their roots, and be immediately replanted, in a 
oil and = as nearly . poffible the fame as that from 
which they we — ee they continue 
many years iets ng ina a fire ong m 
They afford apa variety pie ‘the enaka kinds are 
in the caaaghlap other parts, in a preper 
Orc aeRoR in the Materia eee is other wile named 
fale an val called faloep See Sat 
HAMENO, in Beas. a town of Eur ropean 
Turkey, i in the Morea, anciently * Orchamenus ;’”’ 25 miles 
. of Argo. 
ORCHOMENE, in Ancient oy id a name ay which 
feveral towns are diftinguifhed. fpe ing of 
that of Boeotia, gives it ite he of 1 ane or Mie n; 
thus “difcriminating between this and another town of ae 
fame name in Arcadia. According to rheopen Orchomene 
had been one of the moft confiderable town reece. 
The Orchomenians appear omer’s account to i 
Hed 
admus e emigrate ed into Ionia, Tn ord Sides to ella. a- 
blifh colonies, the Orchomenians took part in their expedi- 
tion. Pee = sagt the jealoufy of the Thebans, 
who e them ir town; and though they were 
vewohablithed by Philip, the father of Alaa their con- 
ition was always feeble and declining. At Orchomene, 
ae other objects of api were a temple of Bacchus 
mple confecrated to the Graces, and a building called 
the. treafury of Min Here were alfo the tomb o 
Minyas and that of oe —Alfo, a town of ‘Arcadia, a 
little N.W. of Mantinea. This town contained, among 
other monuments, t see » one of Ne eptune, and another 
of Venus, and thefe ‘divinities were reprefented in marble. 
ORCHOTOMIA, fro MOE tefticle, and revs to ent, 
in Surgery, the operation of removing the teilicle : cal ration. 
ORCI Nuovo, in Geography, a eer of Italy, in the 
department of the Mela, on the Oglio, built by the Vene- 
oe for the defence of their territories from the Spaniards, 
o were at that time in poffeffion of the Mhlanefe; 15 
males S.W. of Brefcia 
Orci Bia a town of Italy, in the department of the 
_ 4 miles S.W. of Brefcia 
RCIA ANO, a town of on in the duchy of Urbino ; 
16 are S.E. of Danie: —Alfo, a town of Etruria; 7 
miles E. of Leghor 
— ATICO, 3 a town of Etruria; 8 miles W. of Vol- 
 ORCIE RES, a town of France, in the pipeaipe of 
the ar aid Alps, and chief place of a canton, in the diftri& 
of Embru ele miles N.W. of it. The place contains 1145s 
nten 2352 inhabitants, on a territory of 3624 
unes. 
and the 
Dione a in 3 comm 
O NO, a town ai the department of Liamone, or the 
ifland of Corfica, and diftri@ of Ajaccig. The number of 
inhabitants in ie age is 2780 
CO r of Piedmont, which runs into the Po, 
near Chivazz 
ORD of Caithneft, a cape of Scotland, on the S.E. coatt 
of the county of Caithnefs. WN, lat. 58° 7’, W. long. 3° 
38'. 
ORDAVAR, 
