GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA 509 



fimbriatcdentatc ; lip a little longer than the perianthsegmtnts , 5-lobed, 

 adin" the lobes fiat, fan-shaped, nearly equal, fimbriately incised about half 

 w^ to the base ; spur filiform-clavate, curved, rather acute at apex, longer than 

 the subsessile ovary. 

 Uab. Along swampy rivulets: not very common. Fl. July-August. Fr. 



Obs. This is an exceedingly beautiful plant; and though occasionally to be 

 found in various parts of the County, is by no means common. 



7. H. GRAxniFLORA, Torr. Lip 3-parlcd, depending, nearly twice 

 * long as the perianth-segments; lobes cuneate, fimbriate, the middle 

 one largest, fan- shaped, with the fimbria* connivent; spur longer than 

 the ovary, clavate, curved. Beck, Bot. p. 349. 

 Orchis grandifiora. Biff el. Bost. p. 32 1 . 



L AB0E .FL0W£RED HaBXXARIA. 



Root perennial. Stem about 2 feet high, stout, fistular, angular, smooth, leafy, 

 sheathed at base. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and 1 to 3 inches wide, smooth, 

 fessiic and sheathing, varying in form from lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, the lower 

 one often rather obovate and obtuse,-— usually 4 larger ones below and 2 or 3 

 jmall ones above. Flowers large, pale purple, in a rather open oblong terminal 

 flijfci 3 to 6 inches long, and 2 or 2 and a half inches in diameter ; bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, longer than the ovary, and often nearly as long as the flowers. Outer 

 segments of the perianth elliptic-ovate, entire, the inner lateral segments cuneate- 

 oborate incised-dentate ; lip nearly twice as long as the perianth- segments, rather 

 depending, 3 iobed, the lateral lobes cuneate, the middle one larger, more dilated 

 and fan-shaped, all of them fimbriately incised about half way to the base ; spur 

 clavate, somewhat curved, rather longer than the subscssile ovary. 

 Hob. Along rivulets ; S. Valley-hill: rare. Fl. June. Fr. 



Obs. This is also a superb plant; and allied to the preceding,— though, doubt- 

 less sufficiently distinct. It was collected by D. Townsbnd, Esq. in 1829, near G. 

 Vernon's, on the South Valley hill. 



8. H. pstcodes, Spreng* Lip long, slender, 3-parted, the lobes cap- 



tllaceous-multifid ; outer segments of the perianth ovate ; spur as long 



as the ovary, filiform-clavate, curved ; bracts shorter than the flowers. 



Beck, Bou p. 349. 



H. lacera. Lindl. Ency. p. 752. 



Orchis psy codes. Willd. Sp. 4. p. 39. Per*. Syn. 2. p. 502. Purtk y 



Am. 2, p. 585. JSTutt. Gen. 2. p. 189. Bigel Boat. p. 319. Not of 



Muhl. 



0. lacera. Mx. Jim. 2. p. 156. Muhl. Catal. p. 80. Bart. Phil. 2. 



p. 137. Ell. Sk. 2. p. 484. Florul. Cestr. p. 93. Also, Pers. Syn. 



2. p. 503. Pursh, Am. 2. p. 586. 



Root perennial, a fascicle of coarse fleshy fibres. Stem IS inches to 2 feet high, 

 angular, smooth, leafy, sheathed at base. Leaves about 3 principal ones, and a 

 ftw small bract-like ones above,— the larger ones 3 to 6 or 8 inches long, and half 

 an inch to an inch and half wide, varying from lance-oblong, to spatulate-oblance- 

 olate, mostly acute, sometimes obtuse, smooth, sessile and sheathing, the smaller 

 ones I to 2 inches long, linear lanceolate, acute. Flowers middle sized, rather 

 distant, in a loose oblong terminal spike 3 to 5 or 6 inches long ; bracts lanceolate, 

 about as long as the ovary. Segments of the perianth pale green, or greenitk 

 white, wich shorter than the lip,— the outer lateral one* obliquely ovate, ratter 



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