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OrRcCHIS FUSCA. GREAT ORCHIS 
ORCHIS. Linn. Gen. PL Gynanpria DIANDRIA. 
NECTARIUM cornu referens pone florem. Cor. ringens, 
Rau Syn. Gen. 26. Herp BULBOSIS AFFINES. 
ORCHIS fu/ca bulbis indivifis, ne€tarii labio quadrifido: laciniis oblongis, cornu brevi, petalis . 
' confluentibus. Lina. Syff. Vegeta. ed. 14. Myrr. p. 809.  Facg. Fl. Aufir. v. 4. p. 4. 
f. 907. 
ORCHIS militaris Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 1994. .var. f. 
ORCHIS radicibus fubrotundis; fpica longa; labello quadrifido, brachiolis anguftis, crufculis latis 
ferratis. Hall. Hifl. Helv. n. 1976. t. 31. ; 
ORCHIS magna, latis foliis, galea fufca feu nigricante. 7 B. IL $. 759. Raz Syn. ed. 9. p. 378. 
2040/97 
ORCHIS militaris major. Tourn. Inf. R. Herb. 492. Vaill. par. 1. 31. f. 27, 28. 

RADIX: Bulbi duo, oblongi, magni. . Q ROOT two, oblong, large Bulbs. 
FOLIA caulina inferiora ovato-oblonga, obtufiufeula, 9 LEAVES: thofe on the lower part of the ftalk ovato- 
a duabus ad tres uncias lata, glabra, lineata, oblong, a little blunt, from two to three 
in quibufdam fpeciminibus tranfverfe rugofa, 9 inches broad, gloffy, fcored, in fome fpeci- 
laete virentia, fuperiora angufliora, caulem $ mens tranverfely wrinkled, of a lively green 
obvolventia. 6 colour, the uppermoft leaves narrower and 
6 furrounding the ftalk. 
Ó STALK a foot, two feet, and fometimes more in 
height, upright, round, fmooth, green below, 
urple above. 
FLORES numerofi, in fpica longa, ovato-cylindracea, 9 FLOWERS numerous, placed clofe together, one 
imbricatim denfe collocati. : over the other, in a long fpike, betwixt 
ovate and cylindrical. 
CAULIS pedalis, ad bipedalem, et ultra, erectus, teres, 
levis, inferne viridis, fuperne purpureus. 
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BRACTE& perbreves, vix longitudine calcaris nec- 
tarll, ovato-acuminate. 
COROLLA: PrTALA 5 in galeam conniventia, tria 
exteriora ovata, acuta, obfolete 3-nervia, 
concava, punctis exfufco-purpureis confluen- 
tibus notata, duo interiora multo anguftiora, 
oblonga, verfus apicem paululum dilatata, 
pallidiora, puntüs purpureis etiam notata, 
BRACTE/E very fhort, fcarcely the length of the 
fpur of the nettary, ovato-acuminate, 
COROLLA: 5 PszTALs clofing and forming a hel. 
met, the three outermoft ovate, pointed, 
faintly three ribb'd, concave, marked with 
fpots of a brownifh purple colour running 
together, the two innermoft ones much nar- 
rowelt, oblong, a little dilated towards the 
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NECTARIUM : Cakar obtufum, fubcompreffum, ob- ? NECTARY: the Spur blunt, fomewhat flattened, 
folete bifidum, medium germinis vix attin- .. fhghtly bifid, fcarcely reaching to the middle 
gens, albefcens: Laée//um amplum, latum, of the germen : Laée//um large, broad, rough, 
punctis purpureis prominulis exafperatum, 
que uti Hallerus recte monet brevium pilo- 
rum fafciculi funt, in floribus nuper apertis 
faturatius purpureum, prefertim ad oras, 
quadrifidum, lacini; fuperiores fublineares, 
divergentes, inferiores triplo latiores, diver- 
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with prominent purple dots, which, as Haller 
juftly obferves, are little tufts of fhort hairs, 
in flowers lately opened of a deeper purple 
colour, efpecially on the edges, divided into 
four fegments, the two uppermoft of which 
are nearly linear and diverging, the two 
lowermoft thrice as broad, diverging, the 
tips fomewhat truncated, irregularly and 
finely notched, with a fhort point for the 
molt part between the two. 
STAMINA: Cafes of the flamina purple, jig. 9. 
MENTA flavefcentia, ANTHER& fubclavatz, Firaments yellowifh, AN THERE fomewhat 
albide, fig. 3. — club-fhaped, whitifh, fg. 3. i 
GERMEN teretiufculum, tortuofum, glabrum, ex à GERMEN roundifh, twifted, fmooth, variegated with 
fufco viridique varium. Q green and brown. | 
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latis, mucrone plerumque intermedio. 
STAMINA: Thece ftaminum purpuree, fg. 2. FirA- 
On chalky banks abounding with Milkwort and Juniper, near woods, and in the woods themfelves, in many 
parts of Kent; efpecially about Rochefler, we have had no {mall pleafure in obferving this plant grow in great 
abundance. 
In expofed afpeéts its ufual height is about nine inches, in woods and copfes where it is more fheltered, and 
where the foil is richer, it will acquire the height of two feet or more; fuch fpecimens in beauty and grandeur 
far furpafs every Britifh Orchis ; its flowers vary exceedingly in colour, fome being of a light, others of a deep 
purple colour, now and then one wholly white occurs; the lip of the neGary, dn interefting ,obje&t for the 
microfcope, varies alfo in breadth; both root and flowers fend forth a ftrong fmell, fomewhat like but not fo 
pleafant as Anthoxanthum. . 
It flowers early in May, and in forward feafons at the clofe.of April, at the fame time as the early {potted 
Orchis, Cowilip, and Harebell. 
Our plant is undoubtedly the Orcbzs fujca of Jacquin, whole name we have adopted, as alfo the one we 
have referred to in Haier, by whom it is reprefented in a very luxuriant {ftate; Linn aus regards it as 
a variety of his militaris; Prol. Murray, in the 14th ed. of his Syf. gera. follows Ray, HaLuer, 
Jacquin, VAILLANT, and others, in making it a fpecies. 
The fame culture which we have recommended for the Ophrys fucifera is applicable to this fpecies. 
