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buds red or deep lilac ; flowers lighter, not spotted, very 

 fragrant, in an elongated, cylindrical spike ; bracts 3-veined ; lip 

 with 3 equal, entire lobes and a slender spur twice as long as 

 the ovary. — Dry upland pastures ; common. — Fl. June, July. 

 Perennial. 



2. H. intdcta, a small 

 species with ovoid tubers ; 

 stem 4 — 10 in. high ; leaves 

 often spotted ; delicate 

 pink flowers with an un- 

 equally 3-lobed lip and 

 short spur, occurs only in 

 limestone pastures in the 

 west of Ireland. — Fl. April 

 — June. Perennial. 



3. H. dlbida (Small 

 White Habenaria). — A 

 similar but rather large 

 species, has roots consisting 

 of numerous fleshy fibres ; 

 lower leaves oblong, blunt, 

 upper lanceolate, acute ; 

 flowers small, yellowish- 

 white, fragrant ; bracts 

 3-veined ; lip with 3 un- 

 equal, acutely triangular 

 lobes, and a spur shorter 

 than the short ovary. — 

 Hilly, pastures, mostly in 

 the north ; uncommon. — 

 Fl. June — August. Peren- 

 nial. 



4. H. viridis (Frog- 

 Orchis). — Tubers palmate ; 

 stem 3 — 8 in. high ; leaves 

 oblong, blunt, smaller up- 

 wards ; flowers green, in z 

 loose spike ; bracts long, 



green; lip pale brownish-green, linear, flat; spur very short. — 

 Upland pastures ; uncommon.— Fl. June— August. Perennial. 



5. H. bifolia (Lesser Butterfly-Orchis).— A singular, but not 

 appropriately named, plant, for its flowers bear but a slight resem- 

 blance to a butterfly. It has 2 broad, glossy leaves at the root ; 

 the stem is slender and angular, about a foot high ; and the 



habenaria conopsea {Sweet -seen ted Orchis). 



