mae THE ORCHID FAMILY. 
Kurope more confined to mountain districts. Dispersed all over Britain, _ 
and very abundant in Scotland and Ireland. Fl, all summer. i 
3. H. intacta, Benth. (fig. 1008). Dense-spiked H.—Tubers entire. 
_ Leaves broadly oblong or lanceolate, often spotted. Flowers pink, 
pale purple or white, often twisted to one side. Sepals pointed, con- 
verging over the column and over the narrow petals. Lip 3-lobed, not 
exceeding the sepals, the central lobe entire or notched.- Spur very 
short. Z%inca cylindracea, Biv.; Neotinea intacta, Reichb. f. 
In open pastures, chiefly in limestone districts, widely distributed 
over the Mediterranean region and western Europe. In the British 
Isles only found in Mayo and Galway. Fl. summer. This species has 
been referred to several genera, and even raised to the rank of a genus. — 
4, H. albida, Br. (fig. 1009). Small H.—In stature, and its small 
flowers with very short spurs, this species approaches Orchis ustulata, 
but the flowers are white, and the anthers are more like those of 
Habenaria than of Orchis. The rootstock produces several thickened 
fibres, sometimes uniting into a deeply divided tuber. Stem 6 to 8 
inches high, with a few oblong leaves. Spike dense, cylindrical, 1 to 2 
inches long, with numerous small, sweef-scented flowers. Sepals con- 
cave, but open, scarcely above a line long; the lip about their'length, 
with 3 entire lobes, the middle one the longest. Gymnadenia albida, Rich. 
In mountain pastures, in northern and Arctic Europe, and in the 
mountains of central Europe. Abundant in Scotland and northern 
England ; found also in Sussex, North Wales, and Ireland. Fl. summer. 
SM s © viridis, Br. (fig. 1010). Green H., Frog Orchis.—Tubers more 
or less lobed. Stem 4 to 8 inches high, with a few ovate or oblong 
leaves, and a rather close spike of yellowish green flowers, rather larger 
than in #7. albida, but with the same very short spur or pouch. Bracts 
usually longer than the ovary. Sepals converging over the column and 
petals, about 24 or 3 lines long. Lip longer and hanging, oblong, with 
nearly parallel sides, and 3 or sometimes only 2 very short lobes at the 
tip. 
In hilly pastures, in Europe, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic 
regions, but rather a mountain plant in the south, Russian Asia, and 
North America. Frequent in Scotland and Ireland, less so in southern 
England. Fl. summer. 
XIII. ACERAS. MAN ORCHIS. 
Flowers and habit of an Orchis, except that there is no spur whatever : 
to the lip. 
A genus of very few species, from Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, _ 
1, A. anthropophora, Pr. (fig. 1011). Man Orchis.—A rather small — 
species, seldom above 8 or 9 inches high, with entire tubers ; the leaves 
varying from ovate to oblong or nearly lanceolate. Spike slender, 2 to 
4 inches long. Flowers of a dull yellowish-green ; the sepals converg- 
ing over the column and petals as in Orchis hireina, but very much 
smaller. Lip narrow-linear, twice as long as the sepals, and fancifully 
compared to a hanging man, the lateral lobes representing his arms, 
and the middle one, which is longer and 2-cleft, his body and legs. — 
