ORCHIDACEJE. 



823 



With the same geographical range 

 as the spotted O., it is usually found in 

 moister situations or richer soils. Fre- 

 quent in Britain, but not so abundant as 

 the spotted 0. FL spring and early 

 summer. A variety with narrower 

 leaves, more regularly tapering from the 

 base, has been distinguished under the 

 name of O. incarnata. 



Fig. 990. 



8. Lizard Orchis. Orchis hircina, Scop. (Fig. 991.) 

 (Satyrium, Eng. Bot. t. 34.) 



A stout species, 1 to 2 feet high, with 

 entire tubers and a leafy stem. Spike 

 dense, 4 to 6 or even 8 inches high ; the 

 flowers rather large, of a dirty greenish- 

 white, with a disagreeable smell, and 

 remarkable for their long, linear lip ; the 

 2 lateral lobes short, the middle one 

 more than an inch long, rolled inwards 

 in the bud, entire or notched at the tip ; 

 the sepals converging over the column, 

 and the petals small as in the green- 

 winged 0. and the military O. 



Widely spread over central and south- 

 ern Europe, but everywhere rather 

 scarce, and often only in single speci- 

 mens, not extending into northern Ger- 

 many. In Britain, it has been found in 

 Kent and Surrey. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 991. 



