826 



THE ORCHID FAMILY. 



produces several thickened fibres, some- 

 times uniting into a deeply divided 

 tuber. Stem 6 to 8 inches high, with a 

 few oblong leaves. Spike dense, cylin- 

 drical, 1 to 2 inches long, with nume- 

 rous small, sweet-scented flowers. Se- 

 pals concave, but open, scarcely above a 

 line long ; the lip about their length, 

 with 3 entire lobes, the middle one the 

 longest. 



In mountain pastures, in northern and 

 Arctic Europe, and in the great moun- 

 tain-ranges of central Europe. Abun- 

 dant in some of the Scotch Highlands, 

 and extends into northern England, 

 North Wales, and Ireland. Fl, summer* 



3. Green Habenaria. Habenaria viridis, Br. (Eig. 996.) 

 (Satyrium, Eng. Bot. t. 94.) 



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 the small H., but with the same 

 very short spur or pouch. Bracts usually 

 longer than the ovary. Sepals conver- 

 ging over the column and petals, about 

 2J or 3 lines long. Lip longer and hang- 

 ing, oblong, with nearly parallel sides, 

 and 3 or sometimes only 2 very short 

 lobes at the tip. 



In dry, hilly pastures, in Europe and 

 Bussian Asia, from the Mediterranean 

 to the Arctic regions, but rather a moun- 

 tain plant in the south. Frequent in 

 Scotland, northern England, and Ire- 

 land, less so in southern England. FL 

 summer. 



Fig. 996. 



