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lateral lobes linear-oblong, middle lube gradually dilated from the 
base large obcordate with an intermediate tooth : segments ovate- 
subtruncate crenate or erose, spur about half as long as the ger- 
men, sep. connivent including the pet. — E. B. 16. St. 41. 13. — 
St. 1 — 2 feet high. L. ovate-oblong, obtuse. Fl. in a rather 
dense spike ; helmet with slightly confluent segments, dark pur- 
ple, variegated ; lip paler. — Chalky bushy hills in Kent. P. V. — E. 
4. 0. militaris (L.) ; lip 3-parted with raised rough dark points, 
lateral lobes linear, middle lobe linear dilated and bifid at the end 
with an intermediate tooth : segments oblong diverging, spur about 
half as long as the germen, sep. converging including the pet. — 
E. B. S. 2675. — Smaller than the preceding. Helmet ash- 
coloured. Lip purple, white in the middle, spotted, terminal 
lobe narrow and linear for some distance from its base, its seg- 
ments with several nerves. — Chalky hills in Berks., Oxf., Buck., 
and near Tring, Herts. P. V. E. 
5. 0. macra (Lindl.) ; lip 3-parted with small rough crystal- 
line points, segments linear narrow, middle lobe with 2 long narrow 
\-nerved linear segments and an intermediate setaceous tooth, 
spur half as long as the germen, sep. converging including the 
pet. — 0. tephrosanthos Bich. E. B. 1873. Hook. Fl. Lond. n. s. 
t. 82. not Vill. — More slender than the preceding. Helmet pale 
purplish. Lip remarkable for its very slender segments, dark 
purple.— Chalky hills in Berks., Oxf., and Kent. P. V. E. 
6. 0. ustulata (L.) ; lip 3-parted, lateral lobes linear-oblong, 
middle lobe bifid : segments linear-oblong, spur £ the length of 
the germen, sep. connivent including the pet. — E. B. 18. St. 12. 
— St. 4 — 6 in. high. L. lanceolate, acute. Spike oblong, dense. 
Fl. small, numerous. Helmet roundish, dark purple, inclosing 
the linear-spathulate obtuse pet. Lip white with purple spots. 
—Calcareous hills. P. VI. E. 
ft Bracts with 3 or more nerves, tubers undivided. 
7. 0. laxifiora (Lam.) ; lip 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded and 
crenulated in front longer than the truncate slightly emarginate 
intermediate lobe, spur shorter than the germen cylindrical 
emarginate, 2 lateral sep. reflexed upwards, pet. connivent, anth. 
obcordate apiculate. — E. B. S. 2828. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, round, 
angular and rough upwards. L. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 
Bracts 3 — 5-nerved. Spike elongate, lax. Fl. bright purple. — 
Wet meadows and bogs in Jersey and Guernsey. P. V. VI. O. 
fft Bracts with 3 or more nerves, tubers palmate. 
8. 0. maculata (L.) ; lip 3-lobed flat crenate, spur subulate 
shorter than the germen, 3 sep. patent, pet. connivent, st. solid. 
— E. B. 632. — St. about a foot high. L. usually spotted with 
purple, lower obtuse or rarely acute, upper linear-lanceolate 
