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83. ORCHIDACE^. 
Tribe I. Ophrydineoe. 
1. Or'chis Linn. em. JR. Br. Orchis. 
* Glands of the pollen-masses sejmrate, lip erect in the hud. 
t Bracts mostly 1-veined, root-knobs undivided. 
% Lip Z-lohed, lobes broad and short. 
1. 0. mdrio (L.) : lip crenulate, middle lobe truncate-emargi- 
nate, spur ascending subclavate rather shorter than the germen, 
sep. and pet. blunt converging to form a hood, anth. obovate 
rather acute.— jS". B. 2059. B. xiii. 363.— St. 6-12 in. high. 
L. lanceolate, lower spreading, upper adpressed. Fl. few, in a 
lax spike, purple ; sep. (rarely patent) and pet. marked with 
green veins, converging so as to form a sort of hood ; lip pale 
in the middle, spotted with purple. Fl. sometimes white. — 
Meadows and pastures. P. V. VI. frreen-winged Orchis. E. I. 
2. 0.mas'cula(L.) ; lip crenate, middle lobe emarginate, spur 
ascending rather longer than the germen, sep. acute 2 outer re- 
jiexed upwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate apiculate. — 
jE. B. 631. E. B. S. 2995. B. xiii. 390, 391.— St. a foot high. 
L. mostly radical,elliptic-lanceolate,usuallyspotted with purple. 
Lowest bract often 3-veined. Fl. in a lax spike, purple ; centre 
of the lip v.'hitish at the base, spotted and downy. Sep. and 
pet. without green veins. Rarely a form may be found without 
any spur. — Woods and pastures. P. V. Early inirple O^-chis. 
E. S. I. 
t % Lip pirmatelj/ i-lobed (that is, midtlle lobe bifid, ami often inth 
an intermediate tooth). 
3. 0. purpt'irea (Qxids.) ; basal lobes of cor.-lip linear-obiomj, 
interm. lobe widening gradually upwards and 2-lobed with an 
interm. tooth, its lobes denticulate at the tip and broad, spur 
about A as long as the germen, sep. converging into an ovate 
flood including the pet., bracts minute. — B. xiii. 378. O.fusca 
Jacq. 0. militaris Sm., E. B. 16.— St. 1 — 2 ft. high. L. ovate- 
oblong, blunt. Fl. in a rather dense spike ; helmet dark purple, 
variegated : lip paler with raised rough red points, its term, lobi- 
very broad.- -Chalky bushy hills in Kent. P. V. E. 
4. 0. militiit is (L. em., Rchb.) ; ba.ial lobes of cor.-lip linear, 
interiii. lobe broader linear suddenh/ widened and 2-lobed with 
an interm. tooth at its lobes mostly entire at the tip and broad. 
