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spur about i as long ;is the gerinen, sep. converging into an oya^e- 
hi nceolate hood including the pet.,bracts minute. — E. B. S. 2675. 
/V. xiii. 376. — Smaller than the preceding. HeImet<isJi-coloured 
or pale pmj^le. Lip purple, white in the middle with raised 
rough red spots, with a linear space between the pairs of lobes, 
;it\d its term, lobes broad.— Chalky hills. Berks., Oxf., Bucks, 
ll.'rt.-. P. V. E. 
5. 0. Sim'iu (Lam.) ; lobes of lip all Ion;/ narrotr l-veined 
linear with an interm. setaceous tooth, spur i as long as the ger- 
inen, sep. converging into an ovate-lanceolate hood including 
the pet., bracts minute. — 0. tephrosanthos E. B. 1873. R. xiii. 
:'73. —More slender than the preceding. Helmet pale purplish. 
Lip with remarkably slender segments, dark purple, with or 
« ithout small rough raised points ; a linear space between the 
]iairs of lobes which are about equal in size. — Chalky hills in 
I ■..•rks., Oxf., and Kent. P. V. E. 
6. 0. Hstuldta (L.) ; lobes of lip linear-oblong, sjnrr \ the 
IciKitli. of the germen, sep. converging into a roundish hood in- 
cluding the pet., bracts long.—E. B. 18. R. xiii. 368.— St. 4—6 
in. high. L. lanceolate, acute. Spike oblong, dense, dark at 
top, nearly white below. Fl. small, many. Helmet dark purple. 
Pet. linear-lanceolate, blunt. Lip white with purple spots. — 
Calcareous hills. P. VI. E. 
tt Bracts with 3 or more veins, root-knobs undivided. 
[0. laxijivra (Lam.) ; lij) 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded and 
(•; enulate in front longer than the truncate slightly emarginate 
it term, lobe, spur shorter than the germen cylindrical, 2 lateral 
-ip.reflexed upwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate apiculate. 
-E. B. S. 2828. R. xiii. 393.— St. 1—2 feet high, round, an- 
gular and rough upwards. L. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 
Bracts 3— 5-veined. Spike long, lax. Fl. bright purple. Some 
-ipecimens approach 0. pal i/sfris. — Wet meadows and bogs in 
•L rsey and Guernsey. P. V. VI.] 
ttt Bracts with 3 or more veins, root-knobs palmate. 
7. 0. maruldta (L.) ; lip 3-lobed flat crenate. spur subulate 
shorter than the germen, three sej). patent, pet. converging, st. solid, 
1. lanceolate-obovate. — E. B. 632. R. xiii. 407. — St. about a foot 
high. L. usually spotted with purple ; lower blunt or rarely 
acute, broadest towards their top ; upper linear-lanceolp.te, re- 
sembling the bracts. Spike ovate, afterwards elongate ; lower 
bracts exceeding the germen, upper equalling it. Fl. pale purple, 
