400 
83. ORCHIDACE^. 
more or less streaked with purple. Lateral veins of bracts in- 
conspicuous. Lip usually flat, deeply 3-lobed, lateral lobes 
rounded, middle lobe longer and narrower. — {j3. o. cHcet'n-uM 
(Linton); slender, 1. all acuminate narrower carinato, spike shorter, bracts 
purplisli, midrile of lower lip short. See J o/ J;, xxxviii. (1900) p. 362. A liybri.i 
between Sp. 7 and s is recorded. Towns. Fl. Hants, p. 341.] — Damp WOods 
and pastures. P. V. VI. Spotted Hand-Orchis. ^ E. S. L 
8. 0. latifolia (L. em. Rchb.) ; lip ohscurely 3-lobed its sides 
idtimateli/ reflcred, crenate, .spur subulate .shorter than the 
germen, two lateral sep. ]>aten t, middle sep. and pet. converging, 
St. hollow, I. lanceolate acute.— E. B. S. 2973. xiii. 402.— 
About a foot high. L. often only faintly spotted, spreading, 
lowest oblong and blunt, from a narrow hA&e but broadest about 
their middle. Spots on 1. ring-shaped. Lower bracts exceeding 
the flowers. Lip usually only slightly lobed. — Marshes and 
damp meadows. P. V.— VII.' Marsh-Orchis. E. S. I. 
9. 0. incarndta (L. em. Rchb.) ; lip obscurely 3-lobed its sides 
reflexed crenate, spur subulate shorter than the germen, two 
lateral sep. patent, middle sep. and pet. converging, st. hollow, /. 
narrotredfrom a broad base hooded at the end. — A^. xiii. 397. O. 
latifolia E. B. 2308. Curt. ii. 184. — L. erect and approaching 
the stem, not spotted. Bracts all usually exceeding the 
flowers. — /i. 0. angustifolia (R.) : 1. erect-patent linear-lanceo- 
late, upper 1. erect, lower bracts equalling the flowers upper 
ones shorter. R. xiii. 394. 0. 7Vaunsteineri Koch. — Marshes. 
P. VI. VII. E. S. 1. 
** Glands of the pollen-masses united, root-knobs nndivided. 
t Spur filiform. Anacamptis Rich. 
10. 0. pyramiddlis (L.) : lip with 3 equal lobes and 2 tuber- 
cles at the base above, lobes oblong truncate, middle lobe some- 
times emarginate, spur filiform longer than the germen, lateral 
sep. ovate-lanceolate acute spreading, bracts 3-veined. — E. B. 
110. — St. 12 — 18 in. high. L. linear-lanceolate, acute. Spike 
pyramidal, afterwards cylindrical. Fl. rose-purple, sometimes 
white. — Calcareous pastures, rarely on sandhills. P. VII. 
Pyramidal Orchis. E. S. I. 
+f Spur conical. Him.vntoclossum Spr. 
11. C. AimW (Crantz) ; lip 3-parted spiral in the bud. lobes 
linear, middle one very long twisted, lateral much shorter wavy, 
