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red points, hasal lobes Unear-ohlomj, terminal lobes broader and 
shorter with iin intermediate tooth ; siinr about i as lon<' as the 
gennen, sep. eonnivent into an orate helmet inchiding the pet., 
iiraets minnte. — E. B. Hi. 1.3. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. L. ovate- 
oblong olitnse. FI. in a rather dense s])ike ; helmet dark purple, 
variegated ; lip paler. — Chalky bushy hills in Kent. P. V. E. 
4. 0. militaris (L.); lip jiiunately 4-lobed with raised rough 
red points, basal lobes linear, terminal lobes broader and shorter 
with an interuiediate tooth, s])ur about i as long as the germen, 
sep. eonnivent into an ooate-lanceolate helmet ineluding the pet., 
liraets minute. — E. B. S. 2(i75. — Smaller than the preeeding. 
Helmet ash-coloured or pale purple. Lip jmrple, white in the 
middle, spotted, with a linear spaee between the jiairs of lobes. — 
Chalky hills in Berks., 0.\f., Bucks., and near Tring, Herts. 
P. V. ■ E. 
5. 0. macra (Lindl.) ; lip jhnnately 4-lobed, lobes all long nar- 
row 1 -nerved linear with an intermediate setaceous tooth, spur 5 
as long as the germen, sej). eonnivent into an ovate-lanceolate 
helmet ineluding the pet., bractsminute. — 0. tephrosanthos Bich., 
E. B. 1873. FI. Loud. n. s. t. 82. “not Vill.” — More slender 
than the preceding. Helmet dark purplish. Lip remarkable for 
its very slender segments, dark purjile with or without small 
rough raised jioints ; a linear s])aee between the pairs of lobes 
which are about equal in length. — Koch refers this to 0. militaris 
not to 0. Simia which he considers the same as 0. tephrosanthos 
Vill. — Chalky hills in Berks., Oxf., and Kent. P. V. E. 
6 . 0. ustulata(L.)-, lip jiinnately 4-lobed, lobes linear-oblong, 
spur ^ the length of the germen, sej). eonnivent into a roundish 
helmet including the jiet., bracts elongate. — E. B. 18. St. 12. — 
St. 4 — () in. high. L. lanceolate, acute. Spike oblong, dense. 
El. small, numerous. Helmet dark purple. Pet. linear-lanceo- 
late, obtuse. Lip white with purple spots. — Calcareous hills. 
P. VI. E. 
tt Bracts with 3 or more nerves, tubers undivided. 
7. 0. laxiflora (Lam.) ; lij) 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded and 
crenulated in front longer than the truncate slightly emarginate 
intermediate lobe, spur shorter than the germen cylinch-ieal 
emarginate, 2 lateral sep. reflexed upwards, pet. eonnivent, anth. 
obcordate apiculate. — E. B. S. 2828. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, roimd, 
angular and rough upwards. L. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 
Bracts 3 — 5-nerved. Spike elongate, lax. FI. bright jmrple. — 
Wet meadows and bogs in Jersey and Guernsey. P. V. VI. O. 
ttt Bracts with 3 or more nerves, tubers palmate. 
8 . 0. maculata (L.) ; lip 3-lobed flat crenate, spm- subulate 
