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80. ORCHIDE.E. 
3. II. chlorantha (Bab.) ; spur twice as long as tbe germen, 
lij) linear entire, pet. connivent obtuse, anth. truncate twice as 
broad at its base as at its top-. /Jo//e«-?nfls.vesasccii(ling obliquely 
conrerffhiff upwards. — Orchis bifolia Sni., E. B. 2‘2. R. I. f. 1 145. 
— Usually taller and stouter than the ])reeeding. Sj)ike usually 
lax but sometimes dense. FI. larger. Central line between tbe 
cells of tbe aiitb. a j)romiuent ridge in front and a groove behind.. 
Stigma very broad slightly pointed in the middle. — See Linn. 
Trans, xvii. 462. and Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 3/4. — Moist woods and 
thickets. P. V. VI. Great Butterfly 07-chis. 
5. Ophuys Linn. 
1. 0. apifera (lluds.) ; lip tumid 5-lobcd, 2 lower lobes pro- 
minent and u itb a hairy base, 2 intermediate retlexed truncate, 
terminal acute elongated reflexed, vaith. with a hooked point, pet. 
oblong bluntisb downy. — E. JB.383. R. I. f. 1159. — About afoot 
high. FI. few, large, rather distant. Sep. whitish, tinged with 
purple. Lip velvety, brown variegated v\ itli yellow. — On chalky 
and calcareous soils. P. VI. VII. Bee Orchis. E. I. 
2. 0. arachnites (Reicbard ) ; lip somewhat tumid entire or with 
4 shallow indexed marginal lobes and a terminal inflexed flat 
rather heartshaped appendage, auth. with a straight or hooked 
])oint, jiet. deltoid downy. — E. B. S. 2596. O. fuciflora R. I. 
f. 1162 — 1165. — Sej). pinkish. Lij) velvet)', dark purple, varie- 
gated with yellow : a)q)cndage green, never retlexed. — Chalk 
downs near Folkstone and Sittingboume, Kent. P. IV. — VI. 
Late Spider Oi'chis. E. 
3. 0. aranifera (Iluds.); lip tumid obscurely 3-lobed : middle 
lobe large emarginate without an appendage, anth. acute, /jet. linear 
glabrous.— E. B. 65. R. I. f. 1154 — 1156. — Smaller than the 
two preceding and with fewer flowers. Sej). green. Pet. green, 
quite glabrous. Lip deep brown, hairy, with paler or yellowish 
glabrous lines often resembling the Greek letter n, entire at the 
end or notched with a central ])oint. — fucif era (Hook.); lip 
usually undivided often with a gland in the notch, pet. scabrous. 
0. fucifera Sm., E. B. S. 2649. — Chalky places. /3. Kent and 
Sussex. P. IV. V. Spider Orchis. E. 
4. 0. muscifera (Iluds.); lip oblong trifld Avith a broad pale 
spot in the centre : middle lobe elongated bifld, anth. short obtuse, 
pet. flliform. — E. B. (!4. R. I. f. 1146. St. 40. 15. — Slender, 
about a foot high. Sc}). green. Lip brownish-purple, central 
spot sidjquadrate bluish. Pet. very narroAV, purple. — Damp cal- 
careous thickets and pastures. P. V. VI. ily Orchis. . E. I. 
6. IIerminium R. Br. 
1. H. Monorchis (R. Br.); lip 3-lobed: central lobe longest. 
