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Tribe I. OphrydinecB. 
1. Ok'chis Linn. Orchis. 
* Glunds of the pollen-masses separate,. Up erect in the hid. 
t Bracts mostly 1-veined, root-knobs imdi\'idecl. 
X Lip Z-lohed, lobes broad and shoH. 
' 'l. 0. Mdrio (L.); lip crenulate, middle lobe ti-uncate-emar- 
ginate, spui- ascending subclavate rather shorter than the germeu, 
.up. and pet. blunt conveniing, antli. obovate rather acute. — E. B. 
2059. R. xiii. 363.— St! G— 12 m. 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 
ff& to form a- sort of helmet ; lip pale in the middle, spotted with 
pm-ple. n. sometimes white. — Meadows and pastures., P. \ . 
y l. Green-winged Orchis. E. I. 
• 2. 0. 7nay«*?a (L.) ; lip crenate, middle lobe emarginate, spur 
ascending rather longer than the genuen, sep. acute 2 outer rc- 
fiexed upwards, pet. converging, anth. obcordate apiculate. — 
^. L. 631. R. xiii. 390.— St. a foot high. L. mostly radical, 
elliptic-lanceolate, usually spotted with purple. Lowest bra^-t 
often 3-veined. Fl. in a lax spike, pui-ple; centre of the lip 
whitish at the base, spotted and downy. Sep. and pet. without 
gi-een veins. — When the sep. and pet. are very acute and the 
plant luxuriant it is the 0. speciosa Host. — Woods and pastures. 
P. V. Early purple Orchis. E. S. I. 
XX Lip pinnately 4-lobed (that is, middle lobe bifid and often 
with an intermediate tootJi). 
S. O. purpurea (Huds.) ; basal lobes of cor. -lip linear-oblmg , 
i,nterm. lobe widening gradually upwards and 2-lobed with an 
interm. tooth its lobes denticulate at the tip and broad, spur 
about I as long as the germen, sep. converging into an ocate 
helmet including the pet., bracts minute. — R. xiii. 378. O.fmca 
Jacq. O. 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 ■w'ith raised rough red points, its term, lobe 
yery broad. — Chalky bushy hills in Kent. P. V. E. 
4-0. militaris (L.) ; basal lubes of cor.-lip linear, interm. lobe 
broader linear suddenly tvidened and 2-lobed with an interm. 
tooth its lobes mostly entire at the tip and broad, spur about ^ 
as long as the germen, sep. converging into an ovate-lanceolate 
helmet including the pet., bracts minute. — E.B. S. 2675. R. xiii. 
376. — Smaller than the preceding. Helmet ash-coloured or pale 
purple. . Lip pui-ple, white in the middle with raised rough red 
