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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
on the rudiment of the ftyle. He divides them into two genera, under the names of orchis and fa- 
ijrium; the principal difference of which is, that the hinder part of the nedarium is in the orcfjis 
p :inted and long, and in the falyrhm fhort and nipped. Thefe characters are not enough to feparate 
planes, fo evidently connected by Nature to one another-, and we have therefore joined them. 
I. Great Goat Orchis. 
Orchis barbala fcctida. 
Thp root is a double bulb, or is compofed of 
two roundin-i parts of the bignefs of wahiuts. 
The leaves are very large, broad, oblong, and 
of a deep green. 
The lUIk is a yard high, and ha", fome leaves 
on it. 
The fpike of flowers is long and thick : they 
are placed on tvvifted bodies j and are of a 
whitifh green, variegated with purple, and dif-, 
tingr.ifhed by long, greenifh beards, formed of 
the lower lip of the ncftarium. 
The whole plant has a Rrong and difagreeable 
fmell, 
We have it in many parts of England in rich 
damp places. It flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis barbata fcctida. 
Others, 'rr ago- orchis. 
• 2. Small Goat Orchis. 
Orchis harbata minor. 
The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are broad, obtufe, and of a deep 
gicen. 
The flalk is thick, juicy, and a foot high. 
The flowers are fmali and white, and have 
■white beards 
It is found in our fouthern counties, and flowers 
' in July. 
Ray calls it Orchis harbata fatida minor Jlore 
albo. 
3. Male Fool's Orchis. 
Orchis morio mas. 
The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are long, broad, of a deep green, 
and fp:.tced with black. 
The (talk is ten inches high. 
The flowers are large, and of a fine purplifli 
red, with a few deep purple fpots : they ftand 
in loofe, fl-iort fpikes at the tops of the ftalks. 
It is common in paflures, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis morio mas Joliis ma~ 
culatis. 
4. Female Fool's Orchis. 
Orchis morio fccmina. 
The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are long, and of a faint green ; and 
the fl:alk is a foot high. 
The fiov/ers ftand in a fhort, loofe fpike and 
the body of them is purple-, but the fide feg- 
ments are ftreaked with green. 
It is common in paftures, and flowers in June, 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis morio fccmina. 
5. Little purple Orchis. 
Orchis pumila Jloribus purpireis pun^alis. 
The root a fmali double bulb. 
The leaves are long and obtufe. 
The ftalk is eight inches high j and the flowers 
before they are opened, terminate it in a duflcy 
cone. When opened, they are fmali, and ftand 
thick in a ftiorr fpike : their hood is purple, and 
their under-part whitidi, but full of purple fpots: 
\'' e have it on dry, chalky hills, flowering in 
July. ^ * 
C. Bauliine calls it Cynofarchis militaris praten- 
fts humllior. 
6, Purple Sweet Orchis. 
Orchis purpurea odorata. 
The root is a double bulb. 
The leaves are very broad, oblong, and of a 
deep green. 
The fl:aik is a fuot and half high. 
The flowers ftand at the top in a long Ipikc ; 
and they are of a deep fine purple, and have a 
light fragrance. 
We have it in rich meadows, flowering in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis obf cure purpurea odo- 
rata. 
7. Purple Late Orchis. 
Orchis purpurea jpica congefia pyramidali. 
The root Is a double bulb. 
The leaves are oblong, moderately broad, and 
of a dcrp green. 
*1 he ftalk is two feet high. 
The flowers ftand at the top in a thick, fhort 
fpike ; and are of a pale redifh colour, without 
any Ipots : they have long and flender fpurs. 
It is. found in dry paftures, and flowers in the 
beginning of July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cynoforchis militaris fptca ra- 
hente c 
8. Yellow Mufk-Orchis. 
Orchis odsrata radice Jimplici. 
The root is a Angle tuberous lump. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, and of a pale 
green. 
.The ftalk is flender, and eight inches high. 
The flowers ftand in a long, flender, loofe 
fpike ; and they are fmali, and of a greenifh yel- 
low : they have a light fragrance. 
It is found in dry paftures, and flowers in au- 
tumn. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis odorata tnofchata five 
mono-orchis ; a name others have copied. 
9. Lady Trace Orchis. 
Orchis f/Jraiis alba. 
The root is a triple bulb. 
The leaves are fhort, broad, pointed at the 
end, and of a pale green. 
The ftalk is round, and of awhitiib green, and 
fix inches high. 
The flowers are fmall and whitifli ; and they 
ftand in a twifted or fpiral feries at the top of the 
ftalk. 
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