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GYMNADE'NIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. GvNA'NDRiAt, Mona'ndria. 
Natural Order. Orchi'de j e+, Linn. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 64.— 
Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 81. ; Engl. FI. v. iv. p.3.— Lindl. Syn. p. 256 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 262.— Rich, by Macgdliv. p. 412.— 
Loud. Hort. Brit, p.536.— Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 274.— Macr. Man. 
Brit. Bot. p. 224.— Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 425.— Palmares ; 
order, Musales ; sect. Orchidin^e ; type, Orchidace^e ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 391, 437, 458, & 461. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium% ( Calyx and Corolla ) (see fig. 1.) 
superior, coloured. Sepals (fig. 1. a, a, a.) slightly concave, spread- 
ing or converging. Petals (fig. 1. b,b.) 2, rather smaller than the 
sepals, converging. Lip (nectary) (see fig. 1. c.) coloured, 3-lobed, 
spurred. flnther terminal, with 2 parallel lobes. Pollen-masses 
(see figs. 3 & 4.) stalked, with 2 naked glands. Germen oblong, 
or nearly cylindrical, furrowed, spirally twisted. Style ( column ) 
thick and short. Stigma a shining moist depression in front of the 
style. Capsule oblong, spiral: Seeds very numerous, oval, each 
in a light chaffy tunic, extending at both ends. 
The long spur ; and the naked, and approximated glands of the 
stalks of the pollen-masses ; will distinguish this from other genera 
in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
GYMNADE'NIA CONO'PSEA. Great Gymnadenia. Fragrant 
Gymnadenia. Red Handed-Orchis. Aromatic Orchis. 
Spec. Char. Lip in 3, equal, entire, blunt lobes. Spur very 
slender, twice as long as the germen. Tubers palmate. 
Gymnadenia conoesea, Dr. R. Brown, in Ait. Hort. Kew. (2nd edit. ) vol. v. 
p. 191. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 205. — Lindl. Syn. p. 261. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 
373.— Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 227.— Hook. FI. Scot. p. 251.— Grev. FI. Edin. 
p. 184.— Bab. FI. Bath. p. 48. ; Suppl. p. 94.— Dick. FI. Abred. p. 52.— Luxf. 
Reig. FI. p. 75.— Leight. FI. of Shropsh. p. 429.— Mack. Catal PI. of Irel. p. 76.; 
FI. Hibern. p. 277. — Orchis conopsea, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1335. — Engl. Bot. t. 10. — 
FI. Dan. t. 224.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 385.— Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv. pt. I. p. 
32.— Sm. FI. Brit. v. iii. p. 926. ; Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 23.— With. (7th edit.) v. ii. 
p. 32.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 518.— Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 11.— Abbot’s FI. Bedf. 
p. 193.— Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 422.— Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 361.— Johnst. 
FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 192.— Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. S. Kent. p. 51.— Winch’s FI. of 
Northumb. and Durh. p. 56. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 255. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. 
Select, p. 72. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 110. — Orchis palmata minor calcaribus ob- 
longis, Bauh. Pin. p. 85. — Rudb. Elys. v. ii. p. 212. f. 5. — Vaill. Par. p. 153. t. 30. 
f. 8. — O. palmata angustifolia minor, Bauh. Pin. p. 85. — Rudb. Elys. v. ii. p. 
212. f. 6. — O. palmata montana maxima, Bauh. Pin. p. 86. — Rudb. Elys. v. ii. 
p. 216. f. 18. — O. palmata pratensis angustifolia major, Bauh. Pin. p. 85. — 
O. palmata caryophyllata, Bauh. Pin. p. 86. — Rudb. Elys. v. ii. p. 213. f. 8. — 
O. palmata angustifolia minor odoratissima, Rudb. Elys. v. ii. p. 213. .f. 7. — 
Palmata rubella, cum longis calcaribus rubellis, Bauh. Hist. v. ii. p. 778, with 
Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower ; a, a, a, the Sepals ; b, b, the Petals ; e. the 
Lip. — Fig. 2. Back view of a Flower. — Fig. 3. Anther and Pollen-masses. — Fig. 4. 
One of the Pollen-masses. 
* From gumnos, Gr. naked ; and adno, Gr. a gland ; one of the essential 
characters of this genus. 
-f See fol. 8, note +. 
t See fol. 387, a. 
3 See fol. 33, note *, 
