Pl.end.ph. 21. ORCHIDEiE. 138. Orchis. 201 
1. Orchis fusca. Brown orchis , 
Lip rough, 3-parted; lobes unequal, ragged; lateral ones 
linear; middle lobe broad, 2-cut with an intermediate point; 
sepales blunt, connivent; spur straight, one-third the length 
of the ovary ; hractea very short. 
Orchis strateumntica, Ger. em. 215, 12; Park. 1344, 6. 
Orchis magna latis foliis, galea fusca vel nigricante, DiUen in Rail Syn . 
378,11. 
Orchis militaris /3 and 5, Lin. S. P. 1334. 
Orchis pu purea, Huds. ed. 1,334. x 
Orchis fusca, Murray Syst. Feg. ed 14, 809. 
Orchis moravica, Jacq. Ic. rur. 9, 182. 
Chalky soils; perennial; May and June. 
Stem 1 8 in. high ; flowers large, greenish brown, brown- 
ish purple or pale ash-grey ; sepales broad. 
2. Orchis militaris. Soldier orchis . 
Lip rough, 3-parted ; lobes equal, incurved, broad ; 
middle lobe 2-cut with an intermediate point; sepales 
pointed, connivent; spur straight, half as long as the ovary; 
hractea very short. 
Orchis strateurnatica minor, Ger. em. 216, 13 ; Park. 1344, 8. 
Orchis militaris, Lin. S. P- 1333. 
White dogs-stones. Man-orchis. 
Chalky places ; perennial ; May. 
Scape 12 in. high; leaves broad-lanceolate, spotless; spike 
many-flowered, dense ; flowers purplish. 
3. Orchis lephrosanthos . Grey-spiked orchis • 
Lip roughish ; lobes 3, equal, linear; middle lobe 2-cut, 
with an intermediate point; sepales pointed, connivent; spur 
rather bent, half as long as the ovary ; hractea very short. 
Cynosorchis major altera, Ger. em. 205,2. 
Cynosorchis latifolia minor, Park. 1344,4, 
Orchis galea, et alis fere cinereis, Raii Syn. 378, 10. 
Orchis militaris e, Lin. S. P. 1334. 
Orchis militaris, Engl. Rot. 1873. 
Orchis tephrosanthos, Villurs Delph. *2, 3%. 
Orchis Simia, Be Cand. FI. Fr. ed. 3,249. 
Chalky places ; perennial ; May. 
Spike abruptly terminated ; 2 outer sepales sometimes lip- 
shaped and spurred. 
4. Orchis latifolia. Broad leaf orchis. 
Lip smooth, 3-lobed, turned over at the sides; upper 
sepales connivent; spur conical, shorter than the ovary; 
hractea longer than the flqwer. 
