PL encLph. 21. OIICHIDE/E. 140. Gymnadenia. 20,5 
VI. 140. GYMNADENIA. R. Brown. Gymnadenia 
Ovary reclined at the tip ; perigoiiium arched ; Up spur- 
red, 3-cut; spur linear; gynostemium very short; rostellum 
split; retinacle distinct, naked; gynizus usually surrounding 
the opening of the spur, crescent-like, dilated at each end 
forwards. — Bull palmate; leaves radical, slender; spike 
loose; hractece leaflike, lanceolate; flowers sweet-scented. 
Gymnadenia conopsea. Gnat gymnadenia . 
Spur twice as long as the ovary. 
Orchis q. Palmata rubella cum longis calcaribus rubellis, Raii Syn* 
381,21. 
Serapias minor nitente flore, Ger. era. 222. 
Orchis paluiaia minor flore rubro. Park. 1358. 
Orchis conopsea, Lin. S. P. 1335. 
Gymnadenia conopsea, R. Brown in Ait. H. Kew. 5. 
Red handed-orchis. 
Meadows; perennial; June. 
Stem 18 in. high; leaves bright green; flowers pale 
purple, smelling like cloves; Up bluntly 3-lobed, middle 
segment not nicked ; side sepales much spread ; spur bristle- 
like. 
/3. alba. Flowers white. 
VII. 141. ENTATICUS. Apulejus. Hand-orchis . 
Ovary reclined at the tip ; perigonium galeate ; Up spur- 
red; spur short; gynostemium very short; rostellum split; 
retinacle distinct, naked ; gynizus usually surrounding the 
opening of the spur, crescentlike, dilated at each end for- 
wards. — Root fascicled or palmate; stem leafy; leaves broad; 
Spike close, many-flowered ; hractece lanceolate, lead ike. 
1. Entaticus albldus. Whitish hand-orchis. 
Spur blunt, one-third the length of the ovary ; lip 
3-parted ; lobes acute, the middle divided. 
Orchis pusilla alba odorata, radice palmata, Raii Syn. 381, 1. 
Satyrium albidum, Lin. S. P. 1338. 
Orchis albida, Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, 207. 
Orchis parviflora, Lamarck Enc.. Meth. 4, 599. 
Habcnaria albida, R. Brown in Ait. //. Kew . 5, 192. 
Gymnadenia albida, Richard Mem. Mus. 4,57. 
White handed- musk -orchis. 
Mountainous pastures; perennial; June. 
Bulbs fasciculate, in pairs; stem 15 in. high; leaves lan- 
ceolate, oval; upper leaves lanceolate, pointed; flowers 
small, whitish, sweet scented ; lip green. 
