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LXXX1X. ORCIIIDACEiE. 
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* Stalks of the pollen-masses each with a distinct gland. 
f Knobs 1 * * * V of the root 2, undivided. 
| Bracteas 1 -nerved. 
1. O. Mdrio L. ( green-winged. Meadow O ) ; lip 3-lobed 
somewhat crenate the middle lobe emarginate, sepals obtuse 
ascending connivent, spur ascending blunt rather shorter than 
the gertnen. E. B. t. 2059. 
Meadows and pastures in England and Ireland. If.. 5, 6. — Stem 
from 1 span to 1 foot liigh. Flowers few, in a lax spike. Outer sepals 
purplish-green, forming a sort of helmet over the rest of the flower. 
Lip purple, pale in the middle, with purple spots. 
2. 0. mdscula L. ( early purple O.) ; lip 3-lobed somewhat cre- 
nate the middle lobe emarginate, outer sepals acute, the two 
lateral ones reflexed upwards, lateral inner sepals converging, 
spur obtuse rather longer than the germen. E. B. t. 631. 
Woods and pastures, frequent. If.. 4 — 6. — Stem 1 foot high. 
Leaves generally marked with dark purple spots. Flowers in a lax 
oblong spike, purple, sometimes fragrant ; the centre of the lip is 
whitish at the base and spotted, sometimes altogether white. A plant 
found by Mr. Moore in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, is referred by some 
to 0. mascula ; by others to O. speciosa Host (which, however, seems 
only a form of O. mascula with attenuated sepals) ; the leaves are 
invariably without spots : we have seen no specimens. 
3. O. vstuldta L. ( dwarf dark-winged O.) ; lip 3-partite 
marked with discoloured raised spots, segments narrow the 
middle one bifid, outer sepals connivent acute including the 
two lateral inner ones, spur nearly half as long and bracteas 
as long as the germen. E, B. t. 1 8. 
Dry chalky pastures, in England. 5,6. — Stem 4 — 5 inches 
high. Lip white, with purple, raised, not rough spots, while the rest 
of the flower is a dark, dingy purple. Outer sepals forming a sharp 
helmet-like covering, within which are the two small linear lateral 
inner ones. Leaves lanceolate, acute. 
4. 0. fusca Jacq. ( great brown-winged O .) ; lip deeply 3- 
lobed with raised rough dark points, lateral lobes linear-oblong, 
intermediate one large obcordate crenate and emarginate with 
a point in the sinus, outer sepals rather obtuse connivent in- 
cluding the two inner ones, spur obtuse about half as long as 
the germen. 0. militaris Sm. : E. B. t. 16. O. purpurea Huds. 
Chalky pastures and borders of woods in Kent. y. 5. — Stem 
1—2 feet high. Leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse. Flowers forming a 
1 Knobs or tubercles are simple roots which become succulent. In this Order 
they are often called tubers, by mistake; for a true tuber is not a root, but “a 
roundish underground succulent stem covered with buds (or eyes), from which new 
plants or tubers are produced, — as the Potato.” Lined. 
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