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LXXX1X. ORCHID ACEiE. [ O’rchis. 
handsome spike, with variegated purple inner sepals ; the outer ones of 
a dark greenish-purple, the lip much paler. 
5. O. militdris L. ( Military O .) ; lip deeply 3-lobed with 
small raised rough points, the two lateral lobes linear-oblong 
several-veined short, middle lobe dilated at the extremity and 
deeply emarginate with an intermediate point, outer sepals 
acuminate connivent including the 2 lateral inner ones, spur 
obtuse about half as long as the germen, bracteas very short. 
Bicheno in E. B. S. t. 2675. 
Chalky hills, principally about Reading, on both sides of the 
Thames. 14 . 5. — Intermediate, in the construction of its flowers, 
between the preceding and the following, but most allied to the I 
former. Outer sepals pale ash-coloured. Lip deep purple, white in 
the middle. Leaves oblong, rather acute. 
6. O. tephrosdnthos Vill. ( Monkey O.) ; lip 3-partite with 
small raised rough points the two lateral lobes linear 1 -veined, 
intermediate one deeply bifid with a point in the sinus, outer 
sepals acuminate connivent including the two lateral inner 
ones, spur half as long as the germen, bracteas very small. 
0. maera Lindl. 0. Simia Bab. O. militaris ($. Sm. : E. B. 
t. 1873 P 
Chalky hills, in Berks, Oxfordshire, and Kent. 24 . 5 . — This 
species Dr. Lindley pronounces to be quite distinct from O. tephros- 
anthos of Villars ; but Mr. Borrer not only doubts its being so, but 
whether it be even distinct from 0. militaris, from which it chiefly 
differs by the narrower and less veined lateral lobes of the lip. Mr. 
Bentham unites both O.fusca and tephrosanthos of British botanists 
to O. militaris. Flowers pale purple, spotted. Segments of the lip 
narrow, deep purple. 
JJ Bracteas with 3 or more nerves. 
7. O. laxifldra Lam. {lax -flowered O.) ; lip 3-lobed, the la- 
teral lobes rounded in front crenulate longer than the trun- 
cate slightly emarginate intermediate one, spur cylindrical 
emarginate much shorter than the germen, lateral outer sepals 
reflexed, middle one erect, lateral inner ones connivent. Bab. 
in E. B. S. t. 2828. 
Wet meadows and bogs, Jersey and Guernsey : Mr. Babinpton. 
If. 5, 6. — “Allied to O. Morio, but that plant has single-nerved 
bracteas, and all the segments of its perianth, except the lip, are 
connivent. The short spur is also a valuable distinctive character.” 
Bab. 
■ft Knobs 2, palmate. Bracteas with 3 or more nerves. 
8. O. latifdlia L. ( Marsh O .) ; lip indistinctly 3-lobed its 
sides slightly reflexed crenate, outer sepals spreading, 2 lateral 
