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inner ones connivent, spur cylindrical shorter than the germen, 
bracteas as long as or longer than the flower. E. B. t. 2308. 
Marshes and moist meadows, common, If.. 6, 7. — Stem usually 
hollow. Flowers varying from pale rose-colour to crimson and deep 
purple, the lip dotted and marked with purple lines, sometimes of a 
lurid or brick colour on the west coast of Scotland, and white on the 
sands of Barrie, near Dundee. The species is known by its slightly 
lobed lip, with reflexed sides, and by the bracteas, which are leafy 
and longer than the germen. The leaves are nearly erect, and usually 
acuminate, but are sometimes bluntish and cucullate at the apex 
( 0. incarnata Bab.). 
9. 0. maculdla L. ( spotted palmate O .) ; lip plane 3-lobed 
sometimes obscurely so, outer sepals spreading, 2 lateral inner 
ones connivent, spur cylindrical shorter and bracteas usually 
not longer than the ovary. E. B. t. 632. 
Pastures and heaths, frequent. %. 5 — 7. — A foot high, slender. 
Stem usually solid. Leaves distant, generally spotted with purple. 
Flowers white or pale purple, more or less spotted or streaked, 
especially the lip. The generally deeply lobed nearly flat lip, having 
the lateral lobes rounded, central one rather the longest and ovate, 
together with the usually small subulate bracteas, constitute the chief 
marks of distinction between the common state of this species and 0. 
latifolia. An intermediate form, however, occurs ( O. angustifolia 
Reich., or 0. Traunsteineri Koch), with the lip of 0. latifolia, but 
the short bracteas (particularly the upper ones) of O. maculata. We 
doubt, therefore, if they be distinct ; a doubt in which, we under- 
stand, Mr. Borrer joins. 
** Stalhs of the pollen-masses connected by a common gland. Knobs 
undivided. 
■j Lip erect in (estivation. 
10. O. pyramiddlis L. ( pyramidal O.) ; lip with 3 equal 
entire lobes and 2 protuberances at the base above, lobes ob- 
long truncate, middle lobe sometimes emarginate, outer sepals 
spreading acuminate, spur subulate-filiform longer than the 
germen, bracteas 3-nerved. E. B. t. 110. Anacamptis Rich. 
Pastures and waste ground, England and Ireland, chiefly in a 
chalky or clay soil. Mull of Galloway (on a sand-bank). Isle of 
Colonsay, and Fit'eshire, Scotland. If.. 6 — 8. — Leaves very 
acuminate. Flowers of a delicate rose-purple, sometimes white, 
spirally arranged in a close, broad, and ovate spike. 
ff Lip spirally twisted in (estivation. 
11. 0. hircina Scop. ( Lizard O.) ; lip 3-partite waved at the 
base downy, segments linear, intermediate one twisted very 
long, outer sepals connivent including the small lateral linear 
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