Ilerniinium.'] lxxxix. ORCiiiDACEiE. 437 
Mountain-pastures, not unfrequent. 2f. 6 — 8. — About a span 
high. Leaves oblong, striate, lower ones obtuse. Flowers white, 
small, fragrant. • Lip scarcely longer than the other sepals, deflexed. 
** Spur filiform, elongated. Knobs oval, entire. Platanthera Kick. 
3. H. bifolia Br. ( lesser B.) ; inner sepals connivent obtuse, 
spur twice as long as the gerinen, lip linear entire obtuse, 
anther oblong-truncate, its cells parallel. E. B. S. t. 2806. 
Orchis L. Platanthera Lindl. 
Moist copses, meadows, and marshes, frequent. 2f. 6 — 8. — 
Radical leaves usually 2, oblong-obovate, and attenuate at the base, 
both in this species and the next ; cauline ones small, lanceolate. 
4. H. chlordntha Bab. ( great B.) ; inner sepals connivent 
obtuse, spur twice as long as the germen, lip lanceolate entire 
obtuse, anther broadly ovate truncate, its cells converging 
upwards twice as widely separated at the base as at the apex. 
Platanthera Lindl, Orchis bifolia Sm. : E. B. t. 22. 
Dry pastures and heaths, sometimes in moist places, frequent. It. 
5 — 8. — A monstrosity has been sometimes found at Norris Castle 
Isle of Wight, in which the spur is absent. We are not convinced 
that this species is distinct from the preceding ; the two agree pre- 
cisely in general appearance ; the difference consists merely in the 
anther of H. chlorantha being more dilated at the base, which may 
possibly be the effect of luxuriance; we admit it, however, because 
II. bifolia is itself in the same way intermediate between H. chlorantha 
and the genus Gymnadenia. In neither species of this section is there 
a rostellate process at the base of the anther, between its cells. 
12. A'ceras Br. Man- Orchis. 
Lip without a spur. Glands of the stalks of the pollen-masses 
contained in a common little pouch. — Name: a, without , and 
Kepag, a horn ; in allusion to the absence of a spur. 
1. A. anthropdphora Br. ( green M.) ; lip longer than the 
germen. Ophrys A.: E. B. t. 29. 
Dry chalky or clay pastures in the east of England. If . 6. — 
Knobs ovate. Stem about a foot high. Flowers in a long spike. Lip 
tripartite, with linear segments, yellowish, with a red or brown 
margin, the middle lobe rather broad, deeply bifid. Helmet green, 
composed of the 3 connivent, concave outer sepals, including the 2 
small linear-lanceolate, obtuse, lateral inner ones. 
13. Herminium Br. Musk-Orchis. 
Lip without a spur. Glands of the stalks of the pollen-masses 
naked, distinct. — Name: probably derived from topiv, ippivog, 
the knob or foot of a bed-post ; in allusion to the root. 
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