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Order I. Diandria. 
Orchis. Gtera. char .— -Nectary horn-shaped, placed 
behind the flower. 
Or. Bifolia , Butterfly Orchis ; with undivided bulbs ; 
lip of the nectary lanceolate, entire ; horn very long, 
and lateral petals spreading. In woods and moist places, 
with a clay soil. 
Or. Maculata, Spotted Orchis ; with palmated, di« 
varicate roots ; horn of the nectary shorter than the 
germen ; lip three-lobed, plain j petals spreading. Com- 
mon in moist meadows and pastures^ 
Ophrys. Gen, ckar.—Ne eta ry slightly keel-shap- 
ed underneath, deflected. 
Oph, Qvata, Common Twayblade ; with fibrous roots 
two-leaved stem ; leaves elliptical ; lip of the nectary li- 
near, two -cleft. In woods, meadows, and pastures. 
Oph. Corallorhiza , Coral- rooted Ophrys ; with branch- 
ing, winding, divaricate roots j stem sheathed, without 
leaves ; lip of the nectary undivided. A rare plant, 
observed by Lightfbot in lloss-shire, and lately disco- 
vered near Ravelrig, five miles from Edinburgh. 
Cypripedium. Gen. char . — Nectary two-lipped, 
lower lip ventricose, inflated, hollow. 
Cyp. Calceolus, Ladies Slipper ; with fibrous roots ; 
leafy stem ; petals four, lanceolate, pointed ; upper lip 
elliptical, channelled. In woody places in the north of 
England, but rare. 
Cyp. Parviforum , Yellow Ladies Slipper ; with. 
