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GENUS IX. 
THE FRAGRANT ORCHIS. (Gymnadenia, R. Br .) 
Lin. Syst. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
eneric Character. —Sepals and petals converging, coloured ; lip coloured, lobed, spurred. Lobes of the anther parallel. Pollen- 
masses with two naked glands. ( Lindl.) 
Description, &c. —There is only one British species in this genus, (viz., G. conopsea , R. Br.,) which though 
its popular name is the Fragrant Orchis, has yet not by any means an agreeable fragrance in a room, to those 
who are not accustomed to it. In the open air, however, it smells like new hay. The flow’ers are purple, and 
though small, they are pretty. The tubers are palmate. The name of Gymnadenia is from two Greek words 
signifying a naked gland. 
GENUS X. 
THE BUTTERFLY-ORCHIS. (Platanthera, Rich.) 
Lin. Syst. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Generic Character. —Flowers of Orchis. Spur slender. Glands of the pollen-masses naked ; cells of the anther diverging. (Lindl.) 
Description, &c. —The Common Butterfly Orchis has very pretty white flowers, which bear a slight 
resemblance to a butterfly, and which appear in June ; there is a variety with smaller flowers. The name of 
Platanthera signifies broad anther, from the cells of the anthers spreading. 
GENUS XI. 
THE FROG-ORCHIS. (Peristylus, Blume .) 
Lin. Syst. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Generic Character. —Flowers of Platanthera. Spur very short, usually inflated. Glands of the pollen-masses naked ; cells of the 
anther parallel or diverging. (Lindl.) 
Description, &c. —There are only two species, both of which are neither very ornamental nor very curious. 
The name of Peristylus is derived from two Greek words signifying around the style. 
GENUS XII. 
THE MAN-ORCHIS. (Aceras, R. Br.) 
Lin. Syst. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Generic Character. —Sepals and petals helmet-shaped, herbaceous ; lip coloured, lobed, hanging down, not spurred. Pollen- 
masses with two glands inclosed in a common pouch. (Lindl.) 
Description, &c.—There is only one species in this genus : the name of Aceras signifies having no horn, in 
allusion to the lip being without a spur. 
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