148 
■6YIANDRIA, 
N° of 
Species, hi 
N° Genera. 
Growth, species. Native of 
Britain, 
9 Orchis* 
h 50 Italy, Asia 
Brit. 11 
10 Satyrimn 
h 15 Cape 
Brit. 4 
11 Serapias 
h 10 Cape 
Brit. 3, 
ORDER II. TRIANDRIA, 
(three males.) 
One-female. 
12 
Ferrariaf 
h 
2 
Cape 
13 
Salacia 
s 
1 
China 
14 
Sisyrinchiurn 
h 
2 
Bermuda, 
15 
Stilago 
s 
1 
India 
ORDER III. TETRAMDRIA, 
(four males.) 
One-female. 
16 Nepenthes h 1 Ceylon 
ORDER IV. PENTANDRIA. 
(five males.) 
One-female ,:./ 
17 Ayenia h 3 Jamaica 
18 Giuta s i Java 
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* The flowers of the different species of orchis and ophrys are very variousoft 
resembling different kinds of animals and insects, which have givenJBritish names 
to many of the species, according to their several representations.— Salep is pre¬ 
pared from the orchis ; the bulbs of the orchis mascula are chiefly used, but some . 
of the palmated bulbs are said to answer equally as well, especially the orchis 
latifolia; they may be thus prepared,—first to be washed clean, then dipped in 
hot water in order to separate the brown skin that covers them, which may be 
rubbed off by a brush or coarse cloth; they are then 1;o be spread on a tin plate, 
and. placed in an hot oven from six to ten minutes, in which time they will lose 
their whiteness, and acquire a transparency; afterwards are to be dried in the air' 
for use, which will require several days; or may be dried with a gentle heat in a 
few hours. The time for gathering is when the stalk is ready to fall, for then the 
new bulb (of which salep is made) is arrived at maturity. In the Synopsis of 
British plants , published in Latin by J. Symons, 1798, the genus orchis is removed 
to the class diandria. 
•f* Ferraria only vegetates every second or third year, though the root remains 
firm in the ground. 
