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Orchidaceee. 
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18. Middle lobe of the lip as long or longer than the lateral 
lobes.—Damp meadows, rather rare; W. V. Z. 5 
palustris Jacq. 2081. 
— Middle lobe of the lip shorter than the lateral lobes or 
even 0. Ls rather broader; spur rather longer than in the 
last.—As the last; V. (a southern species!). 5, rather 
earlier than the last . . . laxiflora Lam. 2082. 
19 (15). Tubers slightly 2—3-fid at the end (sometimes, in¬ 
deed, undiv.). FIs yellow, more rarely purple. Spur as 
long as, or longer than, the ovary.—Alp., subalp and Jura, 
not common (wanting in U. A.). 4, 5 sambucina L. 2083. 
— Tubers palmate, 3—7-fid FIs of a more or less dark 
purple, or lilac or white. Spur gen. shorter than the 
ovary ......... 20 
20. Stem not hollow, with 6—10 ls; the highest l. much 
smaller, gen. at some distance from the spike. Middle 
bracts as long as, or shorter than, the fls.—b. elodes Gris. 
Lower ls lanceolate, acute; spur slender (Chur: Briigg.). 
—Woods, marshy meadows; distrib. 6 maculata L. 2084. 
— Stem hollow, with 3—6 Is; the upper 1. gen. reaching 
the spike. . 21 
21. Ls spreading obliquely on the stem, gen. spotted with 
brown, the lower oval-oblong, broadest at the middle. 
Lower and middle bracts longer than the fls.—Damp 
meadows; distrib. 5 . . latifolia L. 2085. 
— Ls erect or erect-spreading, gen. not spotted, long- 
lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, narrowed almost from 
the base ......... 22 
22 Ls erect, long-lanceolate, concave at the top. Lower 
and middle bracts longer than the fls. Stem stiffer and 
often taller than in the last; Is lighter green.—Damp 
meadows, peat-swamps; distrib., but gen. speaking rather 
rarer and later than the last. . incarnata L. 2086. 
— Ls erect-spreading, the upper linear, slightly channelled, 
flat at the top. Lower bracts as long as, middle bracts 
shorter than the fls. Stem slenderer than in the last. 
O. masculata-latifolia Steig.?—As the last, rare; Lenzer- 
heide (Grraub.), Ste-Croix, Trelex, Einsiedeln, Uetliberg, 
Rheineck. 5 Traunsteineri Saut. 2087. 
OBS. Hybrids: O. incarnala-palustris; O. laxiflora-Morio (0. alata 
Floury); 0. laxiflora-palustris, Geneva; Schmidely; 0. mascula-pallens (Lo- 
reziana Briigg 1 .); O. militaris-Aeeras (0. spuria Rchb. f.); O. militaris-purpurea 
(O. hybrida Bonnigh.); 0. militaris-tephrosanthos (0. Beyrichii Kern.); O. glo- 
bosa-Gymnadenia conopea (O. valesiaca Spiess); O. purpurea-tephrosanthos 
(according to Reut.); Gymnadenia odor.-Orchis-maculata (according to Regel, 
an example at the foot of Uto near Zurich); O. tridentata-ustulata (Dietricbiana 
Bogenh.).— O. Morio-palasfris and O. masrula-Aeeras are also indicated. 
