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DlANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Orchis 
Stem nine to twelve inches high, jointed. Leaves five or six; spear-shaped, 
acute, membranous. Floral leaves spear-shaped, coloured, as long as 
the germen. Flowers purple. Petals egg-spear-shaped, three approach¬ 
ing, the two lateral ones expanding, reflexed. Lip broad, with two 
oblong longitudinal protuberances at the base. Linn. Spike short, com¬ 
pact, pyramidal; horm filiform, longer than the germen. Stem and leaves 
of a silky glossiness ; leaves strap-spear-shaped, (pale. E.) The gibbous 
protuberances on the lip of the nectary give, as remarked by Smith, the 
distinguishing character of this species. 
Pyramidal Orchis. (Welsh: Tegeirianbera; Tegeirian cochyrhdf. E.) 
Meadows and pastures, especially in calcareous soil. (Hare in Scotland. 
Near Triloran, in the isle of Colonsay. Lightfoot. About Stocking- 
wood, Leicestershire, rare. Pulteney. Road sides in the northern parts 
of Northamptonshire. Mr. Pitt. Fields near Houghton-le-Spring, and 
Castle Eden, Durham. Mr. Winch. Ragley Park, opposite Kingley; 
Cleve Hill; and Grafton, Warwickshire. Purton. Tywyn y Capal, 
Holyhead. Welsh Bot. E.) P. June—July. 
Var. 2. FI. alb. Flowers white. Chalk-pit Close. Relhan. (And on 
Bordean Hill, Hampshire. Pulteney. 
Mr. D. Stock, of Bungay, has observed this plant with flowers destitute of 
spur and lip ; each flower had a calyx of three coloured leaves, and three 
petals, all quite uniform ; the organs of fructification being placed in 
the centre. Mag. Nat. Hist. i. 379. E.) 
O. Mohtio. (Knobs of the root oval: lip of the nectary four-cleft, 
somewhat crenate; spur obtuse, ascending; calyx (petals) many- 
ribbed, converging. Sm. E.) 
Curt. — (E. Bot. 2059. E.)— Wale. — Dod. 28 6. 2— Lob. Obs. 88. i.; Ic. i. 176. 
2 .—Ger. Em. 208. 2—Park. 1347. 4 —Ger. 158. 6—Fuch. 559— J. B. ii. 
761. 3. Lonic. i. 202. 1— Hall. 33. 2, at ii. p. 144— FI. Dan. 253— Vaill. 31. 
13. and 14, flowers only. 
( Stem six to twelve inches high. Leaves paler, and silvery or shining be¬ 
neath, spear-shaped, embracing the stem. E.) Flowers purple ; rather 
few. Petals all obtuse, marked with approximating lines. Flowers six 
to twelve, loosely disposed. Horn shorter than the germen. Lip of the 
nectary very broad, the middle segment spotted with purple. Leaves 
sometimes spotted. Stackh. Differs from O. mascula as follows: Stem 
lower. Spike of fewer flowers. Bulbs small, round, one fixed to the 
base of the stem, the other connected by a fibre the thickness of a pack¬ 
thread, and half an inch long. Petals , the three upper forming the hood, 
and covering the lower ones, always scored with three or five greenish 
veins. Woodw. The green lines on the petals distinguish it from every 
other Orchis. Ray. (The masses of pollen , formerly taken for anthers, 
split each into two lobes. Sm. E.) 
Var. 1. Flowers flesh-coloured, or white. Ray. 
Nuns, about Nottingham. 
Meadow Orchis. (Welsh: Tegeirian y waun. E.) Moist meadows and 
pastures. P. May—June.* 
O. mas'cula. Lip of the nectary four-lobed, finely scolloped: horn 
obtuse: exterior petals reflexed. 
* (This is one species from which the roots are obtained for making the beverage 
called Salep, or Saloop. 
