large, rounded, of a rich dark velvetty purple : middle one
small and short, slightly retuse, of a lighter purple, and
spotted with small black specks on the upper side. Spur
Ion» and flat, spatulate, or widened towards the end, light
purple, ascending. Anther 2-lobed, each lobe enclosed in
a light purple hood. Pollen-masses pedicled, each pedicle
seated on a little gland at the base. _
The present handsome species of Orchis is native ot the
South of Europe, Barbary, and Greece, and is nearly related
to the O. Morio of this country, but differs m the
length of its spur, besides other distinctions. Our drawing
was made from a plant given us by Mr. W. Anderson, Curator
of the Apothecaries’ Company’s Garden at Chelsea;
we planted it in a border in our garden last Spring, at
which time the bulb was so small that it was not strong
enough to flower, but it continued to grow, and is now a
strong plant, and producing offsets ; it came into flower in
February last, and continued in bloom till the beginning of
April; the soil in which it is grown is of a light sandy nature,
and we find the greater part of the hardy Orchidese
thrive in it very well, and continue to increase in strength,
instead of diminishing. We saw several plants of it in the
Chelsea Garden flowering at the same time; but being in
pots in the frames, they did not flower so strong, but we
observed several young seedlings coming up in the pots
with them, that had sown themselves the preceding Spring.
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1 Ovarium, terminated by the back leaflet o f the Perianthium, and the two
inner smaller ones. 2. The two side outer leaflets o f the Perianthinm. 3. La-
bellum showing the two large side lobes, and the shorter middle one, with
the long flat spur at the back. 4. Column showing the two lobes o f the Anther,
the pollen-masses detached from the hood, pedicled and seated on small glands.