O r c h i s M o r i o. M e a d o w O r c h i s .
ORCHIS Linn. ‘Gen. PL G ynandria Diand ria. Neblarium corniforme pone florem.
R a ii Syn. Gen. 26. Herbal radice b u l b o s a pr^ed it /E.
ORCHIS Morio bulbis indivifis, ne&arii labio quadrifido crenulato: cornu obtufo adfcendente petalis
obtufis conniventibus. Lifm. Syß. Vegetab. p. 674. Sp. PL p. 1333. FL Suec. n. 794.
ORCHIS radicibus fubrotundis, petalis galea linearis, labellö trifido crenato, medio fegmento emar-
•ginatö. Haller Hiß. n. 1281. t. 33. '
ORCHIS Morio. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. n. 1110.
ORCHIS morio femina. Bauhin. Pin. 82. Parkinf. 1347.
CYNOSORCHIS morio femina, Ger. emac. 208. Raii Syn. 377. The Female Fool-ftones.
Hudfon Fl. Angl.fd. 2. p. 383. Lightfoot Fl. Scot p. 5 14. Oeder. FL Dan. Tab. 253*
RADIX: Bulbi duo, fubrotündi, magnitüdine nucis
avellanas aut etiam mofchatae, fuperne ut in
plerifque hujus generis fibris majufculis pa-
tentibus inftru&i, odore fubhircino.
SCAPUS fpithamaeus, ad pedalem et ultra, ere&us,
foliofus.
FOLIA amplexicaulia, lanceolata, lineata, fuperne nitida,
inferne fubargentea, ima reflexa, et
quodammodo intorta.
FLORES pauciores, fex five ofto, raro ultra duode-
cim, purpurei, laxe difpofiti.
BRACTÆA longitudine fere germinis, purpurafcens,
incumbens.
COROLLA: Petala quinque, omnibus in galeam
convenintibus, quorum duo exteriora pre-
fertim lineis quinque parallelis, viridibus no-
tantur.
LABELLUM amplum, purpureum, mfedio albidum,
puncktum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus de-
flexis, medio breviore emarginato, omnibus
ferrulatis. Calcar longitudine fere germinis,
fubemarginatum, furfum tendens.
STAMINA: Filament a duo;, A ntheræ virides,
cîavatæ, bilamellatæ, Jig, 2, 3, 5,
R O O T : two roundilh Bulbs o f the fize of a hazel nut
'or even of a nutmeg, above as in raoft o f thé
* plants o f this tribe furnifhed with largifh
X Spreading fibres, fmelling ftrong and rank.
A STA LK from fix or feven inches to a foot or more
© in height, upright and leafy.
6 LEAVES embracing the ftalk, lanceolate, marked
f with, lines, Ihining on the upper fide, un-
V derneath filvery, the bottom ones for the
I moft part turning back and varioufly con-
!!1, torted.
$ FLOWERS few in number, from fix to eight, feldom more than twelve, of a purple colour, fitting
loofely on the ftalk.
B R A C T iE A or Floral leaf, almoft the length o f the
germen, purplifh and incumbent.
C O R O LLA : five PeFals, all of which clofe together
and form the helmet, of thefe the two
outermoft are ftrikingly marked with green
parallel lines.
LIP large, purple, whitifti in the middle and dotted,
having three lobes, of which the two fide
ones turn downward, the middle one (horteft
Moft of the plants of the Orchis tribe as already has been obferved have bulbous toots which are yearly renewed,
they do not however mcreafe in that abundant manner which many other bulbous-rooted plants are
P § f ! 11 g f g as Yet 1 have not heard of any One that has raifed them from feed, nor can I boaft a faft of that
§ with a notch in it, all of them finely fawed. ( Spur nearly the length o f the germen, {lightly
H H y et frequent obfervation almoft confirms me in the opinion that they muft be propagated from feed*
j P be not admitted how {hall we account for fo many young plants being found together as are frequently
oDiervedj' I have myfelf feen from twenty to thirty youhg plants of the Bee Orchis growing within a foot of
notched at top and tending upward.
STAMINA: two Filaments; A n th er s green,
club-fliaped, fplitting into two lamellae, Jig.
2> 3. 5*.
°i urn’ an • I I 18 „ known they feldom or never increafe by the root; accurate and repeated obfervation in
this d b f l T b-C^pab 6 ° f ProducmS much ^formation, and will it is hoped ere long fatisfaftorily elucidate
Some writers on the Materia Medica have pronounced this to be the true plant which produces the oriental
I th»!!v r e 4 8 ;enrs , PP°^h 11 to, he fome other fpecies, there is one circumftance which makes it impoflible
.l • P^ 1GS , ou‘d produce all the Salep, as many of the roots in that drug appear palmated like thofe of
i f J c!ns Maculata, whereas had they been the produce of the Orchis Morio they would all have appeared
M § f f | woluld therefore appear moft probable that the Salep is formed from a number o f the different fpecies
the Ll/0 S e j r there [eem^ to be n,° ProPrifty in confining it to this fpecies alone, the mafcula, the maculata,
oijona, and iome others have as large or larger roots than this, and their quality appears to be the fame.
foiW ° rchLS ^ orir growS in meado^s that are moderately dry, fuch as the Cowflip is ufually found in and
netimes they are fo numerous as to empurple the fpot they grow on.
in CSn \ lbe .ckaM es of colour from a deep purple to a white, indeed there is no Orchis more variable
obvim,fl ,5-ir H IM r “ s varieties it retains more or lefs ftrongly the green lines on its fide petals which
U1v dutinguifh it from all our other Orchis’s.
Il flowers in May and June.-