Orchis M a s c u l a . E a r l y S p o t t e d O r ch id
ORCHIS Linncei Gen. PL. G y n a n d r i a D i a n d r i a .
_ . Nedarium corriiforme pone.florehn.
f P f l 2^ ‘ H e r b i e r a d i c e b u l b o s a p r v e d i t A
0 0 bt / : T obtur° p 'e t a , i s dDrfalib“
0 brffidoibusi^ os di:: nS" Ltf.1”js reflex,s; iabdf° 111 resmcn'to - d;° h-M
ORCHIS inafcula. Scopoli FI. CarnioL. n. m i .
S 5 S ^ r t ? ^ S ? c “ “ H mac<!Iat»- Sauhift.pin.Bi. ParUrifon, 1046;
CYN OS ORCHIS m » » » GWard. « * * . 208. A 376. h. 3. The Male FooUdones.
' ■ :........... Hud/on, FI. Angl. p. 333. Qeder. FL Dan. t. 457. Lig/iffoot. FI. Scot. fi. 5 i5.
I RADIX: Bulbi duo fubrotundi, majufculi. 0 RO OT: two Bulbs of a rbundilh form, and feme:
•' . . ' a ... what large.
IcAULIS pedalis, efe.fius, teres, folidus; fuperne pur- | STA LK a foot high, uptight, round, Tolid above
purafcens;_nudus, mferne foltts vagtnantibus ? naked and purplilhf below clothed with fur!
veititus. | rouhding leaves.
■ fOLIA lattufcula, macuhs atropurpure.s plerumque 0 LEAVES broadilh, moll commonly marked with dark
infigmta, mferne cannata. f purple fpots, the midrib'projeffing ftarply
, , r , - ' I ' ■ i* . on the1 under, fide. 1 7
fePICA longa, fpeciofa, Iaxa. § SPIKE long, fliowy, Ioofe
BRACTEjE purpureas, lanceolatS, fubniembrima'cete, | FLORAL-.LEAVES purple; lanceolate, fomewhat
germtne paulo brevtores, aptctbus paululum b membranous, a little fhorterthan [heGemen
L ra B B B | • $ the tips.a little twilled.
(COROLLA: P e TALa quimjue, purpurea; duo ovato- ,} COROLLA: five purple P e t a l s , two o f which are
acuta, e r eB a , cannata, apicibus incurvatis, | . o f an oval pointed (hape, u p r ig h t with a
trta conmventia m galeam: L ab e l lum am- $ projecting rib, the tips bending inward: thd
plum, tnlobum, medio produfliore, omnibus ft remaining three form the galea or helmet -
acute crenulatis, e t baft maculatls: F a u x | the L ip large, with three lobes, o f which the
a“ a' « middle one is the iongeft, all o f them iharply
I notched, and fpotted at th eb a fe : M outh
J. white.
L ■ , E * PUCl F l c - I E x p l a n a t io n o f the F io u r e s ;
f o . - l , Braflsa. $ % . — t, The Floral-leaf.
2“ , 3~ , Petala. J 2, 3, The Petals.
4, Labellurii. §
5, Ne&arium, nat. magnifc. I
o, Glandula ad bafin Filament!.
7, Filamcntum. f
8, Antherae.
9, Receptaculum glandularumFilamentorum. $I
10, Theca Antherarum claufä. -f-
11, Eadem aperta.
12, Anthera extenfafc |
ig, Stigma. f
14, Germen, au&.
4, The Lip.
5, The Neftary of their natural fiie;
6, The Gland at the bafe of the Filament.
7, The Filament.
8, The Antherae.
9, The Cavity containing the Glands o f thd
Filaments.
lb, The cafe containing the Antherae clofed.
11, The fame Opened.
12, The Antheta ftretched out.
13» The Stigma.
i'4i The Germen, magnified.
Students in general find a difficulty in Obtaining a clear idea o f the parts o f fruaificatiofi in the Orchis
Inbe. There is a peculiarity o f dmAum runs through the whole of them, very different from what we meet
pith in plants m general. meet
B i c M - ] PU rtrof this genus h?va bulbous r°°«i which are yearly renewed; fome have fibrous roots which
|ropahake of the fame nature. As a proof o f their being yearly renewed, We always find, when there ate two
f c e hbulbonIf them ‘S “ 3 m° re ' tlthered flatC than the other- and ;f we take the roots up in Autumn, we
L S f Pla” ts muI,ip!f themfeives very; little. The fmall increafe they make, appears to be from offTets
tttheitowehave nofattsfaftory proof of their being propagated from feed; yet the feed-veffels in many of them"
iTU^r* formed, and filled With feeds; which though extremely minute, appear perfeft ^ *
Luch £ i au efS, ° f 5 1 ® iSi horweve.r> no argument againft its vegetating: fome of the Ferns, whofe feeds are
iN lfMl i S B M Wfi i° f0?1^1"^ ^ 1.0113 nurferymen near London4 , to be propagated from feed, and to fp°»'a«“ ufly m their hot-houfes, where the original plant has feattered its feed: and it is mod probab v
Nng to a want of minute attention, that the progrefs of the Orchis feedlings has not yet been obferved P “ “ y
L . we however dtfpofed to doubt the vegetative power of thefe feeds, we might urge that their karri,u.d
» I E th« r " ot bf g Properly impregnated ; tl^Anthene in the Orchis » » M B ! !
Wetn j t ftruaupe- aom th°re of Plants ln general; and not containing, fo far, at lead, as I have ye/been
wleto difeover, any fimilar pollen, of impregnating duft. ' oeen
@ 1 ?°*er I I fta“ ina< whofe druaure is well deferving the attention of the curious; each of thefe fla-
Cnr„! Ad Wlthln a hag or cafe,, the edges of which fold over each other, and open anteriorly as the plant
U ft, T iTds n,atunty,Ag- 1 ;• At this penod, in many of the Orchis tribe, they hang down outofriieif
p! towards the digtna, and are particularly vifible in the Bee Orchis, and fome others: on the (lighted null theft
Id a ol K T k aIdr u at the bnfe of eac^ fi,ament3 we difeover a fmall tranfparent globule, y?/ 6 ■ and at the
C X aL s i sanCOmd [l “ '?n'°n!y °f ayellowcolonr, and granulated furface, which muft be confider-
t, n,,Lc r -rW’ 8‘ . ° n niching this fubdance before the view of a microfcope, it appears to be comnofed
Lp„twer CUblL °r corpufcles, united together by fine eladic threads, fig . 12: that thefe
Cre?,Sn°Hdme | e P?i - n fe,e,5,r h^hly probable, though iti a manner, at prefent unknown to us
Ml in generafbe^hfficient!^10^111^1111^ ' PeC'eS “ °Ur othcr 0rcMs's: its fPotted Ieavcs a"d early bloom,
B l i K laaves. and flowers, jufily entitle it to a place in .the gardens o f the curious; and in which
[ i n !n a mady fituation, it will readily groWa mcn,
flowers in April and May.
Phut inore abounds beC°me fomewhat fcarceS hut in the woods and meadows in mod parts of England, no
rK^&S MI lrep!, wthiis efrpfe°cUiensd aPp'p1e“ars as l;i.k?e5l,y' " t"o aans fPwoert aasb laen,y too fc tuhletmiva. te this genus of plants, for the 1p ur1pofe of
ft l>y naXmf°rdinary invig °ratin„g Powers of the roots o f thefe plants, have been handed down to us with ceremo
rPKtkinJIfd* name,sa™°ng fiantIqu.lty: but we readily fubferibe to the opinion of Monficur G aribe l who
I ^ ■ ns ° f the Orchis, fays that great names have introduced many Sbfurd medicines. 5 10
* Meflrs. L ee and Gordon.