HERMINIUM MONORCHIS, MUSK HERMINIUM,
HERMINIUM Monorchis; foliis radicallbus lanceolatis binis. Br,
HERMINIUM Monorchk Brown in Hort. K m l cd. 2. mi. S. p . \ g U i c l i a r d i n M m - du Mm.
OPHRYS MonotcM, Zinn. Sp. P l.p . 1 3 4 2 . » « / , S90. With. Bot. Arr. cd. 4 » I . 2, 0. 30. w im . üp. r i . ml. 4. ƒ>. ö l. Smith Fl. B n t. p. 936. E iM Bot t 7i Wnbi
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SATYRIUM Monorchis. Pers. &/«. P /. wo/. 2. 500,
ARACHNITES Monorchis. Gern*, er/. 2. ©o/. 1. P . II, ». 17g,
ORCHIS bulbo unico subrotundo, labello cruciformi. Hall. Helv. n. 126g. t. 22
ORCHIS odorata moschata, sive Monorchis; The yellow sweet or Musk Orchis. Raii Syn.p. 373.
Dan. Sygmap, Dm. Eenballig Iwccblad. Gero. Ragwurz. Swed. HomngsUomma. '
Class and Order, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.
[Natural Order, ORCHIDEÆ, Jms., Brown, Hook.]
GBN- CHAR. Corolla subpatens. Labellmn ecalcaratum. Glanduloe massnrum pollinis muta, distincte.
Gen. Char. Corolla slightly patent. Zip spurless. Glands of the poll enrôlasses naked, distinct.
Radix e tuberibus duobus subrotundis, uno sessili, anni
præsentis, altero minore, pedunculato, anni se-
queiitis.
Caults palnjaris, erectus, teres, nudiusculus,
FoLU radicalia bina, lanceolata, carinata, obtusiuscula;
caulina solitaria, parva, subulata.
Flores numerosi, parvi, luteo-virides, cernui, in spicam
elongatam densam dispositi.
Bracteie lanceolato-subulatæ, virides, germine bre-
Berianthium sex-partitum : Foliola subconniventia;
tria exteriora breviora, ovata, concava, colore iü-
tensiore; triaintërioraluteo-viridia, quorum duo
lateralia ovata, longe acuminata, obtusiuscula,
inferius vel labellum trifidum, subreticulatum,
ecalcaratum, basi gibbosutïi. segmentis laterali-
bus brevibus obtusis, interrnedio lineari-angusto,
longo.
Columna perbrevis.
Anthera terminalis, persistens, oyato-rotundata, viridis,
bilocularis, loculis basi distinctis: Massæ
pollinis ovatæ, fulvæ, granulös«, breviter pedicel-
latæ, glandulis majusculis, ovatis, nudis.
Germen oblongum, sulcatum, vix tortum, apice at-
tenuato, incurvo.
Stigma concavum, subquadratum,
Root formed of two roundish tubers, one sessile, of the
present year, the other smaller, pedunculated,
for the following year.
Stem about a hand’s breadth in height, erect, rounded,
nearly naked.
Leaves : radical ones two, lanceolate, keeled, rathep
obtuse; stem-leaves solitary, small, subulate.
F lowers numerous, small, yellow-green, droopm«*, dis?
posed in a dense elongated spike.
! Bracteas lanceolate-subulate, green, shorter than the
Pe r ia n t h six-partite: Leaflets subconni vent; the three
ou ter ones shorter, ovate, concave, and of a deeper
colour; the threeihner ones yellow-green, of which
the two lateral ones are ovate, much acuminated,
rather^ obtuse, the lowermost one or ljp trifid*!
Subreticulated, spurless, but gibbous at the base*
with the lateral segments shorter obtuse, the in*
termediate one narrow linear, long.
Column of fructification very short.
An th e r terminal, persistent, ovato-rotundate, green,
two-celled, with the cells distinct at the base:
Pollen masses ovate, fulvous, granulated, shortly
pedicellate, with the glands rather large, ovate
naked.
Ge rm en oblong, furrowed, scarcely twisted, lengthened
and incurved at the extremity.
Stigma concave, subquadrate,
. a. a. the three
with the
5> Pollen
Fig. 1. Single flower. Fig. g. Divisions o f the perianth separated from the rest o f the flower: a
outer segments: b. b the two lateral ones of the three inner segments: c. the sixth segment or T in
SWa view of .be Lip ted Anther. 5%.4, Column“ t a t i S o n J $ .
of fmition h e S B I ° 9 '”'d ° PT 1 B andhiShly varied structure of tireir minute orga.
’ ■ ? , ,e s?rae time pomted out in them those distinctive marks on which alone the
from Olthn/s ted'frnm^lni^ ■ rP^°njL?5eSe Pri"?'Plcs ,he gonus Ha-minium is with propriety remove
wigenem * ^roma t'le otlier British Ordiitlecc; and it will be perceived also to have a habit which is total]
I1TOM i"tl,'vW“ala of U!e Orel«, liunily may bo seen to present the two tubers (of the
for, while the r ? S l ? ° f p™!ty nearly “ I““1 dimensions. In the plant in question this is not the case
forming a little^dhnv noarlsh“ ent t0 tlM ousting stem is sessile, large, and shrivelled, the other is seen
arise »fsome considereW r e(xtl'em!‘y of a ratller long and stout horizontal fibre. The future year’s plant will thus
nan,e s p o t 31al,le ^ 't e c e from its parent, and no two, therefore, so produced, can spring up in the
O 'o v e n S X 't e * ,™ 6”^ 6- iOWel 1,' re 1!Sure.d’ !s analive- like 80 many n'kers of the same tribe,of dry, chalky
&gla„dy A P„rfX 'S n i SU A H B 13 "°‘ u““ mmmly “> be met Mr.GravcshasLnd with in many of the counties of Northern itonM U l’ i“"d ^ a,nbrl^ e'. “ °oc"''s m“st frequently, but is never very plentiful, and t S S “ ckl!",“mDo™s>Norbury Park, and on Rannicr Common, near Dorkhig, Surry The
Bom; » f i l l “ lsla"d d°en not however seem to possess it, as it hitherto holds no placeln the Scottish flowered in the Glasgow "“r 6 ’! ls a nat‘,ve of P eml2ark and Lapland. The specimen here delineated
rubbish ItT,A v. 8 Royal. Botanic Garden, on the Jill, of July, in a pot of common earth mixed with chalk «beta, Phasic Garien°m,”U"1C9,e Wly “ the Spri“8 riom England by onr valued friend Mr. Anderson o f tile
bul to B e ^ ratpepMearreedf ttoo have a^much graea Pteorw aef!f*in!i tsym tep1 1t'h a™t ofs h iosn beyy ,m any thought to resemble the scent of musk,’