distinct species in this country, but it is hardly possible to
open any of the more modern Continental floras without
finding them separated. The younger Reichenbach has
excellently written concerning them in the leones Florae Ger-
manicce.
O. latifolia is distinguished at sight from its ally by the
spreading, broader oblong or lanceolate leaves, which are
usually ornamented with ring-like dark spots. The leaves
grow from a narrow base, and widen up to about the middle
of their length. The lower bracts overtop the flowers, but
the upper ones are usually shorter. The flowers are darker
in tint. But the leaves furnish the best and most certain
distinctive character. Their shape and patent direction differ
remarkably from those of 0. incarnata, which narrow upwards
from a very broad base, stand nearly parallel to the stem,
usually (perhaps always) end bluntly in a small hood, and
nearly always are without spots. The flowers of 0. incarnata
have a reddish-pink tint, or one nearly white.
Both of these plants are found on peaty soil, but 0. incarnata
appears to be the more common. It flowers several
weeks sooner than 0. latifolia, which is in perfection in June
and July. The specimens figured were gathered at Triplow,
Cambridgeshire, on July 5, 1856, and sent by the Rev. W.
W. Newbould.
The distribution of these plants requires much elucidation;
for the species intended by O. latifolia in local floras is not
often determinable.—C. C. B.