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P L A T E XLII.
O R C H I S CILIARIS.
Frbiged Orchis.
C L A S S XX.
GYNylNDRIA DIuiNDRIA.
O R D E R L
Chives on the Pointai. Two Cliivcs.
GENERIC
CALYX. Spathse vagse. Spadix fimplex. Perianthiura
milium.
COROLLA. Pétala quinqué; tria exteriora; duo
interiora furlum connivencia in galeam.
Keifarium monophyllum, a latere inferiore
inter diviluram petaloruna receptáculo affixum.
Labio fuperiore erecto, breviflimo.
Labio inferiore magno, patente, lato. Tubo
poftice cornifornii, ñútante.
STAMCNA. Filamenta duo, tenuilEma, breviffima,
piftillo infidenlúa. AntlierjE obovatae,
ereftas, teftee duplicatura biloculari labii
fuperioris neftarii.
PisTiLLUM. Germen oblongum, contortum, inferum.
Stylus adnatus labio fuperiori nectarii,
brevilEmus. Stigma compreíTum, obtufum.
PERICAKPIUM. Capfula oblonga, unilocularis,
tricarinata, trivalvis; fub carinis trifariam
dehifcens, apice et baíi cohserens.
SEMINA numerofa, minima.
S P E C I F I C
Orchis radicibus fubpalmatis, expanfis; nedtarii
labio lanceolato, ciliato, cornu torto, longiffimo;
floribus luteis.
CHAKACTEK.
EMPALEMENT. Sheaths fcattered. Fruit-ftalk
fimple. Cup none.
BLOSSOM. Petals five; three outer ones; two
inner ones approaching upwards in form of
a helmet.
Honey-cup one leaf, fixed by the lower fide
to the receptacle betwixt the divifion of the
petals. LTpper lip upright, and very ihort.
Lower lip large, fpreading, broad. Tube
Handing bshind, fliaped like a horn, and
hanging down.
CHIVES. Two threads, very llender, and very
Ihort, fixed on the pointal. Tips inverfely
egg-fliaped, upright, covered by a folding
of the upper lip of the honey-cup, forming
two cells.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, twifted, and beneath.
Shaft fixed to the upper lip of the
honey-cup, very ihort. Summit flattened,
and blmit-ended.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule oblong, of one cell, three
keels, three valves; fplitting in three places
under the keels; fattened at the point, and
the bafe.
SEEDS numerous, very fmall.
CHARACTER.
Orchis with roots nearly hand-fliaped, fpreading;
lip of the honey-cup lance-lhaped, and
fringed, horn twilled, very long; flowers
yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Honey-cup with its Horn,
2. The upper Petal.
3. A fide Petal.
4. One of the inner Petals.
5. The Cliives, and Pointal attached to the horn of the Honey-cup.
6. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified; with the Chives drawn from their cells.
THIS handfome Orchis is a native of North America, and is found in all the ftates from Virginia as
far north as Canada: it has been treated of by Ray, Morifon, Gronovius, Royen, Linnseus, and°others;
but although fo long known by name, it was^ not introduced to our gardens before the year l^gS;
having been fent that year from Philadelphia by Mr . J. Lyons, from the gardens of J. LLaniilton, Efq'
toMeffrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith; at whofe nurfery it flowered this year, in the month of
July, when the drawing was made. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, thriving beft in a fliady border,
and fliould be planted in a mixture of loam and peat earth. The propagation of this plant, like moft
of the genus, is difficult, the feeds being too fmall to be colleaed, and the root feldom producing more
than one bud.