. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. Bract and flower ofOrchis tridentata. Var. albiflora, Post. Spike loose, few-flowered. Flowery ^AzY^,or with a pinkish blush, not variegated. Lobes sparingly dei\ticulatc. ORCniDE^, (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 759 C. O. lactca, Poir. If .3 to . Spike at first ovate, dense,at length oblong, .04 to .05 long;bracts membranous, linear-lanceolate,acuminate; flower loTiite or pale pink,dotted with red; sepals ovate-lanceo-late, long-acuminate^ connate at base;])etals linear


. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. Bract and flower ofOrchis tridentata. Var. albiflora, Post. Spike loose, few-flowered. Flowery ^AzY^,or with a pinkish blush, not variegated. Lobes sparingly dei\ticulatc. ORCniDE^, (ORCHIS FAMILY.) 759 C. O. lactca, Poir. If .3 to . Spike at first ovate, dense,at length oblong, .04 to .05 long;bracts membranous, linear-lanceolate,acuminate; flower loTiite or pale pink,dotted with red; sepals ovate-lanceo-late, long-acuminate^ connate at base;])etals linear-lanceolate; labellum pen-dulous; trifid, the lateral lobes spa-thulate, truncate, denticulate; themiddle one fan-shaped, undivided cfi-notched, more or less denticulate; spurdeclined, curved, shorter than ovary Leaves oblong to oblong-Fici. — Spring - Hills;mountain zone. coast to middle Orchis lactea. {aaa) Sepals, (bb)Petals, (c) Ovary, (rf) Labellum.(e) Spur. Leaves oblong-ellipticalFig. 345. 7. O, Siiiiia, Lam. 2f .3 to . Spike ovate, dense, then oblong, .04 ; bracts scarious, 1-nervcd, ovate-oblong;sepals llesh-colored to pink, ovate - lanceolate,green-nerved; petals linear; labellum flesh-co-lored to deep purple, longer than hood, lobeslinear, ohtuse, tlie middle one deeply Mjzd, with atooth atforh, lobes all about of egiial length ; spurcylindrical, obtuse, one-third to one-half as longas ovary — Spring — Middle mountain zone;Aintab to Marash, and northward. g. O. punctulata, Stev. 11 . Leaveselliptico-oblong to


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