Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . liTerciiTialis J) erennis, i wti/.. Egiasetum aTveiise,i/z^z^ APEIL. 109 Gynandria. ^. Orchidace^e. ORCHIS. (Orchis.) Generic Character. Roots often tubulous, stems herbaceous,leaves striated, and clasping the stem at the base. T\iq floweris divided into six parts, of which three may be called the calyxand three i}ie, petals, though they are often of
Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . liTerciiTialis J) erennis, i wti/.. Egiasetum aTveiise,i/z^z^ APEIL. 109 Gynandria. ^. Orchidace^e. ORCHIS. (Orchis.) Generic Character. Roots often tubulous, stems herbaceous,leaves striated, and clasping the stem at the base. T\iq floweris divided into six parts, of which three may be called the calyxand three i}ie, petals, though they are often of the same middle of the three inner divisions is mostly longer than therest, and lobed, and is called the lip. At the back is a spur,which differs in length, being in some species very long, in othersshort. This beautiful tribe of plants now begins to make its ap-pearauce, in the person of the Orchis masculay or earlyPurple Orchis. Orchis mascula. (Plate \^I. Fig. 22.) Early PurpleOrchis. This is a handsome species, and in many placesvery common; it usually inhabits woods and pastuies. Thestem is about a foot high, the spike of flowers at the top ofa dark purple hue, the centre of thf lip lighter and lip three-lobed
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