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160 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 57
cylindrical. Bracts herbaceous, net-veined, the lower ones
often longer than the flowers. Flowers flesh- or rose-coloured.
The 2 lateral sepals spreading, the middle one and the petals
meeting together ; lip 3-lobed, the border turned down,
scalloped, the spur awl-like, slightly shorter than the ovary.
Flowers. June, July.
Locality. Below Basam Gali, in damp ground Diskhal,
;
Tosh Maidan.
Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Persia, Kashmir.
in Juniper tract ;
Orchis latifolia, Linn.
Marsh Orchis.
(Latifolia means broad -leafed.)
A hairless, terrestrial herb. Root tuberous, slightly flattened
and divided into 2 or 3 finger-like lobes. Stem 1-3 ft.
high, robust, erect, hollow, leafy, throughout or in the lower
portion a few sheathing scales. Leaves erect, oblong-lanceshaped,
2J-6 in. long, base sheathing. Flowers about f in.
long, crowded, dull purple, the lip darker spotted. Bracts
green, narrowly lance-shaped, the lower much longer than the
flowers, the upper slightly so or shorter. Sepals and petals
nearly equal, the lateral sepals spreading, the dorsal one forming
with the petals a hood. Lip turned downwards, round,
obscurely 3-lobed, margins finely toothed ;
spur straight,
cylindric, nearly as long as the ovary.
Flowers. June to August.
Locality. Gulmarg, damp, grassy woods and by watercourse,
above 8,500 ft., common; below the Lai Shah ki Alam,
on damp ground, 10,200 ft.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, 8,000-12,000 ft., eastwards
to Nepal, 16,000 ft., and westwards to Afghanistan, N. Africa
and Europe, N. Asia.
Orchis habenarioides, King and Pantling.
(Habenarioides means resembling Habenaria, another genus of
Orchids.)
A terrestrial herb. Tuber divided into finger-like lobes.
Stems 1-lf ft. high, clothed at the base with unequal, tubular
sheaths. Leaves 4 or 5, scattered, stalkless, 2-5 in. long,
elliptic-oblong to linear-oblong, slightly narrowed into the
rather long sheath. Spike 2-5 in. long, cylindric, denseflowered.
Flowers about J in. diameter, pink or occasion-