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GYNANDRIA DIAXDRIA. y^^
and fiftular : the fpike is conico-cylindrical : the
flowers are commonly purple, but fometimes
red or white, intermixed with many broad lan-
ceolate Bra^e^, v.hich are longer than the
flowers : the two fide petals turn back, and
ftand almoft upright, the others connive toge-
gether: the lip is divided into three obfcure
lobes, ferrated on the edges, and marked with
purple lines and fpots : the middle lobe is fhorr,
and the fide ones reflexed : the fpur is conical,
a little incurv'd, and Ihorter than the germ.en.
maculafa 6. ORCHIS bulbis palmatis patentibus, neclarii cor-
nu germinibus breviore, labio piano, petalis
dorfalibus patulis. Sp. pi. 1335. Sjfi. nat, 590.
{,Ger. er,j. 220./. 2. Vaill. paris. t.-^i, f. 9 10.
Rivi'fj. t. 8. (y II. Hull, hijt. 1278. /. 'o^i.boua.)
Female handed Orchis. Anglis. Balderry. Scctk,
An urach-bhallach. Gaulis.
In paftures and heaths very com.mon. "U. VII.
The bulbs are divided into three or or four divari-
cated fingeis : the leaves are almoft always fpot-
tcd, and narrower than in the preceding fpecies :
the (lalk is a cubit high, and foiid : the fpike is
cylindrical, and the flowers commonly of a pale
blufli, or almofl: white colour, marked with
many Ipots and purple lines : the fide petals
ftand open, and almoft erecl : the lip is plane,
crenated, and divided into three lobes, the mid-
dle one narroweft, and generally acute and en-
tire :
and fiftular : the fpike is conico-cylindrical : the
flowers are commonly purple, but fometimes
red or white, intermixed with many broad lan-
ceolate Bra^e^, v.hich are longer than the
flowers : the two fide petals turn back, and
ftand almoft upright, the others connive toge-
gether: the lip is divided into three obfcure
lobes, ferrated on the edges, and marked with
purple lines and fpots : the middle lobe is fhorr,
and the fide ones reflexed : the fpur is conical,
a little incurv'd, and Ihorter than the germ.en.
maculafa 6. ORCHIS bulbis palmatis patentibus, neclarii cor-
nu germinibus breviore, labio piano, petalis
dorfalibus patulis. Sp. pi. 1335. Sjfi. nat, 590.
{,Ger. er,j. 220./. 2. Vaill. paris. t.-^i, f. 9 10.
Rivi'fj. t. 8. (y II. Hull, hijt. 1278. /. 'o^i.boua.)
Female handed Orchis. Anglis. Balderry. Scctk,
An urach-bhallach. Gaulis.
In paftures and heaths very com.mon. "U. VII.
The bulbs are divided into three or or four divari-
cated fingeis : the leaves are almoft always fpot-
tcd, and narrower than in the preceding fpecies :
the (lalk is a cubit high, and foiid : the fpike is
cylindrical, and the flowers commonly of a pale
blufli, or almofl: white colour, marked with
many Ipots and purple lines : the fide petals
ftand open, and almoft erecl : the lip is plane,
crenated, and divided into three lobes, the mid-
dle one narroweft, and generally acute and en-
tire :
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Flora Scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides > Volume 1 > (605) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79194492 |
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| Description | Vol. I. |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153 |
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| Description | By John Lightfoot. 2 volumes. (Bound together with vol. 2 beginning at p. 545.) |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.153-154 |
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| Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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