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June 6' 62 Lizard Orchis most rare Mr Oxenden. (4)

Upper sepal, 2 lower & 2 upper petals form a hood - coloured greenish with reddish brown spots internally; colours like Aceras. Labellum of astonishing length - radial part forms a ribbon curled & notched at end - lateral lobes long. At base white with fine purple spots - base chanelled, & covered with papillae, which in fact make narrow entrance into the short & dry nectary, between coats of which nectary there is fluid. Stigma large, right beneath pouch, which is pointed beneath & overhangs the stigma much.

Pollinia united by caudicles to common squarish disc move through 90°; do not diverge. Manifestly allied very closely to Aceras.

Rostellate process, solid between anther-cells:

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Pouch of Rost. much pointed & dependent.

Edge of lat. lobe of Labellum curled or wrinkled

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A little lengthening of middle lobe of Lab. & shortening of lat. lobes & shortening of terminal middle notch & replacement of chanelled sides of base of labellum by papillae would make this species an Aceras, & shortening of nectary & entire union of two discs. The movement of depressions takes place in rather above 30" after this movement the pollinia on pencil well strikes the stigma [sketch: after depression]

I saw this change in outline of whole upper surface, after depression very plainly - instead of two furrows as in O. pyramidalis - the front part becomes depressed, & is separated by step from hinder part, & ends of Caudicles are attached to this step

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June 13th Lizard Orchis I find the 2 lower sepals do separate from the hood & form guards on each side