4-13-54 (Orchis provincialis Balbi, Cote III 401, Bon 311 SVKI 160) Fits desc in all respects (line, shape of fl and spots on lf) except that all bracts are about the length of every altio; the lower ones are sometimes longer. The petals remaining "connivent"; the upper sepal at length standing almost erect behind them. Many specimens. This is just what Mus.T. called O. pallens. 4-13-84 (Orchis Morio L., Cote III 399, Bon 311, BVH 459, SVKI 158). Fl deep purple v bracts tinged deep purplcs as well Central lobe of lobe of lip lighter with deep purple dots. Query whether this is var pictus & vG SVKI = O. picta L oris Cote v Bon? Sepals 8mm long, Fl 12mm. from tip of sepals to lowest part of tip of lateral lobe of lip. (SVKI says fls 6-8mm long ie ½ as large as O. Morio.) Not so neat but those whole sheath the upper part of the st. might be called mucronate (Cote); perhaps this is what Bon means by "bractes aigues". Fl is so deeply colored that the green in the wings is visible only when held up to the light. *Prof. Bon means bracts of fls.