Barlia robertiana, (Loisel.) W. Greuter

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 342-343

1. B. robertiana (Loisel.) W. Greuter ,

Boissiera 13: 192 (1967) ( Aceras longibracteatum Reichenb. fil., Loroglossum longibracteatum Moris ex Ardoino , Orchis longibracteata Biv. , non F. W. Schmidt).

Tubers ovoid. Stem 25-50(-80) cm, stout, glabrous. Lower leaves 8-25x4-10 cm, ovate to oblong or elliptical, obtuse to subacute, mucronate, the upper smaller or bract-like. Spike 8-20 cm, ovoid, becoming cylindrical, dense, many-flowered. Flowers fragrant. Outer perianth-segments 20-25 mm, elliptical to ovate, concave, obtuse, purple; inner lateral connivent, slightly shorter than the outer, linear-lanceo­ late, obtuse, green with purplish spots. Labellum up to 20 mm, crenulate, pinkish-violet, greenish or white, with purple spots in centre; lateral lobes linear, falcate; middle lobe 1 ^-2 times as long as the lateral, divided to c. i-way into 2 diverging, obtuse

lobules, often with a small tooth in the sinus. Spur short, stout, conical. 2/z = 36.

Grassland, open woodland and scrub.

Mediter­ ranean region, Portugal. B 1 Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.