Herminium
(from hermin, the foot of a bed; in allusion to the knob-like shape of the root). Musk Orchis. ORD. Orchidae. A genus comprising but a few species of curious and interesting orchids, all natives of the temperate or alpine regions of Europe and Asia. They are closely allied to Orchis, but the perianth has no spur, and the anther cells are distant at their base, the glands of the stalks of the pollen masses protruding below the cells. H. Monorchis, the commonest and most widely-spread species, is best grown on dry chalky banks. It may be propagated by divisions.
H. Monorchis (one-bulbed). fl. greenish-yellow, small, numerous, with a musky odour; spike dense; lip without a spur, deeply three-lobed. July. l. radical, two, oblong or lanceolate. h. 3in. to 6in. Europe (Britain), Siberia,