Orchis
the typical genus of the order Orchidacex. It is one of the tribe Ohreæ or Orphrydeæ, and the family globose, (1886), Serapiadæ. The tubers are ophon,' July, 23, 1815" (1880; bought by the Chantrey Bequest). "Marriage de Convenance" (1884), "After" (1886) "The Salon of Madame Récamier" (1885), "The First Cloud" (1887), and "The Young Duke" (1889). He died April 13, 1910.
ORCHELLA, name of several species of Roccella, a genus of lichens, originally brought from the Levant, and employed ovoid, or palmate; the lip is spurred; the glands of the stalks of the pollen masses contained in a common little pouch.
Chiefly grown in the N. temperate zone.
About 80 kinds are known.