for a synonym ofOpHRYS Scolopax; to which however the 

 Ophrys Speculum of Bivona Bernardi really belongs. 



The specific name has been suggested by the lustre of 

 the ceruleous convex disk in the lip of the corolla. 



Root of two roundish tubers. Stem 3-6 inches high, few- 

 flowered. Leaves several, ambient, spreading, lanceolate, 

 sheathing. Flowers in a loose spike, with the appearance of 

 so many flying insects. Uppermost petal vaulted, covering 

 the column, revolute at the edges; two outer side-ones 

 spreading, ovate, green, with a red stripe along the middle; 

 two inner side ones twice shorter, very narrow, long-pointed, 

 deep purple, recurved. Labellum three-lobed, ceruleous, 

 bright, with a purple bearded border; middle lobe pointing 

 forwards, obovate, convex, notched, pointless; side-ones 

 narrower, hung like wings. Column obtuse. 



It is not improbable but that the Ophrys vernfaia of the 

 Flora Lusitanica of Professor Brotero may be the same with 

 the present species. But the description is far too scanty 

 and pointless for us to decide by. 



