270 OPHRYDES. 
nato cuspidato brevioribus, calcare labello breviore, bracteis lineari- 
lanceolatis herbaceis floribus brevioribus. 
O. globosa. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 265. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,14. Rchb. Pl. Crit. VI. 767. 
Nigritella globosa. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 121. Mayrhof. Dissert. 31. 
O. Halleri. Crantz. Stirp. Austr. 488. 
Hab. in Germania media et Australi, et Helvetia; necnon in Caucaso, 
Wilhelm (hab. s. sp.) 
Caulis in locis demissioribus pedalis et altior, in alpinis vix semipedalis, 
erectus, teres, foliosus. Bracteæ lanceolate virides, germen subequantes. 
Flores leviter odori, colore O. variegatæ, plerumque resupinati, rariüs 
recti. Sepala ex purpureo carnea, ovata, longè acuminata, apice incras 
sata, medium brevius. Petala sepalis breviora, acutiora. Labellum 
perigonio concolor, punctis purpureis notatum ; laciniz laterales lineares, 
media latior, longior, emarginata ut plurimum cum denticulo in emarg!- 
natura.  Mayrhofer. Sepala et apex labelli sepe in appendicem 
spatulatam laceram producuntur, quod non vidi in O. spherica. Label- 
lum punctis minutis acutis crystallinis pruinosum. 
I do not perceive upon what ground this species has been referred to 
Nigritella. As limited by Richard, that genus is perfectly natural ; but if 
its character is extended to receive this, it must then be merged in Orchis. 
The truly posterior labellum of Nigritella is very different from that of 
O. globosa, which is as often anterior as posterior, and has all the fleshiness 
of Orchis. 
34. Orcuts conica. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 14. 
O. “ labello tripartito, lacinià medià elongatà apice dilatatà emarginatà, 
petalis conniventibus aristatis, cornu germine breviore, spicà densà 
conicá, foliis ovatis." Willd. 
? O. globosa. Brotero, Fl. Lus. 
Hab. in Lusitania, Link. 
“ Media fer? inter O. globosam et acuminatam.” W. . An O. varies 
gate repellenda ? 
35. Oncuis variegata. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 599. 
O. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, spicà corymbosA, sepalis scams 
simis, labello calcari rectiusculo pendulo quali: laciniis denticula 
lateralibus oblique truncatis intermediz cuneate bilobe subsequalibus, 
bracteis aristatis ovario longioribus. . : 
O. variegata. Hall. Helv. no. 1275, t. 30. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4,21. De Cand. Fl. Fr.» i 
Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 2,366. Bot. Reg. t.367. Rchb. Fl. Excurs. 124. May? 
Dissert. p. 20. 
O. tridentata. Scopol. = 
Hab. in Europa Australi; Gallia, De Cand.; Germania, Rchb. ; Sicilia, 
Tenore; necnon in Taurie et Caucasi sylvis Bieberst. Iberiaque, Steven 
(hab. s. sp.) 
Variat labelli laciniis lateralibus brevioribus, intermediàque altius fissà 
O. militaris more; semper dignoscitur spicà subcorymbosá, bracteisqué 
longis aristatis. Caulis 6-19 uncias altus. Folia immaculata. e 
violacei. *' Petala cum sepalo impari intus linea atropurpurea, pin 
lateralia duabus ejusmodi lineis notata. ^ Labellum planum palli 
carneum, punctis crebris saturate rubris eleganter variegatum. Calcar 
striatum." Mayrh, y 
