greater affinity with our Opnrys apzfera, but whether it can 
properly be separated from the Opurys arachnites of Witt- 
DENOW, is not so clear ; having, however, no opportunity of 
comparing it with living specimens of the latter, we acquiesce 
in the authority quoted. 
The colour of the corolla varies considerably in different 
individuals of this species. We have given in the upper 
figure, a representation of one, in which the outer lacinie 
were of a bright rose-colour, in others they were nearly 
white: the blue mark at the base of the labellum also varies 
in size; and the colour of the same flower changes by age. 
Our plant was sent, with other Orchidew, from Sicily, by 
W. Swainson, Esq. A. L.S. to the President of the Lin- 
nean Society, by whom they were transmitted to the care of 
Mr. Anperson, the worthy Curator of thé Apothecaries-— 
Garden, at Chelsea, expressly for the use of the Botanical 
Magazine. These roots were treated by Mr. Swainson, as 
directed in Smirn’s Introduction to Botany (see Rad. tuberosa) 
and came over in great perfection. . 
Flowers in “April and May. Native of Barbary and 
Sicily. Requires to be protected from frost in the winter. 
