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OPHRYS ARACHNITES. Buiack-Spiper Opneys. 
KEKE EEE REE EKER KEKE 
Class and Order. : 
Gynanpria Monanpria. 
Generic Character. 
_ Cor. subpatens. _Labellum ecalcaratum. Glandule pol- 
knis cucullis distinctis incluse. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Opnrys Arachnites ; bulbis. subrotundis, scapo folioso, 
nectarii labiolato emarginato appendiculato. Syst. 
Veg. ed. 14. p. 813.. Host. Syn. p. 492... 
Opurys Arachnites ; caule folioso, labello villoso:trilobo : 
lobo medio obovato apice brevissime trilobo, petalis 
patentibus; tribus exterioribus oblongis obtusis, binis 
interioribus lineari-lanceolatis brevissimis. Willd. Sp. 
Pl. 4. p. 67. ° 
Opurys arachnites. De Cand. fi. frang. 6. p. 332. 
Opurys arachnoides. Bot. Repos. 470? 
Opurys insectifera. n. arachnites. Sp. Pl. 1343. 
— (fuciflora ad iconem) radicibus subrotundis, la- 
bello holosericeo emarginato appendiculato. Hall. 
Hist. n. 1266. t. 24. fig. opt. | 
Orcuis Arachnites. Scop. Chen. 2. p. 194. m. 1115. Lod. 
Pa. 2. 
Orcuis araneam referens. Bauh. Pin. 84. Vaill. Paris. 
| € 30. f 10, 11,48 2. 
Orcuis serapias secunda Dodonei. Hort. Kystt. Ord. 
fist. 4 t.5. 
Hauer, who has given a full description of this plant, 
observes that the marking and appendices on the labellum, 
as well as the colour of the petals, are subject to much 
variation. In our specimen the stem was erect, er 
