1J& Rev. Mr. Sutton / Defcrlptlon of 



O. major, Withering Bot. Arr. 3d 'edit. p. 557. 



O. major, ftem fimple, corolla inflated ; its upper lip undivided ; 



lower in three equal fegments. Stamina fmooth. Style 



downy. Smith in Engl. Bot. tab. 421. 



Radix crafTa, carnofa, interdum bulbofa, perennis, parafitica; radici 



lignofe fpartii fcoparii, et ulkis uropai imprimis adherens j radi- 



culis fimplicibus, fragiliflitnis inftruda; plures emittens caules. 



Caulh umpliciflimus ereaus, carnofus, angulatus, pilofus*, craf- 



fitie digiti, altitudine pedali et ultra, ex luteo fufcus, dilute pur- 



purafcens, fquamis lanceolatis fparfis, fub folo confertioribus. 



Flores fpicati, pilofi, fufci, interdum purpurafcentes, ftigmatibus 



flavis ; perfiftentes rigidi, fordide ferruginei. Braclea fimplices, 



lanceolate, piiofas, floribus interdum longiores. Cafyx, perian- 



thium fubaequale, pilofum, dipbyllum, laterale foliolis profunda 



bifidis, laciniis acutis inaequalibus. — Variat perianthio monophyllo 



quadrifido a parte pofteriori ufque ad bafin partito. Corolla tu- 



bulofa, quadrifida, pilofa, tubo furfum inflato, incurvo, dorfo 



fubcarinato; faux valde apertaj lirnbus bilabiatus obfolete den- 



ticulatus; labium fuperius fornicatum, obtufum, integrum, parum 



refkxum; inferius trilobum, iobis fere sequalibus, acutis, plani- 



ufculis, intermedia dependente. Nectarium, glandule -f tres antice 



germini infertas. Stamina, filamenta quatuor fubulata, fuperne 



pilofa, inferne omnino nuda, canaliculata plana, duo breviora 



lateribus, duo longiora anticac parti tubi inferta, decurrentia, 



apice recurva; antherae didymae, altero apice mucronafce, ad- 



* Si quas plantarum partes in his defcriptionibus uno vcrbo pilofa! vel piUfmfculas 

 dixero, pilos glanduliferos intelligat lector. 



t Sic Curtis, & fie amicus nofter aceuratiffimus D. Rob. B. Francis :-Ipfe autem 

 nullum offendi. 



haerentes, 



