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the lower-lip is trifid, with equal laclnicz ; two 

 nedaria are in the under-lip, and foraetimes 

 on the fides ; the filaments are four, which 

 are commonly pretty long, and almofl all 

 equal in fize ; the anther* are white, didy- 

 mous, erecled, joined into a femi-cylinder, 

 and end below the Jtigma in a fhort bridle 

 (Jet a) ; the germen is oblong ; the fly Ins is 

 pointed ; the Jligma is elevated, great, bifid, 

 and pointed downwards ; the capfula is oblong, 

 unilocular, and bivalve j the feeds are fmall 

 and numerous. 



Ophrys bracleis cymbiformihus, the root , . . 

 . . . . ; the flalk is of the length of a fpan 

 ( Jcapus fpithamaus) ; the leaves are three or 

 more in number, their fhape is ovato-lanceo- 

 lated, they ftand alternately} the brattea are 

 carinated, and like the leaves on the flalk not 

 variegated; the innermoft petals are fmall, 

 oval, connivent, and not quite green : the up- 

 per-lip is the leaft, and coloured at the bottom ; 

 the lower-lip is fucculent, oval, blunt, or 

 emarginated with inflected fides, and coloured, 

 except one part which is green, in the two op- 

 pofite points j the filaments are thread-fhaped, 

 one of them is fixed to the lower-lip, and the 

 Others to the outward petal ; the anthera arc 



globular, 



