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31, Insert before ii, 3, Ophrys aranifera, 



O. arachnites. Late Spider Orchis. 



Lip longer tlian the calyx, dilated, somewhat tumid, 

 with five shallow, inflexed, marginal lobes ; the 

 terminal one flattened. Calyx coloured. Column 

 with a hooked point. Petals deltoid, downy. 



O. arachnites. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. 67. Curt. Mag. t. 25 1 G. 

 Ruth. Germ. v. 2. p. 2. 405. Hoffm. Germ. sis. Host. 

 Syn. 492. 



O. insectifera >j. Lhin.Sp. PL 1343. 



Orchis arachnites. Scop. Corn. v. 2. 194. 



O. n. 1 2GG. IlalL Hist. v. 2. 134. t. 24. f. 1 Jvciflora.f. 1 —3. 



O. araneam referens. J'ailL Par. t.'ii).f.\6 — 13. Segu. 

 Veron. suppL 244. ^.8./. 1 . But not of B<iuhin. 



O. melittias. Ger. Em. 213./. ? 



O. serapias secunda Dodonsei. BesL Hort. Eijsi.'^cestiv. 

 orcL 4. t. G.f. 1 } good. 



O. fucum referens major, foliolis superiorihus candidis et 

 purpurascentibus. Rudb. Elys. v. 2. 199/. 7 ; rather than 

 OpJirys apiferu. 



Satyrion quartum. Brunf.HerbTv. ]. 105./. ? 



In chalky pastures. 



Plentiful on the southern acclivities of Ihe chalky downs 

 near Folkstone, Kent. The conical hill which forms the 

 north-west boundary of the Cherry-garden, near that 

 town, abounding in its upper half with this species, and 

 in the lower with O. apifera. Mr. Gerard E. Smith. 



Perennial. July. 



Roots and herbage, in general, like 0. apifera, but the 

 leaves are, according to Mr. Smith, usually narrower. 

 In Swiss s|)ecimens I find no difference. The essential 

 distinctions e.xist in the. /lowers, and these are suffi- 

 ciently vvell re|)resented by Ilaller, Seguier, luid \'ail- 

 iant, thougli Ilaller considers the two plants as varieties 

 only,y/:,'-. 4 and 5 of his: //r///orfz being our apifera. Tlie 

 calyx-leaves are shorter in proportion to tiie lip than 

 those of the apifera, always j)aler, and rather white 

 tlian pink, except when the /loners a|)proach to deciv; 

 the keel green, as in that si)ecies. 7V7. rather smaller, 

 shorter, and broader, more coloured ; downy on the 

 inner surface. Lip essentially an<l obviously dillerent, 

 much broader and more dilated, nearly twice as long as 

 the calyx J its margin thin, expanded, and directed 



