134 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



ERROR. 



Fly Orchis. — Ophrus muscifera. 



" Why do^st thou show to the apt thoughts of men^ 

 The things thou art not? "^ 



Shakspeare. 



This plant is made the emblem of error, be- 

 cause Flora seems to have sprinkled the stem 

 with flies instead of flowers. 



*' As conscious that affection grows, 

 Pleas'd with the pencil's mimic power ; 



That power with leading hand she shows. 

 And paints difly upon a flower." 



Langhorn, 



