s'8 DIANDRIA. MONOGYNTA. Ophtys, 



E. bet. Sm-Curt.-Walc.-J. B. ii. 7^7 • 1-Fuds. 560- 

 J. B. ii. 766. 1-Trcg. 7%3~VailL 30., 9-D0J. 238. 1- 



Lob. ob$. 91.2; VS. k. i. 180. l-Ger. em. 212. 3-ParL 



*- 



ft 



Matth 



only, VailL 30. 9. . 



Stem shorter than that of O. muscifera. Leaves and floral- 

 leaves broader and shorter. Floral-leaves longer than the ger- 

 mens. Petals the 3 outer sometimes bent back, spear-shaped, as 

 long as the germen, the 2 inner expanding, purplish on the inside, 

 green without. Nectary , the upper Up lengthened out into a 

 long hooked kind of proboscis, deep green, with cases for the 

 stamens beneath ; lower Up hairy, mottled with brownish purple 

 and yellow ; the 2 upper and outer lobes near the base, short, 

 spear-shapen, at first bent upwards, afterwards bent back ; the 

 middle lobe very large, marked with 2 round yellow spots, the 

 side lobes short, angular, the middlemost long, tapering to a 

 point ; point greenish yellow, bent back. Woodward. — Lower 

 Lip rusty brown, very much resembling a small humble-bee, in- 

 versely egg-shaped ; the side lobes bent down, woolly, the edges 

 bent in, the upper angles loose and upright, resembling the wings 

 of the bee. Stamens yellow, inserted into the upper edge of the 

 summit, bursting when the flower is expanded from the membra- 

 naceous cases of the upper lip, and bending down on the surface 

 of the summit, continuing fixed to its edge. Anthers club- 

 shaped, compound, resembling those of the Orchis. Germen not 

 wreathed. It agrees much more nearly to Orchis in its struc- 

 ture, and confirms the propriety of Haller's generic characters, 

 St. 



Ophrys tnsectifera. LlNN. — Bee Orchis, or Twayblade. Bee- 



flower. Meadows and pastures. South side of Great Comber- 

 ton, towards Wooller's-nill, frequent. Nash. — [Tedestone near 

 Whitbourne, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. — Area of Caris- 

 brook Castle, Isle of Wight. St. — About Earsham. Mr. 

 Woodward, and Mulbarton, Mr. Crowe. — On the high ground 

 behind the old Well House, St. Vincent's Rocks, Bristol, near 

 where the O. muscifera grows, but less plentiful.] P. June. 



aranifera. O. Bulb roundish : stem leafy: lip of the nectarv roundish, 



entire, nicked, convex. Huds. longer than the pe- 

 tals. Mr. WOODVVAKD. 



Curt.-E. hot. 6 5- Lob. ic. i. lj$ f 2-J.B. ii. I&f-Cer. em. 

 2 1 2. 2-P*rL 13/)0. i-Pet. 69. o-F lowers only, VailL 31* 

 1.3 and l6. 



Petals, the 3 outer oblong, expanding, green ; the 2 inner on 

 the sides, strap-shaped, green, shorter. Lip large, coloured, 



silky; with a spot at the base/ the spot with 2 lobes, shining, 



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