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smooth ; with a blunt tooth projecting on each side of the spot * r 

 concave underneath, blackish purple above, green at the edge, 

 herbaceous underneath. Huds. — Similar to O. apifera. Stem 

 and leaves shorter. Floral-leaves narrower. Flowers smaller. 

 Petals, the 3 outer oval-spear-shaped, blunt, greenish, much j 

 more short than the lip; the 2 inner strap-shaped, very short. 

 Lip rolled in at the edges, not lobed, only slightly nicked at the 

 end, hairy, except the spot towards the base, dusky, with 

 greenish margins, green underneath. Mr. Woodw. — It is from 

 the breadth of the lip, and its being marked with different % 



shades of brown, that it derives its fancied resemblance to 

 spider* 



Spider Ophrys. O. insectifera. $ Linn. — Haller supposes hi s 

 Orchis n. 1266". /3 to be the O. apifera, and that in the more ad- 

 vanced state of its growth the middlemost segment turns back, 

 and becomes this plant ; but this segment is bent back in the O. 

 apifera, even before the flower is fully expanded : not to mention 

 that O. aranifera blossoms in Mav* and O. apifera usually not 



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gravel pits, as in one in the open field near Great Shelford, and 

 near Bartlow, Cambridgeshire. In dry pastures about Branham 

 near Tadcaster. [Near Bury. Mr. Woodward.] 



P. Aprils, May. 



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MALAXIS. Nectary 1 leaf; heart-shaped, con- 

 * cave, inclosing the stamens and pistils. 



M. Stalk 5 -edged : leaves sheathing, battledore shaped. paludo'sa. 



E. hot. 7^-Rose. ?. Z-Kniph. (J. 



Bulbs egg-shaped, bowed in, throwing out roots below, co- 

 hering downwards as a chain, with a small branch between them. 

 Stalk 5-comered, naked for the greater part of its length. Root- 

 leaves 3 or 4, spatula- shaped, alternate, rough towards the end, * 

 especially on the upper surface. Bunch with numerous flowers. 

 Flowers green yellow. Linn. — Leaves U or 3 from the root, 

 and near the base of the stem half an inch long. Stem 3 to -1 

 inches high. Spike half as long as the stem. Flowers scat- 

 tered. Floral-leaves spear-shaped, shorter than the fruit-stalks. 

 Woodward. 



Marsh Twajrblade. Ophrys paludosa. Linn. — [Near Nor. 



wich. Mr. Pitchford. — Felthorpe Heath, Norfolk. Mr. C. 

 Bryant and Mr. Crowe. — Cawston Heath near Norwich. Mr. 





Crowe. — Between Rusland Chapel and Thwaxte Moss in Fur- 



ness Fells. Mr. Jackson. — -Norton Bog, Cannock Wood, Staf- 

 fordshire. Mr. Bagot.J 





