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PLATE XLV. 
OPHRYS rnsectirera, Linn. 
Natural Order OrcHIDACER. 
Grn. Cuar.—See description of Plate XLIII. 
Spsc. Cxar.—Ditto. 
Hasitat.—Banks in western bays, from shore-level to about 600 feet 
elevation. End of April and May. 
Remarks.—In this plate two specimens of Ophrys apifera, Huds., 
are figured at M, N. The spike figured at N was drawn from one of 
seven spikes gathered at Reigate on my return to England, four of 
which had the long petals figured at N 1 ; the other specimen was from 
Mentone, and had the almost cordate petal, which is so generally 
thought to distinguish the Bee Ophrys. Asall the forms figured seem 
tolerably abundant and distinct, I shall attempt an arrangement of the 
characters by which they may frequently be distinguished. I also 
append their respective dates of first expansion and proximate syno- 
nyms. 
Sect. 1. Petals flat, smooth. 
a. Petals green. Ip entire or slightly emarginate. (Hnd of Decem- 
ber.) O. aranifera, Huds.; O. aranifera, a. genuina, Rchb. Ic. FI. 
Germ. xiii. 88. 
b. Petals brownish. Inp deeply lobed and bossed. (End of January.) 
‘ce. Sepals tinged with colour. Lip entire, apiculate. (March 8th.) 
O. atrata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1087, partly. 
d. Lip elongate, margins inflexed. (March 23rd.) 
Sect. 2. Petals puberulent or ciliate. 
. Petals ciliate, flat. (March 28rd.) 
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Sect. 3. Petals recurved, pubescent. Terminal lobe of lip porrect. 
f. Ip lobed, bossed, elongate; lobes adpressed. (April Ist.) 
g. Lip lobed ; bosses conical. (April Ist.) 
h. Inp entire, margins slightly recurved; apiculwm upturned. (April 
9th.) O.arachnites, Reichard (Fl. Mcenofrancof. ii. 89) ; O. fuci- 
flora, Rehb. (Ic. Fl. Germ. xiii. p. 85. t. 461), partly. 
j. Petal strongly recurved. (May 5th.) 
k. Process of lip tridentate. (May Ist.) O. scolopax, Cav. (Ic. ii. p. 
46. t. 161). 
l. Bosses free from the terminal lobe of the lip. (May 5th.) 
