Pratt LXXII. 
(A) OPHRYS srecurium, Link; (B) O. Bompytirera, Link; (C) O. 
INSECTIFERA, Linn., var. Bertolonii; (D) O. INnsEcTIFERA, Linn., 
var. Philippi. 
Natural Order OrncHIDACER. 
Grn. Cuar—See description of Plate X LITI. Part II. 
(A) Spec. Cuar.—Sepals green, striped with purplish-brown, the 
uppermost forming a hood over the anther. Petals pink-brown, narrow- 
triangular, velvety. Lip brown, with yellow inside, and the obcordate- 
central spot shining, (Japis lazuli) blue, soon fading, densely hairy to- 
wards the edges, trilobed, the central lobe recurved, the lateral lobes 
triangular, directed forwards. Anther obtuse, bent backwards. Stig- 
matic cavity prolonged into two parallel shining walls, with 4 glands, 
two on either side. Léaves broadly oblong-lanceolate. 
Ophrys speculum, Link in Schrad. Journ. Bot. (1799), ii. 324; Parl. 
Fi. It. iti. 555; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 354. 
(B.) Spec. Cuar.—Sepals green. Petals pubescent, short, oblong, 
recurved. zp deeply trilobed, central lobe subglobular, cleft horizon- 
tally at the apex, so that there is a cavity between the lower fold, which 
bears the short process, and the upper surface of the lip ; lateral lobes 
conical, prolonged below. Anther red, obtuse, bent backwards. Stig- 
matic cavity enlarged into a deep hollow, the glabrous walls projecting, 
but deeply divided by a notch opposite to the anther. Leaves small, 
oblong-lanceolate. TZubers 3 or more (one broken off in specimen 
figured), one or more on stalks, 1-2 feet long. 
Ophrys bombylifera, Link in Schrad. Journ. Bot. (1799) ii. 325 ; Gren, 
et Godr. Fl. de Fr. iii. 8303; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 353. 
(C.) Spec. Cuan. Sepals white or pink. Petals pink, glabrous. 
Lip oblong (in specimens sometimes almost orbicular!), apiculate, lateral 
lobes conical, flattened (often absent), marking shield-shaped, distinct, 
and far from base, either with (as in the individual figured) or without 
a marginal line, depressed below the general surface of the labellum. 
Ophrys insectifera, Linn., var. Bertolonii, Moggridge. O. Bertolonii, 
Moretti, Fl. Ital. Dec. Sext. p. 9; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 354. 
(D.) Serc. Cuar.—Sepals white (or pink), ovate. Petals pubescent, 
linear, recurved. Zip suboblong, having a broad apiculum, lateral lobes 
very small, conical, placed at some distance down the lip and away from 
the base, markings complex, of yellow lines enclosing purplish, glabrous 
spaces. 
Ophrys insectifera,* Linn., var. Philippi, Moggridge. O. Philippi, 
Gren. Orch. de Toulon, Mem. Soc. Em. Doubs (1859), p. 11. 
