Piate XCIV. 
(A) SERAPIAS necrecra, Dntrs.; (B) S. Lonarprraua, Poll. 
Natural Order OrcHIDAcE”. 
Grn. Cuar.—See description of Plate XVI. Part I. 
(A.) Spec. Cuar.— Petals subulate above, enlarged below into a broadly 
ovate base, concave, wavy atedge. Lip flesh-coloured, hairy, large, the 
lateral lobes projecting beyond the sepals, terminal lobe cordate acute ; 
guiding-plates (calli) separate and nearly parallel. Pollen-masses green- 
ish-yellow. Leaves and stem free from spots. Tubers 2, one more or 
less distinctly stalked. 
Serapias neglecta, Dutrs., Repert. Fl. Ligust. p. 423; Parl. FI. Ital. 
iil. 430; Ardoino, Fl. Alp. Mar. p. 358. 
(B.) Spec. Cuar.—Bracts acuminate, exceeding flowers. Petals 
subulate above, enlarged below into an oblongo-ovate base, concave, 
wavy at edge. Lip reddish-brown, hairy; lateral lobes short; terminal 
lobe lanceolate or ovate acuminate elongate, bent backwards and adpressed 
against the basal half of the lip; guiding-plates separate, nearly parallel. 
Pollen-masses dusky green, Leaves and stem free from spots. Tubers 2, 
both sessile or nearly so. 
Serapias longipetala, Poll. Fl. Veron. iii. 80; Gren. et Godr. Fl. de Fr. 
iii. 278; Parl. Fl. Ital. iii. 424; Ardoino, Fl. Alpes Mar. p. 358; 
S. pseudo-cordigera, Moric. Fl. Venet. p. 874; Koch. Syn. Fl. Germ. 
Kd. 3, p. 661; S. lingua, Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 355. 
Hasirats.—(A) Gathered by me near the Croix de Garde at Cannes, 
May 38,1869. (B) gathered by me in the Mentone Valley, Mentone, 
April 29, 1870. 
Remarks.—The specimen of S. neglecta, Dutrs., figured, though small, is 
of about the average size for the plant as found about Cannes, but at 
Genoa it grows with much greater freedom, and is usually twice as tall. 
I am indebted to M. Huet of Toulon for specimens of this species from 
Lavadun and Les Maures, both in the department of the Var, these being, 
as far as I can learn, the westernmost points in the range of S. neglecta, the 
other known stations for which are Cannes, Mentone, where I once found a 
solitary specimen—Sestri, Genoa, Sarzana, Vallechio, in the Apuan Alps, 
Monte San Quirico, Monte Pisano, Valle d’Asciano, Melfi in the Basilicata, 
and Ajaccio in Corsica (Parlatore.) The apparatus for fertilization in 
this plant is quite similar to that in S. longipetala, Poll., and to that 
described and illustrated above (Plate XVI. Part I.) in S. cordigera, all 
three species being absolutely sterile when unvisited by insects. 
I regard 8. longipetala, Poll., asa somewhat doubtful species, as I have 
gathered forms at Hyéres which appear intermediate in character between 
the plant figured and S. cordigera. At Cannes, Mentone, and Genoa, 
