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ORCHIDE^ 



pollinia 2, with their glands in one pouch. (Name from the Greek 

 a, without, keras, a horn.) 



I. A. anthropophora (Man-Orchis). — About a foot high, with 

 mostly radical leaves ; and a loose spike of curious little flowers 

 with a large green hood, and a long, slender, yellow lip with 2 



6phrys ApfPERA {Bee-Orchis). 



6phrys muscifera {Fly-Orchis). 



lateral and 2 terminal lobes, like arms and legs. — Dry chalky 

 places in the east of England ; rare. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



13. Ophrys (Insect-Orchis). — Leafy plants with ovoid tubers ; 

 sessile flowers; spreading sepals; lip anterior, variously lobed, 

 usually convex and velvety, not spurred ; pollinia 2, with their 

 glands in distinct pouches. (Name from the Greek ophrus, an 

 eyebrow, from the markings on the lip.) 



