176 Rev, Mr. Surton’s Defeription of 
O. major, Withering Bot. Arr. 3d edit. p. 557+ 
O. major, ftem fimple, corolla inflated; its upper lip undivided ; " 
lower in three equal fegments. Stamina fmooth. © Style 
downy. Smith in Engl. Bot. tab. 421. 
Radix craffa, carnofa, interdum bulbofa, perennis, parafitica; radici 
lignofe parti /coparitz, et ulicis uropei imprimis adhzrens; radi- 
culis fimplicibus, fragiliffimis. inftructa;, plures emittens. caules. 
Caulis fimpliciffimus erectus, carnofus, angulatus, pilofus *, craf= 
fitie digiti, altitudine pedali et ultra, ex luteo fufcus, diluté pur- 
purafcens, {quamis lanceolatis fparfis, fub folo confertioribus. 
Flores {picati, pilofi, fufci, interdum purpurafcentes, ftigmatibus 
flavis ; perfiftentes rigidi, fordidé-ferruginei. Braétee fimplices, 
lanceolate, pilofz, floribus interdum longiores. | Ca/yx, perian- 
thium fubaquale, pilofum, diphyllum, laterale foliolis profundé 
bifidis, laciniis acutis. inzequalibus.—Variat perianthio monophyllo 
quadrifido a parte pofteriori ufque ad bafin partito. Corolla tu- 
bulofa, quadrifida, pilofa, tubo furfum inflato, incurvo, dorfo 
fubcarinato; faux valde aperta; limbus bilabiatus obfoleté den- 
ticulatus; labium fuperius fornicatum, obtufum, integrum, parum 
reflexum}; inferius trilobum, lobis feré zqualibus, acutis, plani- 
‘ufculis, intermedia dependente. Neéctarium, glandule + tres anticé 
germini inferte. Stamina, filamenta quatuor fubulata, fuperné 
pilofa, inferné omnino nuda, canaliculata plana, duo breviora 
lateribus, duo longiora antice parti tubi inferta, decurrentia, 
apice recurva; anthere didymz, altero apice mucronate, ad- 
* Sj quas plantarum partes in his defcriptionibus uno verbo pilofas vel pilefiufculas 
dixero, pilos glanduliferos intelligat lector. — 
+ Sic Curtis, & fic amicus nofter acuratiffimus D. Rob. B. Francis :—Ipfe autem 
nullum offendi. 
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