763 



oRcniDE^. (orchis family.) 



lateral loles larger, obliquely quadrate,^ obtuse, crenulatc; spur cyliudii- 

 cal, shorter than ovary — Spring — Aintab. 



Var. saccigera, Rclib. Bracts much longer than flowers; lubes 

 of labellum more acute ; spur thick, dilated, as long as ovary — Sub- 

 alpine Lebanon. 



Sepals spreading. Labellum directed forward, not spurred. 

 Column short, often ending in a beak-like process. Anthers entirely 

 adnate, cells parallel ; beak 0. Pollinia with a viscid gland at base of 

 caudicle. 



Sect, I. Musciferae. Base of flattislilcibelhimnot cjiVboub^ 

 apeo2 not aj^pendaged. 



* Petals glabrous. 



Fig. 350. 



1. O. fusca, Link. % 

 Tawny Ophrys. Tubers ovate. 

 Leaves oblong, glaucous. Se- 

 pals green, oblong, the upper 

 liooded; petals ligulate; la- 

 bellum cuneate, trilobed, 

 marTced icith 2yarallel, glabrous a 

 lines, from base to middle, 

 otherwise broimish-velvety, 

 the lateral lobes short, ob- ' 

 tuse, the middle larger, 7iotch- 

 ed or bilobed — February to 

 April. c 



Vnv iri^^nlor T^r-hh ^^^"'^^ Sepals of Ophiys fusca. (bb) Petals, (o 

 Vai. iricoioi, itLiiu. Ovary. (d) Labellum. 



Lines greenish, greyish-blue, 

 or blue. Flowers often .03 



mountain zone. 



long — Hillsides ; coast to middle 



2. O. Iiitea, Cav. 71 Yellow Ophrys. Tubers nearly globular. 

 Leaves oblong. Sepals yellowish-green, oblong; petals ligulate; label- 

 lum obovate, trilobed, scarcely cuneate nthnsc, marl'ed with a violet, 

 often bilobed, strijyefrom base to middle, surrounded by 2i purplish-mhety 

 margin, with a glabrous, yelloio rim ; the lateral lobes short, obtuse, the 

 middle truncate, creuate, or retuse — February to April — Hillsides; 

 coast to middle mountain zone. Flowers .01 to .03 long. 



"■'•' * Petals jmbescent or velvety at face. 



3. O. ^peeuliiin, Link. % Mirror Ophrys. .1 to .2; tubers 

 ovate-globular. Leaves oblong-lenticular to elliptical, glaucescent. 

 Spike few-flowered, loose; sepals ovate-oblong, yellowish; petals 

 blacTcish-purple, half as long as sepals, triangular, labellum obovate- 

 cuneate, somewhat convex, trifid beyond middle, centre glabrous, 

 glossy, blue, surrounded by a yellow Ijand, margin tawny, revolute, 

 densely villous, the lateral lobes oblong-linear, small, the intermediate 

 much larger, oblong to ovate, obtuse or somewhat retuse, not ap- 

 pendaged — IMnrch and April — Hillsides; coast to alpine zones of 

 mountains. 



