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OllCHIDEiE. (orchis FAMILY.) 



Bract and flower of opliryi 

 oestrifera. 



ascending tip: column rather obtuse — Spring —Coast; Kurd Dagli. 



The apex of the cokimn resembles the head of an insect, ^itli 

 yellow spots at each side for eyes, and a curved proboscis. 



§. 0.cestrifcra,M.B. % Gad- 

 Fly Ophrys .2 to .4, tubers oblong. 

 Leaves obloDg-lenticular to lanceo- 

 late. Spike few-flowered; sepals 

 oblong to oblong-ovate, rose-pu/ijjle^ 

 with green nerves; petals linear to 

 lanceolate, acute, or triangular, obtuse, 

 one-fourth to one-half as long as 

 sepals, velvety within; labellum 

 oblong-obovate, 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 triangular, densely brown-velvety, 

 intermediate oblong, Iroion-xelvety 

 except the iKLle-grcen gl.cibrous sjMs ; 

 apex *t3-lobed, middle lobe with hroad- 

 tqymrved appendage; column ending 

 in « short or don gated straight or icavy 

 heaTc — Spring — Hillsides; coast and 

 lower to middle mountain zones. 



Var. coriiuta, Boiss. Gibbi of lateral lobes of labellum prolonged 

 ^nto incurved horns — Mar Mitri, Beirut, Lebanon. 



9. O. l>oinl>yliflora, Link. 2f Moth Ophrys .1 to .2; tubers 

 globular, sessile, with Jibres Icaring at their tip neio tubers. Leaves 

 elliptical-lenticular to lanceolate. Spike loose, 1-3-G-flowered; sepals 

 pale green, ovate; petals oblong, minute, velvety; labellum somewhat 

 shorter than sepals, nearly orbicular, trifid, the lateral lobes fincar- 

 ohlong, villous, the intermediate much longer, bigibbous at base, tri-' 

 lobed, hemispherical owing to the strongly recurved margins, brown- 

 velvety with the exception of a smooth "strip from base to recurved 

 tip, column witli short, obtuse beak — Spring— Kear the Ashrafiyeh 

 powder magazine, Beirut. 



7. GYMXADEXIA, R. Br. Gymnade.ma. 



Sepals free, spreading or connivent. Petals erect, couuivent. 

 Labellum spurred, spreading, trifid. Column short. Anther adnat'e, 

 cells parallel on either side of oblong beak. PoUinia 3, caudiculate, 

 implanted in distinct glands, Pouch 0. Ovary twisted — Tuberous 

 lierbs with aspect of Orchis. 



O. coiiopsea, L. If .8 to .5; tubers palmate, with elongated 

 lobes; stem slender. Leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate and linear, 

 obtuse to acute. Spike dense, . 1 long ; bracts lanceo- ~ 



late, acuminate, as long as ovary or longer ; flowers 

 pink; sepals ovate-oblong, spreading; petals 

 half-ovate, connivent; labellum cuneate, some- 

 what broader than long, lobes nearly equal, ovate, 

 obtuse or truncate ; spur filiform, often twice as 

 long as ovary; caudicles of pollinia obliquely 

 implanted in the glands — June — Woods ; Ka- 

 lah-Jurn, between Kessab and Antioch. 



Bract and Howers of 

 Gymnadenia conopsea. 



