762 oRCiiiDB^. (orchis family.) 



laierallohes larger, obliquely quadrate, obtuse, crenulatc: spur cyliudii- 

 cal, shorter than ovary — Spriug — Aintab. 



Var. saccigera, Kclib. Bracts much longer tliau flowers ; lubes 

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

 alpinc Lebanou. 



6. OPHRY5!>, L. Opurys. BEE-Oiiciirs. 



Sepals spreadiug. 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. Bme ofjiattisJi Icibellum not (jilhoasy 

 apex not uppendaged. 



* Fetah glalrous. 



1. O. fiisca, Link. % 

 Tawny Ophrys. Tubers ovate. 

 Leaves oblong, glaucous. Se- 

 pals green, oblong, the upper 

 hooded; petals ligulate; la- 

 bellum cuneate, trilobed, 

 marlced with xiaralleJ, glalrous a ''—^ 

 lines, from lase to middle, '^ 

 otherwise hroicnish-velvety, 

 the lateral lobes short, ob- 

 tuse, the middle larger, notch- 

 ed or liloled — February to 

 April. c 



Vai. iriCOlOl IvChL. uvaiy. (rf) Labellum. 



Lines greenish, greyish-blue, 

 or blue. Flowers often .0:3 long — Hillsides; coast to middle 



*nu)untniii /""nc. 



2. O. Uitea, Cav. If Yellpw Ophrys. Tubers nearly globular. 

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

 kim obovate, trilobed, scarcely cuneate at base, marlced with a riolet, 

 often hilobed, atripefrom base to middle, surrounded by a purplish-velvety 

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

 middle truncate, crenate, or refuse — February to April — Hillsides; 

 coast to middle mountain zone. Flowers .01 to .02 long. 



■'■' ■■- Petals iiubcsccnt or Telvety at face. 



;j. O. Speculiilll, Link. 2f Mirror Ophrys. .1 to .2; tubers 

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

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

 blacJcish-purpjle, half as long as sepals, triangular, labellum obovatc- 

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

 t^lossy, blue, surrounded by a yellow band, margin taiony, revolute, 

 densely villous, the lateral lobes ol)long-lineai, small, the intermediate 

 much larger, ol)long to ovate, obtuse or somewhat refuse, not ap- 

 ])er.daged — Mflrch and April — Hillsides; coast to alpine zones of 

 mountains. 



