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OKCHIDE^. (OKCHIfi FAMILY.) 



ascending tip: column raihev oUut<e — Spring —Coast; Kurd Dagii. 



The apex of tlie column resembles the head of an insect, vdih 

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



§. O. «i^sirifcra, M.B. If Gad- 

 Fly Ophrys .'2 to .4, tubers oblong. 

 Leaves oblong-lenticular to lanceo- 

 late. Spike few-flowered; sepals 

 oblong to oblong-ovate, rose-jnu'jjle, 

 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, o-lobed, lateral lobes 

 triangular, densely brown-velvety, 

 intermediate pblong, l/rown -velvety 

 except the pale-green glalrous spots ; 

 apex o-lobed, middle lobe vath Iroad- 

 upcurved appendage; column ending 

 •/// a short or elongated straight or wavy 

 l)ealc — Spring — Hillsides; coast and 

 lower to middle mountain zones. 



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

 ^nto incurved horns ~ Mar 3Iitri, Beirut, Lebanon. 



9. O. bombyliflora, Link. 11 Moth Ophrys .1 to .2; tubers 

 globular, sessile, with fibres bearing, at their tip new tubers. Leaves 

 elliptical-lenticular to lanceolate. Spike loose, 1-B-C-flowered; sepals 

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

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

 oblong, villous, the intermediate much lougea-, bigibbous at base, tri- 

 lobed, hemis})herical owing to the strongly recurved margins, brown- 

 elvetywith the exception of a smooth "strip from l)ase to recurved 



;ict and flower of (»plivy; 

 ODStrifcra. 



Spring — Near the Ashrafiyoh 



tip, column with short, obtuse beal 

 powder magazine, Beirut 



7, CJYMXAJDKJ^IA, li. Br. GymisAue^ia. 

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

 Labellum spurred, spreading, trifid. Column short. Anther adnate, 

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

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

 herbs with aspect of Orchis. 



O. coiiopsca, L. 11 .;Jto..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; laljcUum 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-.Turu, jjetween Kessab and Antioch. Lraciandtfoweiscr 



(iynmadenia conopsca 



