Ophrys. orchidea: 70 



Sphakia (Heklr!), in Traiiscaucasia prope Baku (G. A. Mey. ex Rchb.) Fl. 

 Mart. Apr. 



Stepe confusH cuni 0. Bertolonii (jallia; australis, Italia', Dahnatiie incola 

 i\\XM ditlert lal)ello a basi ad apicem antrorsuni curvatum concavo basi angu.s- 

 lato aliter picto, etc. 



10. O. hiulca(Sprun. Sched.— Rclib. Germ. p. 93, tab. 101, fig. 

 2) tuberibws ovatis vel oblongis, foliis oblongis el lariccolato-lineari- 

 biis, spica paucitlora, perigonii phyllis externis oblongis virenlibus, 

 lateralibus internis binis brevioribus linearibus velutinis, labello lale 

 obovato atropurpureo veiutino lituris binis albis vel ca?rulescenlibus 

 glabris parallelis basi transverse coalitis percurso 3upra mediuni 

 trilobo lobis laleralibus ovatis obtusis intermedio muitoties majori 

 ovato transverse sublaliore in apiculum brevem ascendentem abeunte, 

 gynostemio obtusiusculo "^. Rchb. Germ. lab. 101, fig. -2 el cx cl. 

 Rchb. tab. 169, fig. I, sub 0. exaltatd. — 0. Reinholdl Sprun. ex 

 Sclied. hiic omnino nec ad 0. scolopacem spectare videtur. — 0. 

 gatactos-tictos Heldr. iMss. 



Hab. in collibus prope Athenas et in monte Hymetto (Sprun !) Lvcabetto 

 (Heldr !), in Syria littoraii fl.abill!). 



Aflinis 0. ferroequino a ({ua labello trilobo et lituris versus labelli apicem 

 nec ad ejus basin conjunct's differt. Ad 0. hiulcam forsan referenda 0. fer- 

 rumequinum var. ^Ef/inensis Rchb. labello trilobo instructa et quam ctete- 

 rum non vidi. 



11. O. apifera (Huds. Angl. I, 340) tuberibus ovato-globosis, 

 foliis oblongis et lanceolatis, spica laxa, perigonii phyllis externis 

 ovato-oblongis roseis viridi-nerviis, internis lateralibus binis brevis- 

 simis triangularibus velutinis, labello phyllis externis subbreviore 

 subrotundo-obovato convexo semigloboso obscure purpureo velutino 

 niinute niacula glabra lineolisque variegato marginibus rellexo tri- 

 lobo lobis lateralibus oblongis inflexis plus minus gibberosis inter- 

 niedio multo majore obovato apice retuso cum appendice glabra, 

 deorsum flcxd, gynoslemio in rostrum tenue flexuosum produclo ^. 

 Rchb. Germ. tab. 105. — 0. albijtora Sprun. Sched. 



Hab. in collibus, umbrosis siccis, Gra^cia in MesseniA (Bory), Attica. 

 Eub;ea, ^Egina (Sprun !). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa media et australis a Gallia, Germania occidentali et 

 australi, Helvetia ad Dalmatiam et regionem Danubialera, Africa borealis. 



12. O. sestrifera (M. B. Taur. Cauc. II, 369) tuberibus oblongis, 

 foliis oblongis et oblongo-lanceolatis, spica laxiflora, perigonii pliyllis 

 exlernis oblongis roseis viridi-viltatis, internis binis lateralibus 

 interne velulinis linearibus vel lanceolalis acutis, labello oblongo-obo- 

 vato stipilalo marginibus inflcxis valde concavo trilobo lobis laterali- 

 bus basi gibbosis dense el longe velulinis Iriangularibus convolutis 

 porrcdis sfcpe elongatis, intermedio oblongo marginibus revolutis 

 seniicylindrico prceter maculas glabras pallidiores brcvilcr velutino 



