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4. O'PHRYS. OPHRYS. 



Calyx superior, of three oblong, ribbed, equal, spreading leaves. 

 Petals two, narrow-oblong, smaller than the calyx, spreading, 

 undivided. Nectary a lip without a spur, longer than the calyx, 

 convex above, concave beneath, variously lobed. Anthers oblong, 

 of two parallel cells, close together over the stigma. Germen 

 oblong, furrowed, curved. Style short and thick, channelled in 

 front ; stigma a moist cavity under the anther. Capsule oblong, 

 obtuse, angular. Seeds very numerous, minute. Name, ophrys, 

 the eye-brow. 411. 



1. 0. muscifera. Fly Orchis. Lip twice the length of the calyx, with 



four expanded lobes, somewhat downy ; petals linear ; style obtuse. 



Stem about a foot high : spike thin, of about six flowers which bear a 

 strong resemblance to flies : calyx green : petals dark-red : lip with a 

 pale-blue spot in the middle. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in 

 pastures and meadows, in England: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 64. 

 En*. Fl. vol. iv. p. 23. 1246. 



2. 0. apifera. Bee Orchis. Lip as long as the calyx, with five re- 

 flected marginal lobes, the terminal lobe awl-shaped, the rest hairy 



above ; calyx coloured ; style with a hooked point. Stem about a 



foot high : spike thin : calyx rose-coloured : petals greenish : lip dark- 

 brown, spotted with yellow. Perennial : flowers in April : grows in dry 

 pastures in the south of England : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 383. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 30. 1247. 



3. 0. arachnites. Late Spider Orchis. Lip longer than the calyx, 

 dilated, somewhat tumid, with five shallow, inflected, marginal lobes, the 

 terminal lobe flattened ; calyx coloured, column with a hooked point ; 

 petals deltoid, downy. Leaves like those of 0. apifera, usually nar- 

 rower. Perennial : flowers in July : found in chalky pastures, near 

 Folkstone, Kent, by Mr. G. E. Smith. Eng. Fi. vol. iv. p. 273. 1248. 



4. 0. aranifera. Early Spider Orchis. Lip as long as the calyx, 

 roundish, hairy, with four shallow, reflected, marginal lobes; style acute, 



incurved ; petals linear, smooth. Stem about six inches high : spike 



few-flowered : calyx and petals green : lip dark-brown. Perennial : 

 flowers in April : grows in dry pastures in the south of England : rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 65. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 31. The 0. fucifera, 

 Drone Orchis, is a variety of this plant, with the lip inversely egg-shaped, 

 undivided, with a spreading wavy margin. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2649. 

 Eng. FL vol. iv. p. 32. 1249. 



5. GOODYE'RA. GOODYEUA. 



Calyx superior, of three egg-shaped, spreading, permanent, 

 coloured leaves, the two lateral ones somewhat dilated at the 

 outer margin, and meeting under the nectary. Petals two, half- 

 ovate, erect, converging. Nectary spurless, as long as the petals, 

 prominent, inflated and inversely egg-shaped beneath, terminating 

 above in an oblong, acute point. Anther roundish, parallel to the 

 stigma, of two parallel cells close together. Germen inversely 

 egg-shaped, angular, incurved. Style short; stigma prominent, 

 pointed. Capsule nearly elliptical, angular. Seeds minute. 

 Named after Mr. Goodytr, an English botanist. 412. 



