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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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at Bolnhurst in Bedfordshire; at Bradenham in Bucking- 

 hamshire; at Blatherwick and Asply in Northamptonshire; 

 at Pently Hangings in Oxfordshire; about Earsham and 

 Mulbarton in Suffolk; on St. Vincent's Rocks near Bristol; 

 near Carisbrook Castle in the Isle of Wight; and at Great 

 Coniberton towards Woller's Hill ; and at Tedestone near 

 Whitbourne in Worcestershire. It flowers in June and July, 

 and ripens seed in the end of August. See the twelfth species. 

 14. Ophrys Aranifera; Spider Ophrys. Bulbs roundish; 

 stem leafy; lip of the nectary roundish, entire, emarginate, 

 convex, longer than the petals ; leaves next the root an 

 inch and half long, almost an inch broad, ovate-lanceolate, 

 somewhat blunt, marked with impressed lines, smooth, 

 spreading on the ground, those of the stalk few, narrower, 

 and more pointed; flowers from three to six, in a thin spike. 

 The nectary, which at first is of a bright aad very rich brown 

 colour, soon changes to a faded yellow green; when the 

 flowering is past, the petals incline forward close over the 

 nectary. The flower is not so beautiful as that of the two 

 preceding species: it is fancied by some to resemble a bee, 

 by others a spider; from the breadth of the lip, and its 

 being marked with different shades of brown, it derives its 

 resemblance to the latter; others have discovered a likeness 

 to a small bird in the flower. It is a native of England, in 

 chalky pastures; as about Northfleet, Bocton church-yard, 

 and other places, in Kent; Heatherhead in Surry; near 

 Wheatley, between Whitney and Burford ; Caversham warren 

 and Stansfield in Oxfordshire; about Branham near Tad- 

 caster in Yorkshire; about Bury in Suffolk; at Shelford, 

 Abington, Hildersham, and Bartlow, in Cambridgeshire. 

 With a little attention and management, this plant will grow 

 and flower more freely than many of the same tribe. The 

 following treatment has succeeded. Take up the roots care- 

 fully when in flower, bare them no more than is necessary 

 to remove the roots of other plants; fill a large-sized garden 

 poi with three parts choice loam moderately stiff, and one 

 part chalk mixed well together, and passed through a sieve 

 somewhat finer than a common cinder sieve: in this mixture 

 place your roots at about the depth of two inches and three 

 inches apart, water them occasionally during summer, if the 

 weather prove dry : at the approach of winter, place the pot 

 in a frame under a glass, to keep it from wet and frost, which 

 combined destroy the beauty of the foliage, if not the 

 plant itself. Observe : this species emerges in the autumn 

 before any of the others make their appearance. 



15. Ophrys Monorchis; Yellow, or Musk 'Ophrys. Bulb 

 globular; scape naked; lip of the nectary trifid, cross- 

 shaped; stem about six inches high, round, and smooth; 

 root-leaves two or three, sheathing the stem, lanceolate, 

 acute, smooth. The flowers are greenish yellow, with a 

 faint musky smell. They appear in July. Native of Sweden, 

 Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Prussia, Italy, 

 and England; where it is found near Enfield in Middlesex; 

 at the chalk pits near Gogmagog hills in Cambridgeshire; 

 and at Marham near Swaftham, and near Snettisham, in Nor- 

 folk. See the twelfth species. 



16. Ophrys Alpina; Alpine Ophrys. Bulbs ovate; scape 

 naked; leaves awl-shaped; lip of the nectary undivided, 

 blunt, one-toothed on each side. Native of the mountains 

 of Lapland, Denmark, Switzerland, Dauphiuy, Piedmont, 

 Carniola, Austria, &c. 



17. Ophrys Camtschatea; Siberian Ophrys. Scape fili- 

 form, sheathed; raceme close; lip of the nectary linear, bifid. 

 Native of Siberia. 



18. Ophrys Anthropophora; Man Ophrys. Bulbs round- 

 iih; stem leafy; lip of the nectary linear, three-parted, the 



middle segment elongated, bifid; root-leaves four or five, 

 sheathing the stem at the base, lanceolate, but varying in 

 breadth, spreading; above these, one or two more closely 

 embracing the stem; flowers numerous, in a long loose 

 spike. It varies in size; and in the colour of its flowers, from 

 yellow green to bright ferruginous. The root, and indeed 

 the whole plant, emits a strong odour. Native of the 

 southern parts of Europe, arid of England, where it is prin- 

 cipally found in dry pastures and old chalk-pits; as, near 

 Northfleet, Greenhithe; between Gravesend and Cliffe; at 

 Dartford; in Bocton church-yard; in the way to Branley; 

 and at Truhill, &c. in Kent; about Croydon and Leather- 

 head in Surry; near Linton in Cambridgeshire; at Kimbolton 

 in Huntingdonshire; at Dalington near Sudbury in Suffolk; 

 and at Ashwelthrope near Norwich. It flowers in June. 

 See the twelfth species. 



IP. Ophrys Crucigera. Bulbs roundish; stem leafy; lip 

 of the nectary undivided, marked with a convex cross. 

 Suspected to be a variety of the thirteenth species. 



20. Ophrys Volucris. Bulbs roundish; leaves oblong, 

 sheathing the stem; lip cut out ovate; stem a foot high. 

 Native of the Cape. 



21. Ophrys Bracteata. Buibs roundish; spikes mixed 

 with longer bractes; lip three-lobed; stem a span high. 

 Native of the Gape. 



22. Ophrys Atrata. Leavei linear, setaceous; lip cordate, 

 spatulate; stem simple, a hand high; spike terminating; 

 flowers sessile, remote, under each a bristle-shaped bracte, 

 the length of the flower. The whole plant turns black in 

 drying. Native of the Cape. 



23. Ophrys Catholica. Bulbs fibrous ; flowers three- 

 petalled; helmet ventricose, large; lip cross-shaped; stem 

 leafy; leaves three, alternate, embracing, lanceolate; the 

 root- leaves shorter; raceme four or five flowered; bracle the 

 length of the corolla; helmet one-leafed. Native of the 

 Cape. 



24. Ophrys Circumflexa. Bulbs undivided; flowers three- 

 petalled; wings emarginate; Tip trifid, the lateral segments 

 bent round; leaves lanceolate; spikes five-flowered or there- 

 abouts, with ventricose bractes. Native of the Cape. 



25. Ophrys Caffra. Stem three-leaved; lip bifid; flow- 

 ers in a raceme, three or four, yellow. Native of the Cape. 



26. Ophrys Bivalvata. Flowers in bundles; lip lanceolate; 

 stem a span or a foot high; spike cerymbed, without a dis- 

 tinct peduncle; germen streaked. 



27. Ophrys Alaris. Lip of the nectary entire, waved; 

 stem a span high or more; stem-leaves three, the first obso- 

 lete, the second oval, lanceolate, the third spathcform ; spike 

 few-flowered, with ovate acute bractes. Native of the Cape. 



28. Ophrys Patens. Leaves awl-shaped; lip of the nec- 

 tary very short, capillary; stem hardly a hand high, longi- 

 tudinally imbricated with leaves; root-leaves short, linear; 

 flowers two to four, rather large. Native of the Cape. 



29. Ophrys Nervosa. Stem naked, angular; leaves ovate, 

 nerved; lip of the nectary entire, reflex; flowers at the top 

 of the scape elongated in a spike, alternate, drooping, purple; 

 spike sharply angular, erect, smooth, about a span in length; 

 corolla three-petalled. Under each flower a very short, ovate, 

 purple bracte. Native of Japan. 



30. Ophrys Triphylla. Stem three-leaved; lip triangular, 

 toothed at the base. Native of the Cape. 



31. Ophrys Inversa. Leaves ensiform; lip bifid, entire. 

 Native of the Cape. 



32. Ophrys Bicolor. Leaves linear, ensiform; lip cut 

 out bifid. Native of the Cape. 



33. OphrysSquam.ua. Bulbs bundled; scape elongated, 



