134 FLORAL EMBLEMS. 



ERROR. 



FLY ORCHIS. Ophrus muscifera. 



.. 



" Why do'st .thou show to the apt thoughts of men, 

 The things thou art not?" 



Shakspeare. 



This plant is made the emblem of error, be- 

 cause Flora seems to have sprinkled the stem 

 with flies instead of flowers. 



" As conscious that affection grows, 

 Pleas'd with the pencil's mimic power ; 



That power with leading hand she shows, 

 And paints &fly upon a flower." 



Lang/torn. 



