CI.. XX.] 32. OniRYS MYODE.S. 435 



(). arauifira, llic ilowcrs of which entirely resemble a spider. 

 The leaflets of the calyx are all obtuse, and of a ycllowish- 

 grecn : the labellum is brownish-yellow, strongly set witli 

 hairs, three-lobed, w ith the margin bent inwards ; the fruit 

 column terminates in imperceptible rostclla. O. arachnites^ 

 which bears the greatest resemblance to 0. ap'ifera^ has also 

 a browttj hairy labellum, but this part is three-lobed, the 

 central lobe being: again divided into three obtuse lobes. 

 O. tcnthrcdimfera Desfont., which also grows in Calabria and 

 Sicily, has very long, rose-coloured bractea*, three obtuse 

 oblong calyx-leaflets, and two very short : the labellum is 

 two-lobed, with a process between the two lobes. 



The genus Opliyrs is most nearly related to Epipactis 

 Sw. ; but the latter is distinguished by the jointed structure 

 of the middle lobe of the labellum, and by its four round 

 pollenous masses. Richard distinguishes Opliyrs Mcniorchis 

 as a peculiar genus, under the name Herminium, the charac- 

 ter of which consists in the short, spur-shaped sack of the 

 hastate labellum, and in the naked large retinaculum. Re- 

 specting the family of the Orchidea?, vid. Anleit. ii. 280. f. 

 880. f. 



Synonyraes and Figures, 



Orchis Serapias tertius, Dodon. 238. 



O. myodes, i. Lohel Hist. 90. ic. 181. Ger. em, 213. J. 



Bank. Hist, 2. 767, 768. Pa?-^. 1352. 

 Triorchis Serapias tertius, Dalecli. 1555, 

 Testiculus muscarilis, ii. Tabern. 1050. 

 Orchis musca? corpus referens, Bauh. Pin. 83. (excl. synon.,- 



quae hie non sunt.) Rudb. Elys. 2. 201. f. 11. VailL 



Bot. Paris, t. 31. i". 17, IS. (flores soli.) Minor, Tmirn. 



Inst. 434. 

 Ophrys insectifera «. myodes, Linn. Sp. PL 1343. Gunner, 



Fl. Norw. 2. t. 5. (icon gigantea.) 

 Orchis n. 1265. Hall. Siirp. Hdv. t. 24. 

 Ophrys myodes, Jaeqit. Misc. 2. 373. Ic. Bar. t. 184. 



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