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The outline of the blue. H-shaped mark on the labellum varies considerably, as will be seen from 

 tiif. 13, here below. .Sometimes the two lonijfitudinal lines are not united by a transverse one. 



Dry liills with maquis, not rare. Between I^imassol and Omodos. 

 Lefkara (UK). Mazoto (JH ISO). Alethriko (.TH -210). a h c ,1 



O. hinlca Spniii. in Rilib. Rdu. XIII, 93 (ISol): Boiss. Fl. orient. V 79: \\ f / 1/ // \\ fj fW| 

 Pust in >li'-i]i. Herb. Boiss. 1900, no. 18, 100. 



In the plains of Cyprus, according- to Post. 



O. oesirifcra .MB. Fl. Taur. t'auc. II, .■!6!t (18(18); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 79. 

 y 0. Scnlopr..f U iii^ta Kotscliy, Cypern, 209 (186."V); liand Cav. Fi-. l:i. Ophnis tuaiinitmta Hest. Hitle- 



Sepals rose-coloured with green nerves, or all over green, rmt Forms of tlie Blue Il-sliaiicd .Mark 

 Labellum sometimes more protracted than in the typical form. "" ^'"^ LaiiclhDn. 



Dry hills, frequent. :Vlazoto (JH 181). Alethriko (.Hi 211). 



Orchis Simitis Lam. Fl. Fr. III. r,i)7 (1778): Boiss. Fl. orient. V. «3. 



Forests and lulls. At first recorded by Sintenis (teste Boiss.). Near the ca.'^tle of Kantara 

 (JH 54(3). 



O. loii^cruris Link in Sclirad. .Linrn. II, 323 (1799): Boiss. Fl. orient. V. (i."i: Kotsrhy. Typern, 207. (). nmhi- 

 latifolhts Biv. ffat. U. 44 (1807); .Silitli. et .Smith, Prodr. II, 213. 



Hills. iStavrovuni, Lefkara (UK 232), Pentadaktylos (UK 350). Already observed by Hibthorp. 



O. Morio L. 8p. pi. ed. 1. 940 (1753): Sibth. et Smith, Prodr. IL 212: Boiss. Fl. orient. V. fiO: K.itseliy. Cypern, 2()fi. 



Fields, already indicated by Sibthohp. Xylophago (JH 77). 



O. pnpiliouaceiis L. Sp. pi. ed. 2, 1331 (1763): Boiss. Fl. orient. V. HO: TlKmips. Fl. Cypr. 338. 

 Near the Government House (Lasceltæs, teste Thomps.). 



0. coriophorus L. Sp. pi. ed. 1. 940 (17.53); Boiss. Fl. orient. V. 61; Kotschy. Cypern, 207; Post in M.-m. Herb. 

 Boiss. 1900, 110. 18. loo. 



subsp. O. fragrans Poll. Elem. II. 155 (1811). 0. coriophom (5 frafirans Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 61, O. r. p Po?/i- 

 nima Rehb. Fl. (ierm. et Helv. XIll, 28, tab. 14 (1851); Kotscliy. Cypern. 207. 



Moist fields, not rare. Larnaka (JH 5G5), Kophino (JH 001). 



subs]). O. sanettis L. Sp. pi. ed. 2. 1330 (1763): Boiss. Fl. orient. V. 62. (>. rnnnphnra •; srmitn P.rbb. Fl. (ierm. 

 et Helv. XIII. 215 (1851); Kotscliy. Cypern. 207. 



Khulu (JH 7401. 



O. tridcntaiiis Scop. Fl. earn. ed. 2. II. 190 (1772): Boiss. Fl. orient. V. 62. O. rnriqiata All. Fl. Pedem. II, 

 147 (178.5); Sintenis in Oe. B. Z. XXXIII, 291. 



Hill-sides near Davlos (according to Sintenis). 



O. ihericus MB. in Willd. Sp. pi. IV, 25 (1805); Klinge, Dactylonh. monogr. prodr. 13; Halac. Fl. Craec. III. 169. 

 0. amnifitifnUa MB. Fl. Taur. Cane. II. 368 (1808); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 60; non Rclib. 



Moist fields, banks of streams, in the subalpine region. Was at first observed by Sintenis (teste 

 Boiss.). Troodos, in the valley beyond the Government Cottage (JH S71). 



O. qiiailripnnctatxis Vyx. in Ten. Prodr. Fl. Nap. -53 (1811); Boiss. Fl. orient. V, 69, 



Hills. Buffavento (UK 417, te.ste Boiss., not mentioned in the enumeration .of Kotschy). 



O. nnatolicus Boiss. Dia»-n. PI. Orient. Ser. 1. V. 56 (1844): Fl. orient. V. 70: Kotschy, Cypern. 207. 



Hills. Stavrovuui (UK 1S5), Troodos above Galala (UK 927), Pentadaktylos (UK 377). 



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