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S04 139. Opbrys. 21. ORCHIDE.E. Pl.end.pL 



V. 139. OPHRYS. Pliny. Sntyrion. 



Ovary not twisted ; perigonhim spread, inner sepales often 

 manifestly smaller; Up spurless, wider backwards, con- 

 vex, mostly silky and variously painted, cartilaginous, stiff; 

 rostellum very short, split into 2 roundish bursicles; retinacle 

 distinctly bursiculate, short-elliptic. — Bulbs roundish; stem 

 leafy ; leaves lanceolate, rather glaucous ; spike loose ; 

 Iractece lanceolate, leaflike ; ovary sessile. 



1. Ophrys apffera. Bee satyrion. 

 hip .'i-CLit, middle lobe longest, rather 3-cut ; terminal 



•segment awlshape, recurved; anther pointed, hooked. 



Oichib fucitlora, galea et alis purpurasceiitibiis. Rail Si/n, 379, 13. 

 Tp^ticiihis viilpinus secundus sphegodes, Ger. em. 212,3. 

 Orchis sphegodes seu fucum refercns. Park. 1350. 

 Onliis apif ra, Huds. Fl. Angl. 391. 

 IJwnble-bee orchis. Beefloieer. 



Dry pastures on chalky soils; perennial; Jul3% 

 Stem 12 in. high; leaves broad; Z'rac/ecE longer than the 

 ovary; spike few-flowered, loose; 3 outer sepales elliptical, 

 obtuie, purple ; 2 inner lanceolate, very short, greenish. 



2. Ophrys aramfera. Spider satyrion. 

 Lip 3-lobed; side lobes short, blunt; middle lobe nicked, 



turned back; anther acute. 



Orchis sive Testiculus sphegodes hirsufo flore, Rail Syn. 380, 16. 



Ophrys aranifera. Huds. Fl. Angl. 392. 



Oplirys fucitiM:a, Curtis Fl. Lond. 6, 6T. 



Ophrys ararhniles IS, De Cand. Syn. Fl. Gall. 2032. 



Chalky places; perennial; April and May. 



Stem 1 2 in. high ; spike few-flowered ; flowers green ; 

 lip brown ; sepales spread ; 3 outer oblong, obtuse ; 2 inner 

 lanceolate, short, pointed. 



3. Ophrys muscifera. Fly satyrion. 

 Lip 3-lobed ; middle lobe largest, cut into 2 segments, 



disk shining ; anther obtuse. 



Orchis myodes, galea et alis herbidis, Rail Syn. 379, 13. 

 Orchis myodes minor. Park. 1352. 

 Orchis myodes, Ger. em. 213, 6. 

 Ophrys rniiscifera, Huds. Fl. Angl. 391. 

 Ophrys insect! fera myodes, Lin. S. P. 1343. 

 Common Jly-orchis. 



Chalky pastures; perennial; June, 



Stem 9 in. high ; spike loose, tew-flowered ; IraetecB yel- 

 lowish ; 3 outer sepales green, 2 iimer purple ; Up oblong, 

 dark red with bluish spots in the centre. 



