ORCITIDEiE. 



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a. Glands at the base of the pollen-masses 

 naked ; in other respects as C. 



i. Spur slender. 



a. Tubers palmate. 



40. odoratissima. Glands approximate. 

 Label trifid. Lobes obtuse. Spur filiform, 

 about equalling germen. Sep. spreading, p. 

 6,7- Mountain meadows. Rouen. Malesherbes. 

 Alps. Vosges. Rhine. 



41. conopsea. Glands approximate. La- 

 bel trifid. Lobes obtuse. Spur filiform, about 

 twice germen. Sepals spreading, p. 6, 7. 

 Calc. hills, and also on boggy ground. 



b. Tubers entire. 



42. bifolia. Glands distant. Label linear, 

 entire. Spm* filiform, %\ times germen. Cells 

 of the Anther parallel, p. 6, 7. Shade. 



43. chlorantha. Glands distant. Label 

 Knear, entire. Spur somewhat clavate, twice 

 germen. Cells of the Anther widely spreading 

 below, p. 6, 7. Shade. 



ii. Spur pouch-like. 



44. cylindracea. " Stem-L. very short, 

 rather sheathing. Spike cylindrical, very dense. 

 Bracts ovato-lanceolate, acute, shorter than 

 germen. Fl. secund. Sep. and Pet. acute, 

 connate. Label flat, trifid, half as long as 

 germen. Lateral Segm. very narrow, entire ; 

 middle twice as wide, obtuse, entire, or with 2 

 or 3 teeth. Spur saccato-conical, obtuse, p. 

 3, 4. Grass, among bushes. Sic." — Guss. 

 Capri. Cal. 



45. parviflora. Label trifid. Div. linear : 

 the middle one longer and cloven. Spur sub- 

 globose. Pet. and Sep. connivent, ohtuse. 

 Tubers simple. Size and habit ofO. albida. 

 p. Mountains. Pdm. — Willd. 



46. viridis. Glands distant. Label li- 

 near, ending in 3 teeth ; the middle one very 

 short. Pouch very short. Sep. connivent, 

 helmet-like. Tubers palmate, p. 6, 7. Moist 

 pastures and chalk hills. 



47. albida. Glands approximate. Label 

 tripartite : lateral Div. acute ; middle twice as 

 broad, obtuse. Pouch one-third of germen. 

 Sep. connivent. Tubers fasciculate, p. 6-8. 

 Hills, occ. 



Ei. Germen not twisted. The Label is left 

 uppermost. 



48. suaveolens. Label ovate, with an ob- 

 tuse tooth on each side. Spur cylindrico-subu- 

 late, about equal to germen. Sep. acute, p. 



7, 8. Mountains near Grenoble. On the Dolaz 

 in Sw. and on the ToUsteiu by Zierl in Tyrol. 

 Very rare. 



49. ni^a. Lahel ovate, acuminate. Pouch 

 one-third of germen. Sepals acuminate, p. 

 5-8. iUps. 



The following I do not know where to place. 



50. Corsica. Spike contracted, globose. 

 Pet. and Sep. connivent, ovate, acuminate ; 

 the Pet. rather the smallest. Label trifid : 

 lateral Lobes falcate, toothed ; middle Lobe 

 expanded and rounded towards the top, toothed. 

 Spur cui'ved, obtuse, twice as long as germen. 

 p. Bonifacio. — Viviani. 



There are also four species, Cupanii, bonan- 

 niana, gervasiana, and pseudopallens, the de- 

 scriptions of which are taken by Gussone from 

 the plates in the ' Fanphyton Siculum ' of Cu- 

 pani ; but the plants themselves are at pre- 

 sent unknown. 



761. ACERAS. 



1. anthropophora. Label exceeding ger- 

 men, tripartite : middle Div. deeply divided, 

 often with an intermediate tooth. Segm. li- 

 near, p. 6. Moist calc. meadows ,- scat- 

 tered. 



762. OPHRYS. 



A. Lateral Sepals spreading. 



i. Column without a beak. 



a. Middle Sepal vaulted, covering the column. 



1. bombylifera. Sep. oval, concave, ^«/(? 

 green. Pet. shorter, ovate, hairy. Label 3- 

 lobed : middle lobe emarginate, reflesed in the 

 notch, and with an advancing appendage, p. 

 4. Open hills. It. occ. Sic. 



2. lutea. Lateral Sep. semiovate. Pet. 

 lanceolate, more than half sepals. Label obo- 

 vate, 8-lobed at the end -. the middle lobe 

 emarginate, not much larger than the lateral. 

 p. 4, 5. Rocky, s. Pr. Nice. Tiv. Cors. 

 Sicily, rare. 



3. fusca. Pet. hairy, not half as long as 

 sepals. Label trifid. Lateral Lobes parabo- 

 lic; the middle retuse. Stem-L. lanceolate, 

 p. 4. Open pastures. Castiglione in Tuscany. 

 Sicily. 



4. pallida. "Lateral Sep. semiovato-el- 

 liptic. Pet. linear, neai-ly as long as sepals. 

 Label obovato-conical, velvety, 3-lobed to the 

 middle, marked with a shining spot. Lateral 



