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762. OPHRYS. 



Lobes I'ecurvato-deflexed ; the middle lai'ger, 

 rounded, nearly entire. Column very short. 

 p. 3, 4. Pasttires and woody hills. Sic." — 

 Guss. 



5. canaliculata. "Sep. hroadly ovate. 

 Pet. similar, but very small, ciliato-hispid. La- 

 bel \\Aih a cuneiform base and a deeply chan- 

 neled mouth, convex, trifid. Lateral Div. ovate, 

 acuminate, hispid, shorter; middle expanded 

 at the end in two lobes, p. Bonifacio." — Viv. 

 I place this here on account of its declared 

 similarity to O. ciliata. 



b. Middle Sepal erect. 



6. muscifera. Pet. villous, involuto-fili- 

 form, more than half as long as sepals. Label 

 pinnately 4-lobed, marked with a smooth, blue, 

 oblong spot. Lobes ovate, p. 6. Calc. 

 thickets, occ. 



1. Speculum. Sep. oblong. Pet. nar- 

 row linear, acute, arcuato-retroflex, dark, half 

 as long as sepals. Label obovate, mth a smooth, 

 shining, bluish-brown disc, very villous on the 

 revolute margin, 3-lobed. Lateral Lobes ob- 

 long ; middle twice as large each way, emargi- 

 nate. p. 3, 4. Grassy hills. Sic. 



8. tenthredinifera. Pet. triangular, veiy 

 short. Sep. oval. Label somewhat 4-sided, 

 slightly 2-lobed, with a rounded, intermediate, 

 forward point, above which is a tuft of thi'eads. 

 p. 3, 4. Di-y hills. Rome. 



ii. Column with a small terminal beak. 



9. oxyrhynclius. " Sep. ovali-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, spreading, pale pink. Pet. trian- 

 gular, villous, very short. Margin revolute. 

 Label nearly square, silky, obsoletely 3-lobed ; 

 with a conical hunch on each side of the base ; 

 emarginate, mth an appendage, but without 

 any beard above it. Ajipendage incurved, end- 

 ing in 3 or 5 teeth. Beak of Column acute. 

 p. 3, 4. 02^en hills. Sic. — Guss. 



10. arachnites. Pet. ovate, about one- 

 third of sepals. Label nearly entire, variegated, 

 truncate, with a smooth, intermediate, forward 

 process, generally 3-toothed. Column vrith a 

 small point, p. 5, 6. Calc. thickets, occ. 



11. apifera. Pet. oblong, about half jom^" 

 sepals. Label 4-lobed, variegated, with a 

 smo'oth, intermediate, recm-ved tooth, p. 6. 

 Calc. hills. 



12. aranifera. Label entu-e or slightly 



4-lobed, sometimes with a very small forward 

 tooth, marked with a smooth spot, like the 

 Greek IT. Pet. oblong, rounded at the end, 

 (more than half sepals, E. B. Sm. and Koch 

 describe them as smooth ; I find them some- 

 times villous.) p. 4, 5. Calc. hills, occ. 

 dry hills, It. 



)3. exaltata, Guss. Sep. pink, 

 •y. atrata, Rchb. Lines of Label blue, with 

 a white margin. 



13. lunulata. " Sep. lanceolate, obtuse, 

 pink. Pet. linear, smooth, somewhat acute, 

 nearly as long as sepals. Label slightly length- 

 ened, obcordate, velvety, vrith a shining cres- 

 cent-shaped spot, entire or 3-lobed, with a den- 

 ticulate margin and a small appendage. Lateral 

 Lobes nearly vertical, more villous, with a 

 conical hunch. Beak acuminate, p. 3, 4. 

 mil 'pastures. Sic." — Guss. 



14. crabronifera. " Label rounded, con- 

 vex, villous, retuse, with a lanceolate, forward 

 point; marked with a transverse, reniform 

 spot. Pet. lanceolate, wavy, more than half 

 as long as the rose-coloured sepals, p. 4, 5. 

 Marino near Rome." — Mauei. 



15. Pseudo- speculum. Label nearly 

 circular, sometimes vnth a small tooth on each 

 side, slightly emarginate (sometimes with an 

 intermediate tooth, Koch). Disc smooth : 

 border hairy. Pet. oblong, on a rounded base, 

 smooth, p. 5. Grassy hills. Mtp. Metz. 

 rare. 



16. Bertolonii. Label obovate, slightly 

 lobed at the end, with intermediate, smooth, 

 straight, rounded tooth ; marked with a nearly 

 square, smooth spot. Pet. linear, on a rounded 

 base. p. 4, 5. TFarm open hills. Istria. 

 Rome. mdt. Fr. Sic. 



S. Sepals and Petals connivent, forming a 

 helmet. 



17. alpina. Label ovato-oblong, with a 

 small tooth on each side. L. narrow linear, 

 as long as scape, p. 7, 8. Vei'y high pas- 

 tures. Alps. 



The following I do not know where 

 to place. 



18. funerea. " Label gradually contracted 

 at base, conical, the sides bent down, divided 

 at top into 3 rounded lobes : the middle rather 

 the largest, nearly entire, s. Corsica and at 

 Genoa by the Aqueduct." — Viviani. 



