The BRITISH HERBaA _. 
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2. Dwarf Twyblade, 3. Short-fpiked Twyblade. 
Ophris minima Solis cordatis, 
The root is compofed of nu 
res. 
The ftalk is juicy, 
inches high, 
The leaves are only two; they are broad at 
the bafe, and fomewhat indented, tharp at the 
point, and placed oOppofite, 
The flowers are fmall and whitifh. 
We have it on bogs. It flowers in May, 
C. Bauhine calls it Ophris minima, 
merous implicated 
round, redifh, and five 
Th END of the 
Opbris fpica brevi, 
The root is formed of implicated fibres, and 
fends out runners under the furface. 
The ftalk js round, and ej 
The leaves are broad, and of a fine glofly 
green; and they rife two, 
from one part of the ftalk 
ground, - 
The flowers are {mall and whitifh; and they 
form a fhort fpike, 
It is found on bogey 
May: 
Ray calls it Bifolium palupre, 
The virtues of thefe plants are not known, 
a little above the 
ground, flowering in 
THIRTIETH CLASS, 
Boek doy 
