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OPHRYS tovrTéa. 
Yellow Ophrys. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA.—Nar. Onv. ORCHIDE#. 
Gen. Cuar.—Corolla subpatens. Labellum ecalcaratum. Glandula pollinis 
cucullis distinctis incluse.—Br. 
Ophrys Zutea ; labello trilobo, lobo medio productiore rotundato emar- 
ginato mutico, perianthii laciniis tribus exterioribus late ovatis pe- 
_ tentibus, duobus interioribus minutis. 
O. lutea, Cavan. Ic. v. ii. p. 46. t. 160. (fide WitLp.)—Wixtp. Sp. PI. v. iv. 
p- 60.—Biv. Bern. Sicul. Pl. cent. 2da, p. 40. t. 5. 
Root of 2 rounded tubers, with a few fibres proceeding from near the sum- 
mit, Stem about 8 inches in height, cylindrical, flexuose, leafy ; leaves 
oblong, spreading, obtuse, striated, the upper ones narrower, lanceolate, 
2 lateral lobes the smallest, the extreme one protruded, broad, so as to 
leave a very narrow sinus on each side, rounded, and slightly notched in 
the middle, with a small swelling or elevation. a 
masses 2, distinct, each clavate, bipartible, with the glandular base of the 
pedicel of each inserted in a distinct pouch of the anther. 
long, twisted. 
ip OTE RTO Toe 
Of this curious genus, which is so well defined by Mr 
Brown, we have three species, indigenous to the warmer parts 
of Great Britain, but which, beautiful as they are, must yield to 
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