| PLATE CCCCLXXv. 
SERAPIAS CORDIGERA, 
Heart-hearing Serapias. 
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CLASS XX. ORDERI 
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Corotta 5 petala, ringens : petalis conniventi- Biossom 5 petals, gaping: petals approaching 
bus: labello nectarii ecalcarato: lamina de- together. The lip of the honey-cup grow- 
flexa : anther styli longitudine, adnate. ing from the spur: the lip bending down- 
wards. The chives the length of the style, 
and attached to it. : 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
oe | ie be | 
latis glaucis, adb cu Serarias with larice-shaped glaucous leaves 
latis. Nectarium tripartitum, ferrugineum : spotted at the base. Honey-cup three 
laciniis lateralibus obtusis, erectis, con- — divided, and of a rusty colour : the side sg- 
niventibus: divisio media ovata, acuminata, ments obtuse, upright, and approaching: <4 
pilosa, dependens : corollis implicatis, apice middle division is ovate, sharp-pointed, hairy, 
involutis, extus pallentibus, intus fusco and hanging down. Blossom folded together 
purpurascentibus, and turned inwards at the point, pale-o0- 
loured on the outside, and of a purply brown 
on the inside. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
i, The flower spread open, 
2. The lip of the honey-cup, : 
a The chives and pointal, with the spur of the honey-cup, magnified. 
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on the other. From the Ophrys it is not easily distinguished; but from Neottia 2 % ee the 
plant is well known by the title of cordigera, a specific asi analogy so 
resemblance the lip of the nectarium js supposed to bear to the shape of a heart: but = indigenoss 
certainly not very powerful. The flowers remain a-considerable time in perfection, It 
to Spain, Barbary, Italy, &c. 
