GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA, 523 



corallorhiza ORPHYS bulbis ramofis flexiiofis, caule vaginato, 

 ^' aphyllo, nedlarii labio trifido. Syfi, nat, 592. 



Sp,pL 1339. (Ger, em, iS^S-f- 2. Halfer. hiJL 

 1301. /. 44. OeL 'Dan, /. 451. ^Z^. ncjl.) 



Coral- rooted Opbrys, Jnglis, 



In marfhy woods, but very rare. We oblervcd it 

 only in one place, and there fparingly, viz. in a 

 moid hanging wood, on the Ibuth fide, near the 

 head o^ Littk-Loch-Eroom^ on the weflern coaft 

 of Rofs-fiire. il. VI. VII. 



The root confiils of white, thick, fucciilent, obtufc 

 fibres, branched like coral. The ilalk is about 

 fix or eight inches high, and has no other leaves 

 than {ht^zithxn g JiipuU. The flowers grow in a 

 thin fpike, about eight or ten in number, verg- 

 ing a little to one Me of the ftalk, and fub- 

 tended each by an oval-lanceolate greenilh Br/ic- 

 tea. The upper petals are green, oval lanceo- 

 late, and connive in the form of a fcmicjlindric 

 Galea'. The lateral petals are patent, whitidi, 

 and ftreaked with a green line. The lip is oval- 

 lanceolate, white, and ftreaked with two green 

 lines, forming an acute angle. The flower is 

 furniilicd with four fiainina^ two in each cell. 

 The capfules nod, 



gvata, 3. OPHRYS bulbo fibrofo, caule bifolio, foiiis ova* 

 tis, neftarii labio blfido. Sp, pi. 1340. (Ger. em. 

 402. /. I. Vet. herb. t. 70, f. 10. Rivin. t. 7. 

 Oed. Dan. t. 137. bon. I Jailer. Ufi. 1291. /. 37* 



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