OPH 
Opntusa was alfo, according to Pliny, the ancient name 
- os ifland of Rhodes; and according to Steph. Byz. the 
f Libya.—Alfo, a town placed by Strabo on the 
fouther bank of the river Tyras, 140 ftadia from its mouth ; 
it is now ‘* Palenca:” 
OPHIUSSA, the ancient name of the ifle of Thenos, 
one of the Cyclades, according to Pliny.—Alfo, a {ma 
ifland in the vicinity of the ifle of Crete, aad near Hiera- 
pytna. Pliny. 
OPHRINIUM, or Orunynium, Renn- Kent, atown of 
num or Dardanus 
1.43-t.1.£D. Juff. 65. Lamarck Illuftr, t. 727.—Chafs 
aad a, Gani Monandria. Nat Ord. Orchidee. 
Gen 
Pift. 
Germen inferior, ae twilted; ftyle fhort, erect; ftigma 
i elow 
s. numerous, minute, 
ith a chaffy tunic. 
from 
conver, lobe d, without a fpur. <Anther terminal, fixed to 
e ftyle, of two cells. Maffes of pollen folitary, ttalked, 
Bon feparate pouches at the bafe 
Obf. Swartz, and after him “Willdenow, confiders this 
ae as ahaa from Orchis, merely inthe want of a fpur. 
Mr. B has firft, from the obfervations of Mr. rancis 
eps of Kew, deteted a 
the 
rious infeats 
or bag. 
: ing n Habenaria, to which Orchi. 
Heli pene there is no fach pone a all at the bafe of 
ath 
have Ne thete Lak yon in dea pa 0. _ 
ot 
lowe 
S Sos. 
o, 
to have ached . a ‘tine aade “aifierent names. 
OPH 
Opnrys, in Gardening, comprifes plants of the b 
far cea B siden kind, of which the {pecies eae 
the common ophrys, or twayblade (O. ovata); the 
{piral ophrys, or triple ladies traces (O. {piralis) ; the 
bird’s neft o (O sear ai 3 the fly ophrys (O - 
oO 
r) 
o 
So 
O. aranifera) ; the yellow or r mufk ophry 
and the man ophrys (O 
And of the fourth fort there are feveral varieties, as the 
fly-fhaped ; the great ii the large green fly ; the blue fly ; 
and the yellow fly. 
marked with different fhades of b : 
blance to the latter. eae ‘ee “lifcovered a likenefs to a 
{mall bird in the flow 
e eighth oe varies in fize, and in the colour of its 
flowers, from yellow green to bright ferr are 
Meth od of Calture.—All thef 
o nota 
oggy parts; and 
thofe from dry elevated Geustions, | in fice s have the 
greateft degrees of drynefs and are the moft pate hey 
fhould afterwards be as little difturbed as pofible by any 
fort of culture ; with this fort of management the roots will 
often em: for feveral years, flowering annually during 
the es 
ae Sepaadd sian the fixth fort, Mr. ec — 
from their natural fituations when 
on the approach of winter placing the pots under the 
protection of a frame and glaffes, in order to prevent their 
being injured by wet or frolts. 
All the plants afford variety, and are highly slag ae in 
the clumps, borders, and other parts of fhrubber 
O MIC, in Anatomy, from “aaron rie oes 
a term applied to ola oS with the eye, as the 
tery, vein, nerve, gang. 
OPHTHA ALMICS, mnedicines proper for difeafes of the 
M Such are arene waters. (See Warer.) Ophthal-- 
mic powders, ointmen c ere is an excellent oph- 
thalmic ae ay of ectier in faturni 
OPHTHAI MOD DYN ag from of OxA por, 
are an itching burning pain in the e 
and v _ any ated laa of fenfibility. 
HALMOGRAPHIA, formed from o2faapos, 
eyes and ypatey LT deferibe, — branch of ny which 
onfiders 
and 0) 
eyes without redner, 
