PHRYS APIFEPvA. D E E U R C H I S. 



OPHRYS. Linn. Gen. PI. ed. 3. Gynandria Diandria. 



ORCHIS. Rail Synopfis, ed. 3. 379. Herbje Bulbosis Affines. 



OPHRYS apifiera bulbis fubrotundis, fcapo foliofo, ne&arii labio quinqudobo ; lobis fubtus inflexis. 

 Hud/on. Fl. Angl 340. 



ORCHIS, radicibus fubrotundis, labello holofericeo, emarginato, appendiculato. Haller. hifi. vol. 2. 1266. 

 tab. 24. Duas fpecies apifieram et mufciferam Hudsonis et Halleri fub uno nomine 

 Infedlijcrce conjungit Cl. Linn^us. Fufchii icon. 560. Bauhhi pin. 83. Gerard, emac.212. 



RADIX, Bulbi duo, fubrotundi, inaequaies, radiculis * ROOT, two roundifli unequal bulbs, furhifhed at top with 

 longis vix fibrofis fupra inftructi. | a few fmall longifh fibres, but little branched. 



CAULIS femipedalis aut pedalis, teres, fig* 1, foliofus. J STALK from half a foot to afoot high, round,/^. 1, leafy. 



? 

 FOLIA vaginantia, ovato-lanceolata, fubtus fubargen- i LEAVES embracing the ftalk, of an oval pointed fliape, 

 tea, fibris lineata, fepe mutilata et fufca. | underneath filvery, with linear fibres, frequently 



% imperfect, and of a brown colour. 



* 

 BRACTE^E magna, vaginantes> virides, longitudine | FLORAL LEAVES large, in the form ofafheath, green, 

 floris; I and of equal length with the flowers. 



FLORES a tribus ad fex, fpicatL * FLOWERS from three to fix, growing in a fpike; 



COROLLA : Petal a quinque, tria exteriora reliquis f COROLLA : five Petals, the three exterior larger 



majora, ovata, concava, reflexa, purpurafcen- t than the reft, oval, concave, turning back, 



tia, ferioribus pallidioribus, fubcarinata, carina | purplifh, fomewhat keel-ihaped, the keel green, 



viridi, fig. 2 ; duo interiora exterioribus quadru- f fig. 2 ; the latter flowering paleft : the two in- 



plo minora, angufta, hirfuta, poftice canaliculata, * terior four times fmaller than the others, narrow, 



ad bajin laiiora, antrorfum extantia. f hairy, hollow behind, broadefi at bottom, and pro- 



% jecting forward. 



NECTARII Labellurri amplum, leniter cohVexum, t NECTARY. The Lip of the Nectary large, fomewhat 



fuborbiculatum, fufco-fericeum, maculis flavis | convex, roundifli, of a filky brown colour, fre- 



frequenter variegatum, quinquelobum, lobis in- I quently variegated with yellow fpots ; having five' 



fiexis,fig. 3 ; later alibusfubiriangularibus, hirfutis, k lobes, the lubes bending underneath, fig. 3 ; the two 



fig. 4; medio anteriorum produ&iore, apice re- | fide lobes fomewhat triangular and hairy, fig, 4; the 



curvato flavo, fig. 5 ; machina ftaminum five t middle of the anterior running out to a point, 



Stylus longa, fubere&a, apice incurvata et fur- | which turns back, and is of a yellow colour,^ 



fium recurvota, fig. 11, antice bilocularis, locu- | 5; the Style, which in this plant fupports the 



lis apertis, fig. 1 2, anguftis, marginibus albis, | Stamina, long, upright, at the tip bending down- 



membranaceis, fig. 13* | wards, and again upwards, fig. 1 1 , anteriorly, ha- 



% ving two cavities which are open and narrow, fig* 



I 11, the edges white and membranous, fig. 13. 



STAMINA : Filamenta duo, fig. 6, e fquamula necla- | STAMINA: two Filaments, fig. 6, anfing from the 

 rifera ad bafm Styli exeuntia, nutantia, Stigma- | bottom of the Style out of a ne£t.ariferious fcale, 



ti frequenter adhaerentia, fig. 8, bafi glandula t hanging down, frequently adhering to the Stig- 



five globulo albo pellucido inftructa, fig. 7 ; | ma, fig. 8, furnifhed at bottom with a fmall 



Anthers fubrotundae, flavae fig. 9. tranfparent gland or globule, fig. 7 ; the An- 



i, therje roundifli and yellow, fig. 6. 



PISTILLUM : Germen oblongum, hexangulare, angu- | PISTILLUM : the GerMen oblongs having fix angles, 



lisobtufis retfis; Stigma, fig: 10, melleo li- * the angles obtufe, not twi/Ied; the Stigma, fig. 



quore obduaum, cui particulae Antherarum fre- | 1 o,_ covered with a vifcid fubftance like honey, to 



q uenter adhserent. f which fmall particles of the Antherag frequently 



* adhere - 



PER1CARPIUM : Capsula oblonga, fufca, Uncialis, * SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule about an inch in length, 



fig. 14, unilocularis, fig. 16, trivalvis, valvis | oblong, brown, fig. 14, of one cavity, fig. 16, 



carinatis fig. 15 | and three valves, the valves keel-ihaped,^-. 15, 



i 



SEMINA plurima, minuta, oblonga, utraque extremi- I SEEDS iiumerousj fmall, oblong ; at each end membra- 



tate membranacea, pellucida; reticulata, fig. 18, | nous, tranfparent, and reticulated, fig. 18, mag- 



lente autta, interiori parti carinas longitudinaliter | nified, affixed lengthwife to the infide of the 



affixa, fig. 17. f keel of each valve, fig. ip 



Flowers in the Months of June and July, the Seed is ripe the latter end of August. 



Grows generally on chalky ground near woods, and fometimes in meadows ; is become fo rare about London*, as 

 fcarcely to be found with any certainty. Mr. Alchorne informs me he has frequently gathered it in the pits behind 

 Charlton-Church, and in the woods near Chifelhurfi in Kent : but it is often met with in plenty at a greater diftance from town. 



The root appears to pofiefs the fame virtues with thole of the Orchis from which Salop is made, but being much 

 fmaller, is not worth cultivating on that account. The great refemblance which the flower bears to a Bee, makes it much 

 fought after by Florifts, whole curiofity indeed, often prompts them to exceed the bounds of moderation, rooting up 

 all they find, without leaving a fingle fpecimen to chear the heart of the Student in his botanic excurfions. 

 The beft time of tranfplanting them is when they are in flower. This, with rnoft of the other Orchis's, was cultivated 

 with the greateft fuccefs by the late Peter Collinson, Efq j (whofe memory will always be revered by e- 

 very Botanift) in his garden at Mill-hill.— His method was to place them in a foil and fituation as natural to them 

 as poffible, and to fufler the grafs and herbage to grow round them. 



Ihavenotjret heard of their being propagated by feed ; it is to be wifhed that fome intelligent Gardiner would 

 exert himfelf in making fome experiments to raife them in this way. 



Botanifts have often been at a lols in claffing many plants, to find fome refemblance by which they might diftinguifh 

 their particular fpecies ; but in this plant the cafe is otherwife, the flower is fo like theinfecl: that gives it its 

 name, that it ftrikes every beholder with admiration ; what ufeful purpofe is intended by it, we do not at prcfent 

 know : Some future Obferver may perhaps difcover, for they who will examine Nature herfelf, " have much to fee." 



