Opurys FucirkRA, GaEkEN-WiNGED OPHhys. 
OPHRYS. Linn. Gen PL GyNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 
Nectarium Tubtus fubcarinatum; 
Rai Sym. Gen. 96. "HERBA RADICE BULBOSA PR EDIT A. 
OPHRYS aranifera bulbo fubrotundo, {capo foliofo, nectarii labio fübrotundo integro emarginatd 
convexo. Hudf. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 392. ! 
OPHRYS = injfedlifera var.9 Linn, Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 1343: 
-ORCHIS fucum referens colore rubiginofo. Bau. Pin. p. 8g. Vaill. Par. f. 146. 2 S3. dr n.a. 
Tourn. Inff. t. 247. CC. ; 
ORCHIS five Tefticulus fphegodes hirfuto flore. ¥. B. I1. 767. Rai Syn. ed. 3. p. 980. Humble 
Bee Satyrion with green wings. — ^ - 
TESTICULUS  vulpinus 2 fphegodes. Humble Bee Orchis. Ger. emac. p. 212. fi 3. 
ORCHIS  Sphegodes five fucum referens, The greater Drone Bee flower. Park. Th. p. 1950. as to | 
the fig. but not the defer, | 

RADIX bulbi duo, fubrotundi. ROOT two roundifh bulbs. 
STALK fix inches high, fhorter or taller according 
to its place of growth, round, fmooth, co- 
vered below with leaves embracing it. 
CAULIS femipedalis, humilior elatiorve pro ratione 
loci, teres, levis, inferne folus vaginantibus 
veftitus. 
LEAVES next the root an inch and a half long, al- 
moft an inch broad, ovato-lanceolate, fome- 
what blunt, marked with impreffed lines, 
fmooth, expanding on the ground, thofe of 
the ftalk few, narrower, and more pointed. 
LOWERS from 3 to 6, in a thin fpike. 
FOLIA radicalia fefunciam longa, unciam fere lata 
ovato-lanceolata, obtufiufcula, lineata, laevia, 
fupra terram expanfa, caulina pauca anguf- 
tiora et acutiora. 
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bey 
FLORES 3—6 in fpica rara. 
COROLLA: PzTALA 5, pallide viridia, rria exteriora 
majora, longitudine labelli, horum duo op- 
pofita, ovato-lanceolata, obtufa, fubincurvata, 
fuprema anguftata marginibus revolutis; duo 
znteriora breviora, lanceolata, erecta, aut pau- 
lulum recurvantia, apice plerumque fubtrun- 
cata: fg. 1, Label/um fuborbiculatum, inferne 
concavum, fuperne convexum, lateribus de- 
flexis, primo purpureo-fufco vivide colora- 
tum, mox flavefcens, in medio macula literam 
Hebraicam M quodammodo referente fzepius 
notatum, in diverfis floribus diverfa, ut in 
icone exprimitur, villis denfis obfitum, pre- 
fertim ad latera, ubi plerumque prominet, 
maculis exceptis, quae nude nitideque funt. 
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OROLLA: 5 Perats of a pale-green colour, the 
three outermoft laxgeft and the length of the 
labellum, of thefe the two oppofite ones are 
ovato-lanceolate, obtufe, bent fomewhat in- 
wardly, the uppermoft one narrowed, with 
the edges rolled back, the so znaermof 
fhorter, lanceolate, upright or .bent a little 
back, generally fomewhat truncated at the tip: 
Jig. 1, the Laée//um nearly orbicular, below 
concave, above convex, the fides bent down, 
at firft of a bright purple brown colour, 
foon changing to a yellowifh hue, marked in 
the middle with a fpot confiderably refem- 
bling the Hebrew letter r, differing however 
in its form in different flowers, as 1s expreffed 
in the plate, covered thickly with fhort 
hairs, efpecially at the fides, where it for the 
moft part projects, the fpots excepted, which 
are {mooth and glofly. 
STAMINA: two FiLAMENTS of a whitifh colour; 
ANTHER £ club-fhaped, fc. 2, yellowifh, the 
cafes in which they are contained, fy. 9, 
open through their whole length, their edges 
membranaceous, and near the top, fo traní- 
parent that the colour of the anthere is feen. 
through them. 
PISTILLUM : Sriema concave, purplifh, marked 
on each fide with a greemíh gland, fg. 4. 
STAMINA: FitamMenta duo, albida; AnTHER& 
clavate, fiz. 2, flavefcentes ; thecae in quibus 
continentur, fg. 3, per totam longitudinem 
aperte, marginibus membranaceis, fuperne 
fubdiaphanis, ubi color antherarum tranf- 
paret. 
PISTILLUM: Sr:GMA concavum, purpurafcens, 
utrinque glandula virefcente notatum, jig. 4. 
The Ophrys arachnites, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. a variety of his znfetifera, comprehends to our certain knowledge 
three perfeéily diftin& fpecies, viz. 
1. Orchis araneam referens, Bauh. Pin. 
2. Orchis fucum referens colore rubiginofo, Baub. Pin. 
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9: Orchis fucum referens major foliolis fuperioribus candidis et purpurafcentibus. Baub. Pin, 
Of thefe plants Linn aus appears to have had a very imperfect knowledge; and Hatter, who particularly 
directed his attention to the Orchidez, feems either not to have known, or to have confounded them; the fame 
may be faid of Murray and GMELIN, in neither of whofe editions of Linn us is our fucifera or apifera 
enumerated: VaiLLANT in his Botan. Parif. gives a very juft reprefentation of the flowers of the three 
fpecies, all of which are natives of France, and by thofe reprefentations may be faid to have firft clearly 
afcertained them; for the figures of the older authors want the neceffary accuracy. Of the arachuites, an 
excellent print, for the time in which it was executed, is given in the Hortus ly/fetrenfis, a library of itlelf, 
and to which one cannot but regret that Linn Eus has fo few references; an accurate figure and delcription 
of it is alfo given by Harrzn, in his Hf. Surp. Helv. Hitherto, this plant, common to Switzerland, and 
many parts of Europe, has not been difcovered wild in this country; a plant of it in full bloom, and in great 
perfection 
