CL. XX.] 32. OPHRYS MYODES. 435 



O. aranifera^ the flowers of which entirely resemble a spider. 

 The leaflets of the calyx are all obtuse, and of a yellowish- 

 green : the labellum is brownish-yellow, strongly set with 

 hairSj three-lobed, with the margin bent inwards; the fruit 

 column terminates in imperceptible rostella. O. arachnites, 

 which bears the greatest resemblance to O. apifera^ has also 

 a brown, hairy labellum, but this part is three-lobed, the 

 central lobe being again divided into three obtuse lobes. 

 O. tenthredinifera Desfont., which also grows in Calabria and. 

 Sicily^ has very long, rose-coloured bractese, three obtuses 

 oblong calyx-leaflets, and two very short : the labellum is 

 two-lobed, with a process between the two lobes. 



The genus Ophyrs is most nearly related to Epipactis 

 Sw. ; but the latter is distinguished by the jointed structure 

 of the middle lobe of the labellum, and by its four round 

 pollenous masses. Richard distinguishes Ophyrs Mmorchis 

 as a peculiar genus, under the name Her minium, the charac- 

 ter of which consists in the short, spur-shaped sack of the 

 hastate labellum, and in the naked large retinaculum. Re- 

 specting the family of the Orchidese, vid. Anleit. ii. £ 

 880. f. 



Synonymes and Figures, 

 Orchis Serapias tertius, Dodon. 238. 



O, myodes, i. LoheL Hist. 90. ic. 181. Ger. em. 213, J. 



Bauh. Hist. 2. 767, 768. ParJc. 1352. 

 Triorchis Serapias tertius, Dalech. 1555. 

 Testiculus muscarius, ii. Tabern. 1050. 

 Orchis muscae corpus referens, Bauh, Pin. 83. (excl. synon., 



quae hie non sunt.) Rudh. Elys. % 201. f. 11. Vailh 



Bot. Paris, t. 31. f. 17, 18. (flores soli.) Minor, Tourn. 



Inst. 434. 



Ophrys insectifera cc. myodes. Linn. Sp. PI. 1343. Gunner. 



FL Norm. 2. t. 5. (icon gigaritea.) 

 Orchis n. 1265. Hall. Stirp. Helv. t. 24. 

 Ophrys myodes, Jacqu. Misc. 2. 373. Ic. Rar. t. 184, 



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