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front and a groove behind. Stigma very broad slightly pointed 
in the middle. — See Linn. Trans, xvii. 462. and Ann. Nat. Hist. 
i. 374. — Moist woods and thickets. P. V. VI. Great Butterfly 
Orchis. 
5. Ophrys Linn. 
1. 0. apifera (Huds.) ; lip tumid 5-lobed, 2 lower lobes pro- 
minent and with a hairy base, 2 intermediate reflexed truncate, 
terminal acute elongated reflexed, anth. with a hooked point, pet. 
oblong bluntish downy. — E. B. 383. R. Icon. f. 1159. — About 
a foot high. Fl. few, large, rather distant. Sep. whitish, tinged 
with purple. Lip velvety, brown variegated with yellow. — On 
chalky and calcareous soils. P. VI. VII. Bee Orchis. E.I. 
2. 0. arachnites (Reichard) ; lip somewhat tumid entire or with 
4 shallow inflexed marginal lobes and a terminal inflexed flat 
rather heartshaped appendage, anth. with a straight or hooked 
point, pet. deltoid downy. — E. B. S. 2596. O. fuciflora R. Icon. 
f. 1162 — 1165. — Sep. pinkish. Lip velvety, dark purple, varie- 
gated with yellow : appendage green, never reflexed. — Chalk 
downs near Folkstone and Sittingbourne, Kent. P. IV. — VI. 
Late Spider Orchis. E. 
3. 0. aranifera (Huds.) ; lip tumid obscurely 3-lobed : middle 
lobe large emarginate without an appendage, anth. acute, pet. linear 
glabrous. — E. B. 65. R. Icon.i. 1154 — 1156. — Smaller than the 
two preceding and with fewer flowers. Sep. green. Pet. green, 
quite glabrous. Lip deep brown, hairy, with paler or yellowish 
glabrous lines often resembling the Greek letter II, entire at the 
end or notched with a central point. — fi.fucifera (Hook.) ; lip 
usually undivided often with a gland in the notch, pet. scabrous. 
O.fucifera Sm. E. B. S. 2649.— Chalky places. /3. Kent and 
Sussex. P. IV. V. Spider Orchis. E. 
4. 0. muscifera (Huds.) ; lip oblong trifid with a broad pale 
spot in the centre : middle lobe elongated bifid, anth. short obtuse, 
pet. filiform.— E. B. 64. R. Icon. 1146. St. 40. 15.— Slender, 
about a foot high. Sep. green. Lip brownish-purple, central 
spot subquadrate bluish. Pet. very narrow, purple. — Damp cal- 
careous thickets and pastures. P. V. VI. Fly Orchis. E.I. 
6. Herminium R. Br. 
1. H. Monorchis (R. Br.) ; lip 3-lobed : central lobe longest, 
pet. with a lobe on each side. — E. B. 71- — Tubers very unequal 
and distant. L. usually 2. St. about 6 in. high. Sep. ovate, 
greenish. Spike dense, slender. — Calcareous soil in the south. 
P. VI. VII. Musk Orchis. E. 
