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OPHRYS LUTEA. 
Yellow Ophrys. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA— Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEJE. 
Gen. CHAR.~CoroZ/« subpatens. Lahellum ecalcaratum. Glandulce poUinis 
cucullis distinctis inclusae.~J5r. 
Ophrys lutea ; labello trilobo, lobo medio productiore rotundato emar- 
ginato mutico, perianthii laciniis tribus exterioribus late ovatis pe- 
tentibus, duobus interioribus minutis. 
O. lutea, Cavan. 7c. v. ii. p. 46. 1. 160. (fide Willd.)— Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv. 
p. 60. — Biv. Bern. Sicul. PI. cent. 2da, p. 40. t. 5. 
tloot of 2 rounded tubers, with a few fibres proceeding from near the sum- 
mit. Stem about 8 inches in height, cylindrical, flexuose, leafy ; leaves 
oblong, spreading, obtuse, striated, the upper ones narrower, lanceolate, 
erect, and gradually passing into bracteas. 
Flowers about 3, from the extremity of the stalk, each accompanied by a 
lanceolate bractea, about as long as the germen. The outer divisions 
of the perianth are nearly alike, broadly ovate, concave, green, spreading ; 
the two inner ones linear, oblong, small, yellow, glabrous, almost erect ; 
the lahellum or lip large, pendent, broadly ovate, obtuse, the sides and ex- 
tremity glabrous, a little deflexed, the centre prominent, of a fine velvety 
brown, with a double greenish spot at the base ; the lip is 3-lobed, the 
2 lateral lobes the smallest, the extreme one protruded, broad, so as to 
leave a very narrow sinus on each side, rounded, and slightly notched in 
the middle, with a small swelling or elevation. 
Column of fructification short. Stigma roundish, margined, yellow. Anther 
from the upper margin of the stigma, clavate, green at the back, yellow 
in the front, 2-celled, with the base of the cells distinct, rounded. Pollen- 
masses 2, distinct, each clavate, bipartible, with the glandular base of the 
pedicel of each inserted in a distinct pouch of the anther. Germen ob- 
long, twisted. 
Of this curious genus, which is so well defined by Mr 
Brown, we have three species, indigenous to the warmer parts 
of Great Britain, but which, beautifiil as they are, must yield to 
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