204* 
139. Opiirys. 21. ORCHIBEjE. Pl.end.pk . 
V. 139. OPHRYS. Pliny. Satyrion. 
Ovary not twisted; perigovium spread, inner sepales often 
manifestly smaller; Up spurless, wider backwards, con- 
vex, mostly silky and variously painted, cartilaginous, stiff ; 
rostellum very short, split into 2 roundish bursicles ; retinacle 
distinctly bursiculate, short-elliptic.— -Bulls roundish; stem 
leafy ; leaves lanceolate, rather glaucous ; spike loose ; 
bractece lanceolate, leaflike ; ovary sessile. 
1. Ophrys apifera. Bee satyrion. 
Lip 3-cut, middle lobe longest, rather 3-cut; terminal 
segment awlshape, recurved ; anther pointed, hooked. 
Orchis fuciflora, galea et alis purpurascentibus, Itaii Syn. 379, 15. 
Testiculus vulpinus secundus sphegodes, Ger. era. 212, 3. 
Orchis sphegodes seu fucum referens, Park. 1350. 
Orchis apifera, Huds. FI. Angl. 391. 
TIumble-bee orchis. Bee Jiower. 
Dry pastures on chalky soils; perennial; July. 
Stem 12 in. high; leaves broad; bractece longer than the 
ovary; spike few-flowered, loose; 3 outer sepales elliptical, 
obtuse, purple ; 2 inner lanceolate, very short, greenish. 
2. Ophrys aranifera. Spider satyrion . 
Lip 3-lobed; side lobes short, blunt; middle lobe nicked* 
turned back ; anther acute. 
Orchis sive Tesiieulus sphegodes hirsuto flore, Raii Syn. 380, 16. 
Ophrys aranifera, Huds. FI. Angl. 392. 
*Ophrys fucifera, Curtis FI. Land. 6, 67. 
Ophrys arachnites /3, De Cand. Syn. FI. Gall. 2032. 
Chalky places; perennial; April and May. 
Stem 12 in. high; spike few-flowered; flowers green; 
lip brown ; sepales spread ; 3 outer oblong, obtuse ; 2 inner 
lanceolate, short, pointed. 
3. Ophrys muscifera. Fly satyrion . 
Lip 3-lobed ; middle lobe largest, cut into 2 segments* 
disk shining ; anther obtuse. 
Orchis my odes, galea et alis herhidis, Raii Syn. 379, 13. 
Orchis myodes minor, Park. 1352. 
Orchis myodes, Ger. em. 213, 6. 
Ophrys muscifera, Huds. FI. Angl. 391. 
Ophrys inseelifera myodes, Lin. S. P. 1343. 
Common fly-orchis. 
Chalky pastures; perennial; June. 
Stem 9 in. high ; spike loose, few-flowered ; bractece. yel- 
lowish ; 3 outer sepales green, 2 inner purple ; lip oblong, 
dark red with bluish spots in the centre. 
