438 lxxxix. orchid ace*e. \_ 0 'phrys, 
1. H. Mondrchis Br. ( green M.) ; radical leaves 2 lanceolate. 
Ophrys L. : E. B. t. 71. 
Chalky pastures in the east and south of England'. %. 6, 7. — 
Knobs 2, very unequal. Plant 4 — 6 inches high, slender, with two 
lanceolate-oblong leaves at the base, and a small one on the stem or 
scape. Flowers small, green. Perianth bent down from the top of 
the erect germen. Outer sepals equal, ovate, shorter than the inner 
ones ; lateral inner ones ovate, acuminate, undivided : lower or lip 
3-fid ; the two side-lobes rather small ; intermediate one much 
longer, linear. Pollen-mass on a short stalk, with a large white 
gland. 
14. O'phrys Linn. Ophrys. Insect- Orchis. 
Lip without a spur. Glands of the stalks of the pollen-masses 
each in a distinct little pouch. — Name: oQpvg, the eyebrow; 
which Pliny says this plant was used to blacken. The flowers 
of all the species more or less resemble certain insects. 
1. O. apifera Huds. {Bee O.); lip scarcely longer than the 
sepals tumid trifid, the intermediate lobe recurved at the margin 
emarginate with a long subulate reflexed appendage in the 
notch, anther elongated with a hooked point, outer sepals 
coloured ovate inner ones oblong bluntish downy. E. B. t. 
383. 
Chalky and clay soils in various parts of England and Ireland, in 
pastures and pits. I/.. (5,7. — Flowers large. Outer sepals purplish 
or greenish-white, lateral inner ones oblong, very small, of the same 
colour. Lip velvety or silky, rich brown variegated with yellow. 
2. O. arachnites Willd. {late Spider O .) ; lip usually longer 
than the sepals dilated somewhat tumid nearly entire or with 
4 shallow marginal lobes and a terminal flattened somewhat 
heart-shaped straight or ascending appendage, outer sepals 
coloured, inner ones deltoid downy, anther with a straight or 
hooked point. E. B. S. t. 2596. 
Chalky downs of South Kent, between Folkstone and Sitting- 
bourne. If.. 5,6.- — Allied to 0. apifera, with which, and probably 
O. aranifera, the Rev. G. E. Smith considers that it forms frequent 
hybrids ; the only positive distinctions are to be sought in the 
straight and never recurved appendage at the extremity of the lower 
lip, and in the more or less deltoid form of the purplish or green 
inner sepals. 
3. O. arattf/mtHuds. {Spider 0 .) ; lip longer than the sepals 
tumid or convex rounded or obovate obscurely (or sometimes 
distinctly) 3-lobed, middle lobe large entire or emarginate 
without an appendage or with a mere gland or point in the 
notch, outer sepals green, inner ones somewhat linear, anther 
acute. — a. lip tumid, inner sepals glabrous. E. B. t. 65. — lip 
