Ophrys Fucifera, 
Green-Winged Ophrys. 
OPHRYS. Linn. Gen. PI. Gynandria Diandria. 
NeElarium fubtus fubcarinatum. 
Paii Syn. Gen . 2 6. Herbie radice bulbosa pr.edit.e. 
OPHRYS aranifera bulbo fubrotundo, fcapo foliofo, ne£larii labio fubrotundo integro emarginato 
convexo. Hudf. FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 392. . 
OPHRYS injeftifera var. 3 Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 3. p. 1343. 
ORCHIS fucum referens colore rubiginofo. Bank. Pin. p. 83. Vaill. Par. p. 14 6. /.31. f. 15. 16. 
Tourn. lnfi. t. 247. CC. 
ORCHIS five Tefliculus fphegodes hirfuto flore. J. B. II. 7 67. Raii Syn. ed. 3. p. 380. Humble 
Bee Satyrion with green wings. 
TESTICULUS vulpinus 2 fphegodes. Humble Bee Orchis. Gcr.emac. p. 212 . f. 3. 
ORCHIS Sphegodes five fucum referens. The greater Drone Bee flower. Park. Th. p. 1350. as to 
the fig. but not the defer. 
RADIX bulbi duo, fubrotundi. fi ROOT two roundifh bulbs. 
CAULIS femipedalis, humilior elatiorve pro ratione STALK fix inches high, fhorter or taller according 
loci, teres, laevis, inferne foliis vaginantibus to its place of growth, round, fmooth, co- 
veftitus. vered below with leaves embracing it. 
FOLIA radicalia fefunciam longa, unciam fere lata, LEAVES next the root an inch and a half long, al- 
ovato-lanceolata, obtufiufcula, lineata, leevia, moil an inch broad, ovato-lanceolate, fome- 
COROLLA: Petala 5, pallide viridia, tria exteriora COROLLA: 5 Petals of a pale-green colour, the 
STAMINA: Filamenta duo, albida; Anthers STAMINA: two Filaments of a whitifh colour; 
PISTILLUM: Stigma concavum, purpurafeens, PISTILLUM : Stigma concave, purplifh, marked 
utrinque glandula virefeente notatum, jig. 4. £) on each fide with a greenifh gland, fig. 4. 
The Ophrys arachnites, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. p,- a variety of his infeBifera , comprehends to our certain knowledge 
three perfe&ly diftinft fpecies, viz. 
1. Orchis araneam referens, Bauh. Pin. 
2. Orchis fucum referens colore rubiginofo, Bauh. Pin. 
3! Orchis fucum referens major foliolis fuperioribus candidis et purpurafeentibus. Bauh. Pm. 
Of thefe plants Linnaeus appears to have had a very imperfeft knowledge; and Haller, who particularly 
dire&ed his attention to the Orchide®, feems either not to have known, or to have confounded, them ; -the fame 
k** fnirl nf Mur RAY and Gmelin. in neither of whofe editions of Linnaeus is our fucifera or apifera 
FLORES 3 — 6 in fpica rara. 
fupra terram expanfa, caulina pauca anguf- 
tiora et acutiora. 
maiora, longitudine labelli, horum duo op- 
poiita, ovato-lanceolata, obtufa, fubincurvata, 
fuprema anguftata marginibus revolutis ; duo 
interiora breviora, lanceolata, erefta, aut pau- 
lulum recurvantia, apice plerumque fubtrun- 
cata: fig. 1, Labellum fuborbiculatum, inferne 
concavum, fuperne convexum, lateribus de- 
flexis, primo purpureo-fufeo vivide colora- 
tum, mox flavefcens, in medio macula literam 
Hebraicam n quodammodo referente fepius 
notatum, in diverfis floribus diverfa, ut in 
elavat®, fig. 2, flavefeentes ; thecas in quibus 
continentur, fig. 3, per totam longitudinem 
apertae, marginibus membranaceis, fuperne 
fubdiaphanis, ubi color antherarum tranf- 
paret. 
exprimitur, villis denfis oblitum. 
FLOWERS from 3 to 6, in a thin fpike. 
three outermofi large!! and the length of the 
labellum, of thefe the two oppofite ones are 
ovato-lanceolate, obtufe, bent fomewhat in- 
wardly, the uppermofl one narrowed, with 
the edges rolled back, the two innermofi 
fhorter, lanceolate, upright or bent a little 
back, generally fomewhat truncated at the tip : 
fig. 1 , the Labellum nearly orbicular, below 
concave, above convex, the fides bent down, 
at firfl of a bright purple brown colour, 
foon changing to a yellowifh hue, marked in 
the middle with a fpot confiderably refem- 
bling the Hebrew letter n, differing however 
in its form in different flowers, as is expreffed 
in the plate, covered thickly with fliort 
hairs, efpecially at the fides, where it for the 
mod part projefts, the fpots excepted, which 
are fmooth and gloffy. 
what blunt, marked with impreffed lines, 
fmooth, expanding on the ground, thofe of 
the ftalk few, narrower, and more pointed. 
Ant her je club-fhaped, fig. 2, yellowifh, the 
cafes in which they are contained, fig. 3, 
open through their whole length, their edges 
membranaceous, and near the top, fo tranf- 
parent that the colour of the anther® is feen 
through them. 
