DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Ophrys. 37 
O. corallorhi'za. (Root formed of many thick, fleshy, short fibres, 
much branched, and anastomosing : stem sheathed, leafless : spur 
so short as to be apparently wanting, combined with the ger- 
men. E.) 
{Hook. FI. Lond. 142— E. Bot. 1547. E .)—Fl. Dan. 451— Gunn. ii. 6. 3-— 
Hall. 44. at ii. p. 159— Clus. ii. 220. 2— Ger. Em. 1585. 2— Park. 1363. 5 
—Ger. 1387— J. B. ii. 785. 1 —Light/. 23, at p. 523— Rupp. Jen. 2, 3 
— Orobanche , fyc. 
{Stem si's, to twelve inches high, greenish. Flowers six to eight, pale yel¬ 
lowish green, in a short, rather diffuse spike. Lip white, spotted with 
red, entire, deflexed. Floral-leaves minute. E.) In a specimen in my 
possession, the lower sheath terminates in a real spear-shaped leaf, up¬ 
right, somewhat approaching, half an inch long, two lines broad, and 
above these two others which are shorter. Woodw. {Root remarkably 
resembling coral. This plant seems to admit of sportive variety, as 
Dr. Greville likewise describes a curious monstrosity affecting the in¬ 
florescence. E.) 
Coral-rooted Twayblade. (Spurless Coral-root. O. Corallorliiza. 
Linn. Corallorliiza innata. Br. Hook. Sm. E.) Marshy or moist woods, 
very rare. South side of a hanging wood near the head of Little Loch- 
Broom, Ross-shire. Lightfoot. In woods of fir in the north of Scotland. 
Hudson. (Found abundantly in 1807 by Mr. E. J. Maughan amongst 
willows in a peat-bog near Ravelrig-toll, a little south of Dalmahoy Hill, 
about nine miles from Edinburgh. Sir J. E. Smith. E.) P. June—Sept. 
O. spira'lis. Bulbs incorporate: stem somewhat leafy: flowers 
placed spirally, in one row: lip of the nectary entire, finely 
scolloped. 
{Dicks. H. S. — E. Bot. 541. E.)— Curt. — FI. Dan. 387— Dod. 239. 2— Lob. 
Obs. 89.* 2 and Ic. 1. 186. 1— Park. 1354. 3— Gies. 42. 
Bulbs one to three, varying from oblong and half an inch, to cylindrical 
and one and a half inch long, rough, with a few fibres. Stem six to nine 
inches high, smooth below, downy above, springing from the side of the 
root. Root-leaves in a tuft, oval-spear-shaped, entire, smooth, bright 
green; stem-leaves three or four, spear-shaped, tapering to a point, em¬ 
bracing the stem. Spike two to four inches long. Floral-leaves longer 
than fhe germen, oval-spear-shaped, acuminate. Flowers numerous, 
greenish-white. Petals , the two inner spear-shaped, expanding, (the 
three outer cemented together as one. E.) Lip narrow at the base, 
widening downwards, at the end roundish and serrated. Woodw. Stem 
slightly twisted. Spike-stalk wreathed, downy. Nectary oblong-egg¬ 
shaped, at the base somewhat heart-shaped, and marked with a blunt 
tooth on each side, nearly doubled to, and involving the parts of fructi¬ 
fication, slightly keeled underneath, somewhat fleshy, glossy, glutinous, 
green, with a whitish edge, and towards the point frosted. Stamen one, 
placed on the upper side of the style. Filament none, except a short 
tooth projecting from the inner edge of the style. Anther of two cells 
and four valves, egg-shaped, upright, growing* to the inner edge of the 
posterior tooth of the style. Style somewhat club-shaped, hooked, pro¬ 
down every fifteen years; that for six or eight years after they are cut, this plant is not 
to be found, but as soon as the grasses are destroyed by the shade, it again makes its 
appearance, and in some places rather plentifully. 
