DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Ophrys 
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yellowish green. Lip long, yellowish green, slightly deflexed. Floral- 
leaves shorter than the stalk, oval, acuminate. E.) Petals forming a 
kind of hood, the three outer spear-shaped, the two inner strap-shaped, 
somewhat tinged with purple. Lip as long as the germen: nearly 
strap-shaped, rolled back at the edges; segments somewhat apart, with 
mostly a short pointed intermediate globe. Anthers not elastic. Woodw. 
Calyx , leaves three, apparently extensions of the blunt angles of the 
germen, which in the right capsule appear in the form of narrow 
valves. Petals apparently extensions of the sides of the germen, which 
in the right capsule appear in the form of broad valves. Anther 
sessile, inserted into the apex of the summit, cloven, evidently one 
only, appearing like a tongue between the summit and the upper 
segment of the blossom, soon falling off. Case of the stamen on the 
under side of the upper segment of the blossom, fleshy, folded into two 
cells, which inclose the two lobes of the anther in its earlier state, and 
when those are ripe and bursting from their inclosures have disengaged 
themselves, closing again, and pressing upon the anther, remain after it 
has fallen off, and turning brown, might easily be mistaken for its anther. 
Capsule not twisted, just before shedding its seed inversely egg-shaped, 
many times larger than the germen; hexangular, three of the angles 
prominent but blunt, the three alternate ones keeled; of one cell, and 
six valves; three strap-shaped, forming the blunt angles, and three 
placed alternately, spear-oblong, thrice as broad, forming the acute 
angles of the capsule; opening widely at the sutures, but connected 
above and below, letting out while yet green the seeds at the suture; in 
this state nearly globular, yellowish green, resembling in figure an an¬ 
tique helmet with a vizor. Seeds very numerous, adhering to the inside 
of the broader valves, in two lines along the back of the keeled 
angle; oblong, tapering each way, white, membranous, reticulated, 
each containing a single globular kernel rather smaller than the diameter 
of the case which contains it, opaque and greenish white. St. Flowers 
with a fragrant musky scent. 
Common Twayblade. (Welsh: Caineirian Gef 7 ell-lys. O. ovata. Linn. 
Listera ovata. Br. Hook. Sm. E.) Woods and moist shady thickets: 
not unfrequent in meadows and pastures. Beechwood, on Lansdown. 
Rev. G. Swayne. Hurcot Wood. Dr. Stokes. (About Crosby, near 
Liverpool. Dr, Bostock. In a plantation near the Saltisford Common, 
Warwick. Perry. About Ormathwaite, and in Ennerdale, Cumber¬ 
land. Mr. Winch. Above Baron-hill, and in the woods at Plas-newydd, 
Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Pentland Hills, about Currie and elsewhere, 
near Edinburgh. Dr. Greville, In meadows near Ditton on the Clea 
Hills, Salop. E.) P. May:—June. 
Var. 2. J. B. iii. 534. Much smaller and greener than the preceding; 
Leaves sometimes three. (Park. Ray.) Leaves triangular or heart-shaped. 
Ray. 
(Mr. Borrer, in the Botanist's Guide , mentions having found in Sussex a 
monstrous variety, in which two, and in some flowers three, of the petals 
have assumed the form and size of the nectary lip, and which has flowered 
in the same manner since its removal to a garden. E.) 
Bifolium-palustre, Park, 505. R. Syn. 385. Woodw. Low wet grounds 
between Hatfield and St. Albans, and divers places in Romney Marsh. 
Park. Boggy and fenny grounds near Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. 
Hurst Hill and Tunbridge Wells. R. Syn . Hallinghall Wood, near 
Loughborough, Budden Wood. Stocking Wood, near Leicester. 
Pulteney. 
