for a synonym of Opurys Scolopax; to which however the 
Opurys Speculum of Bivona Bernardi really belongs. 
The specific name has been suggested by the lustre of 
the ceruleous convex disk in the lip of the corolla. 
Root of two roundish tubers. Stem 3-6 inches high, few- 
flowered. Leaves several, ambient, spreading, lanceolate, 
sheathing. Flowers in a loose spike, with the appearance of 
so many flying insects. Uppermost petal vaulted, covering 
the column, revolute at the edges; two outer side-ones 
spreading, ovate, green, with a red stripe along the middle; 
two inner side ones twice shorter, very narrow, long-pointed, 
deep purple, recurved. Labellum three-lobed, ceruleous, 
bright, with a purple bearded border; middle lobe pointing 
forwards, obovate, convex, notched, pointless; side-ones 
narrower, hung like wings. Column obtuse. 
It.is not improbable but that the Orurys vernixia of the 
Flora Lusitanica of Professor Brotero may be the same with 
the present species. But the description is far too scanty 
and pointless for us to decide by. 
