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P L A T E LXV.
OPHRYS LILIFOLIA.
Lily-leaved Ophrys.
C L A S S XX.
GYNJNDRIA DIANDRI A.
GENERIC
CALYX. Spathse vagae. Spadix fimplex. Perianthium
nullum.
COROLLA. Pétala quinqué, oblonga, furfum
conniventia, aequalia; duo horum exteriora.
Neaarium petalis longius, dependens; poftice
tantum carinatum.
STAMIN.4. Füamenta duo, breviffiraa, piffillo
inlidentia. Anther® ereaas, tetì® margine
interiore neñarii.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, contortum,
inferum. Stylus margini interiori nedarii
adnatus. Stigma obfoletum.
PEHICARPIUM. Capfula fubovata, trigona, obtufa,
ftriata, trivalvis, unilocularis, angulis
carinatis dehifcens.
SEMINA numerofa, fcobiformia.
RECEPTACULUM lineare, adnatum iinguls valvulae
pericarpii.
SPECIFIC
Ophiys bulbo fubrotundo; fcapo nudo; foliis
ovato-oblongis, radicalibus; neaarii labio
integro; petalis dorfalibus linearibus.
O R D E R L
Chives on the Pointai. Two Chives.
CHARACTEK.
EMPALEMENT. Sheaths fcattered. Fruit-ftalks
firaple. Cup none.
BLOSSOM. Five petals, oblong, approaching
upwards, equal; two of them placed outwards.
Honey-czif longer than tlie petals, hanging
down; only keeled on the back part.
CHIVES. TWO threads, very fliort, fixed to the
pointal. Tips upright, covered by the inner
edge of the honey-cup.
POINTAL. Seed-bud beneath, oblong, twifted
beneath. Shaft fixed to the inner edge of
the honey-cup. Summit imperfeft.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule nearly egg-ihaped, threefided,
blunt, channelled, three-valved, and
one cell, opening at the keel-ihaped angles.
SEEDS numerous, like faw-duft.
HECEPTACLE linear, growing to each valve of
the feed-veffel.
CHARACTER.
Ophiys with roundiih roots; ftem naked; leaves
oblong, egg-fliaped, growing from the root;
the two back petals linear.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Honey-cup cut off the bloffom.
2. The Seed-bud and Pointal (natural fize) fliewn fideways
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