P L A T E CCCCLXXI.
O P H R Y S M YODES .
Fly-lihe OpJinjs.
C L A S S XX. ORDER L
GYNANDRIA DIANDRTA. Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
COB OLLA 5 pétala, sub-ringens : petalis patentibus
: labellum nectarii e basi styli, patens.
Antherse duae, terminales, adnatae.
BLOSSOM 5 petals, nearly gaping : petals spreading
: the lip of the honey-cup comes fi-om
the base of the shaft, spreading. Chives
two, terminal, and close together.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
OPHKYS myodes, floribus alternis, lateralibus :
nectarii labio tripartito : laciniis lateralibus
: lineari-lanceolatis, media oblonga,
biloba, longior lateralibus : petalis patentibus
: tribus exterioribus lanceolatis, viridibus,
obtusis : duobus interioribus linearibus,
brevissimis, purpuréis : caule folioso :
bulbo subrotundo.
OPHKYS with fly-like flowers, alternate, and lateral
: tlie lip of the honey-cup i.s three-cleft:
the side segments are linear, and lanceshaped
: the middle one is oblong, twolobed,
and longer than the side ones : the
petals are spreading : the three outer ones
are lance-shaped, green, and obtuse, the
two inner ones are linear, very short, and
purple : leaves enfoliating the stem: bulb
roundish.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
J. The blossom.
2. The same shown from the outer side.
3. The honey-cup.
4. The same shown from the under side.
5. Chives and pointal, magnified.
AMONGST tlie Alpine plants of G. Hibbert, esq. we met with this curious little insectiferous plant, and
which, like the preceding figure, is said to be indigenous to almost all Europe. It is figured in the English
Botany of Dr. Smith, but apparently from a taller plant, and difllirs in the colour of the body. It is
also represented in the Botanical Magazine, of a higher stature, but nearly the same in colour. Variations
probably the mere effect of climate, and a ditFerent mode of culture. As they all bear an unequivocal
resemblance to the fly, so exact a representation of ever so humble a species of animated
nature will no doubt be always thought deserving a place in every collection.
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