. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. ! .2 to .4; tubers ovate. Leaves oblong-lenticular, glaucescent. Spike loose, few-flowered, .05 to .1 long;sepals green, oblong-lauccolate, obtuse, spreading; petals linear,shorter than sepals, glabrous; labellum a little longer than sepals,obovate, convex, with reflexed margin, and two prominent gibbi ornipples at base, entire or obtusely crenulate, minutely apiculate, markedby two, parallel, blue, glabrous lines, otherwise velvety and deepblackish violet; column an^ie
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. ! .2 to .4; tubers ovate. Leaves oblong-lenticular, glaucescent. Spike loose, few-flowered, .05 to .1 long;sepals green, oblong-lauccolate, obtuse, spreading; petals linear,shorter than sepals, glabrous; labellum a little longer than sepals,obovate, convex, with reflexed margin, and two prominent gibbi ornipples at base, entire or obtusely crenulate, minutely apiculate, markedby two, parallel, blue, glabrous lines, otherwise velvety and deepblackish violet; column an^ie — Spring — Mt. Tabor and other placesin Galilee; Marash, and northward. 7. O. liiiilca, Sprun. Fig. :] .2 to .:>; tubers ovate to oblong. Leaves lenti-cular-oblong to linear-Ian- j!i]ceolate. Spike few-flow^er- |||ed; sepals green, oblong;petals shorter than sepals,linear, velvety. Labellumobovate, blctcMsh-purple,marked icith 2, j?)«ra/?<?/,white or bluish, glabrouslines two-third its length,united at base by a transversestrijje, trilobed lateral lobesobtuse, middle broader thanlong, ending in a short,. (a) Bract of Ophrys Jiiulca.(d) Ovary, (e) ihhb) Sepals, (cc) PetalsLa ^abellmn. i04 OKCHIDE^. (OKCHIfi FAMILY.) ascending tip: column raihev oUut<e — Spring —Coast; Kurd Dagii. The apex of tlie column resembles the head of an insect, vdihyellow spots at each side for eyes, and a curved proboscis. §. O. «i^sirifcra, If Gad-Fly Ophrys .2 to .4, tubers oblong-lenticular to lanceo-late. Spike few-flowered; sepalsoblong to oblong-ovate, rose-jnujjle,with green nerves; petals linear tolanceolate, acute, or triangular, obtuse,one-fourth to one-half as long assepals, velvety within; labellumoblong-obovate, o-lobed, lateral lobestriangular, densely brown-velvety,intermediate pblong, l/rown-velvetyexcept the pale-green glalrous spots;apex o-lobed, middle lobe vath Iroad-upcurved appendage; column ending•/// a short or elongated straight or
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