. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. obed, scarcely cuneate at base, marlced with a riolet,often hilobed, atripefrom base to middle, surrounded by a purplish-velvetyonargin, with a glabrous, yelloio rim; the lateral lobes short, obtuse, themiddle truncate, crenate, or refuse — February to April — Hillsides;coast to middle mountain zone. Flowers .01 to .02 long. ?? ??- Petals iiubcsccnt or Telvety at face. ;j. O. Speculiilll, Link. 2f Mirror Ophrys. .1 to .2; tubersovate-globular. Leaves oblong-lenticular t
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. obed, scarcely cuneate at base, marlced with a riolet,often hilobed, atripefrom base to middle, surrounded by a purplish-velvetyonargin, with a glabrous, yelloio rim; the lateral lobes short, obtuse, themiddle truncate, crenate, or refuse — February to April — Hillsides;coast to middle mountain zone. Flowers .01 to .02 long. ?? ??- Petals iiubcsccnt or Telvety at face. ;j. O. Speculiilll, Link. 2f Mirror Ophrys. .1 to .2; tubersovate-globular. Leaves oblong-lenticular to elliptical, few-flowered, loose; sepals ovate-oblong, yellowish; petalsblacJcish-purpjle, half as long as sepals, triangular, labellum obovatc-cuneate, somewhat convex, trifid beyond middle, centre glabrous,t^lossy, blue, surrounded by a yellow band, margin taiony, revolute,densely villous, the lateral lobes ol)long-lineai, small, the intermediatemuch larger, ol)long to ovate, obtuse or somewhat refuse, not ap-]) — Mflrch and April—Hillsides; coast to alpine zones (oiliriS FAMILY.) 76a Sect. II. Fuciflorae. Base of flattish or arched lahelkimJngiljbous ; iij) glahrous. Petals velvety. 4. O. teiitlircdiuifera, Willd. If Tubers ovate to oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spike loose, few-flowered;sepals oblong-elliptical, obtuse, pink, green-nerved; petals one-thirdto one-fourth as long as sepals, tiiangular, velvety at face; labellumlonger than sepals, convex, obovate from cuueate base, with a conicalgibbus on each side of base, notched at apex, loith an ovate, acute tooth hithe notch, velvety and yelloiolsh-green with the excej^tion oj a fnoicnish,glabrous, rhoiiiboid or quadrate spot at base, having a cluster of hairs atthe base of the tooth; tip of column obtuse — Spring — Chalky hills;coast and lower mountain zones. 5. O. aracliuite§, Scop. If Spider Ophrys. globular. Leaves oblong to linear-l
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