460 NEOTTEZ—LISTERIDZ. 
labellum, and a rounded, not mucronate anther. Brown describes the 
column as without glands, but Bauer seems to represent them at fig. C. 3. 
of the plate above quoted. 
CCLXV. EPIPACTIS. 
Epipactis. Camerar. epit. 187. Haller enum. stirp. helv. 1. 277. L. C. Richard. annot. 
p.29. fig. 8. Nees, jun. gen. pl. ic. Endlicher genera, no. 1553. 
Flores pedicellati. Perianthium patens, conforme, sepalis petalisque sub- 
zqualibus. Labellum oblongum, liberum, interruptum, hypochilio con- 
cavo carnoso, epichilio petaloideo dilatato indiviso basi calloso. Co- 
lumna teres, vel antice complanata, stigmate quadrato deorsüm promi- 
nente. Anthera postica, cordata, mutica, in stigma truncatum apiculatum 
incumbens. Pollinia pulverea, bipartita, apice angustata. Herbae 
terrestres, rhizomate subterraneo repente, foliis plicatis basi cucullatis. 
Flores laxe spicati, semiherbacei, sepius purpurascentes, pubescentes. 
Endlicher has rightly referred this genus to Neottee, notwithstanding 
its supposed affinity with Cephalanthera, which stands in Arethusee. 
1. Epipactis palustris. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Willd. 4. 84. 
Hook. fl. Lond. t. 89. Nees jun. gen. pl. ic. Rchb. fl. excurs. 1. 134. 
Mayrhof. diss. 46. 
E. foliis lanceolatis erectis 5-nerviis, racemo brevi paucifloro, bracteis in- 
ferioribus ovarii longitudine, hypochilio cuneato truncato raargine levi, 
epichilio membranaceo subrotundo obtusissimo undulato basi bilamellato 
sepalis longiore. 
Helleborine palustris nostras. Raii syn. 384. 
Serapias longifolia. inn. syst. nat. ed. 12. 2. 593. Bot. Cab. 156. Host synops. 494. 
Serapias palustris. Scop. carn. 2.204. Eng. Bot. t. 270. 
Helleborine latifolia. FZ. Dan. t. 267. 
Hab. in Europá medià et australi, usque ad Petropolim, sed vix Asie 
incola, (v. v. sp.) 
The short racemes, long narrow leaves, and thin rounded wavy epichi- 
lium, mark this species distinctly. 
2. EpiPACTIS microphylla. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 232. Willd. sp. 
4. 84. Waldst. et Kit. pl. hung. t. 270. Mayrhof. diss. 46. Koch. fl. 
germ. 695. 
E. foliis ovato-lanceolatis lanceolatisque enerviis intermediis et superioribus 
internodio brevioribus, raceino elongato multifloro, bracteis inferioribus 
floribus longioribus, hypochilio oblongo margine tenui crispo, epichilio 
ovato acuto crispo basi confuse verrucoso sepalis equali. 
Serapias microphylla. Ekr. Beitr. 4. 42. Hoffm. ft. germ. 319. 
Hab. in Europá australiore ; Hungaria, Sadler, Florentie Strangways, 
(hab. s. sp.) 
A slender plant with very small leaves, and yellowish green flowers 
smelling of cloves. It appears very distinct from both E. latifolia and 
atrorubens, 
