Epipactis, GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, _ 453 
ceous, incurved lobes; grooved both above and underneath ; 
the apex or lamina entire, reniform, yellow ; before and after 
the time of blossoming it appears as if of two incurved, fleshy 
lobes. 
EPIPACTIS. Swartz. 
Corol five-petalled, spreading. Lip without horn, An- 
ther operculate, persistent. Pollen granulate. 
1. E. Juliana. Roxb. 
Root a single, simple, globular, white bulb ; leaf radical, 
solitary, cordate, seven-nerved, Scape one-flowered. Lip 
with two small faleate lobes at the base. Lamina rhombi- 
form, and entire. Capsules six-winged. 
A delicate, small plant, found in the vicinity of Calcutta 
amongst grass in shady places, where the soil is stiff. The 
flowers appear about the beginning of June, and the leaves 
a month or two afterwards, 
Root single, biennial, round, solid clear tubers or bulbs, the 
size of a filbert, with here and there a short, woolly, thick 
fibre projecting a little from their surface, Leaves radical, 
solitary, appearing after the plant has done flowering, short- 
petioled, cordate, entire, smooth, from five to seven-nerved, 
purple underneath, about two inches long, and in breadth 
nearly the same, Scape filiform, smooth, from three to six 
inches long, one-flowered, partially invested in a few remote 
smooth sheaths. Bractes a single small ensiform one at the 
base of the germ. Petals five, equal, sub-unilateral, ensi- 
form, expanding, pale green, like the scape and sheaths. 
Lip horizontal ; base enlarged by a short falcate lobe on each 
side, which are incurved intoa tube round the column ; /ami- 
na rhombiform, entire, expanding, rather longer than the pe- 
tals, smooth except at the base in the inside, where there are 
a few hairs; colour very pale pink mottled with bright red. 
Germ oblong, six-ribbed. Column (style) as long as the 
