3. Epipactis Sim, 
Leafy perennial herbs from creeping rootstocks, Leaves broad, 
sheathing at the base, Inflorescence a bracted raceme, Sepals and 
petals similar, distinct; lip sessile, strongly constricted at the 
midcle, the lower portion concave, saccate, the upper dilated. Spur 
none, Anther 1, sessile. Capsule elliptical-oblong, 
1, se gigantea Dougl.e Stream Orchis, Giant Helleborine, Stems 70-80 
em, tall, or more, simple; leaves 10-15 em, long, lanceolate, acute, 
rounded at the base, completely sheathing, glabrous; raceme open, 5-12 
flowered, bracts leaflike, 1-8 cm, long; pedicels short, nodding, greenish 
or veined with purple; sepals 1.5 cm, long, lanceolate, spreading; 
vetals somewnat smaller; lip lanceolate in outline; capsule 3 om, long, 
narrowed at the basé to a stipe 3-5 mm, long. (Amesia gigantea Nels, é 
Macb.; Serapias gigantea A. A, Eaton.), 
Moist situations; Kootenai Co., Leiberg, 
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