GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. Epipactis. 41 



*** Anther terminal^ fixed. 

 418. EPIPACTIS. Helleboiine. 



Hall. Hist. V. 2. 147. Br. in Jit. H. Kew. ed. 2. v. .5. 201. Comp. 

 ed. 4. 142. Willd. Sp. Fl.v. 4. S3. sect. 1 . Sw. Orch. 62. t. I ,/. N. 

 Serapias. Fl. Br. 942. Jiiss. 65. Gccrtn. t. 14. 

 Heleborine. Touni. t. 249. 



Cal. superior, of 3 ovate, acute, equal, more or less spread- 

 ing, permanent leaves. Pet. 2, ovate, spreading, as long 

 as the calyx. Nect. with little or no sjmr, not longer than 

 the petals, dependent; concave at the base within the 

 calyx ; contracted in the middle ; undivided at the end ; 

 disk tumid, lobed or furrowed. Atith. terminating the 

 column, rounded, fixed, permanent, of 2 close parallel 

 cells, depositing the obovate, powdery, undivided masses 

 of pollen upon the stigma. Germ, obovate-oblong, an- 

 gular, furrowed. St2/le somewhat elongated, incurved ; 

 convex at the back ; concave in front.- Stigma in front, 

 close under the anther, prominent, angular, various in 

 form, undivided. Cajys. elliptic-oblong, angular, ribbed. 

 Seeds small, roundish, with a lax tti7iic, greatly elongated 

 at each end. 



Roots creeping with rather stout fibrous radicles. Herb 

 either smooth, or downy. Stetn simple, erect, leafy. 

 Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, or lanceolate, sessile, 

 plaited, with numerous simple ribs. Fl. in terminal, 

 bracteated, clusters or spikes, handsome. Cal. generally 

 coloured. 



1. E, latifolia. Broad-leaved Helleborine. 



Leaves ovate, clasping the stem. Lower bracteas longer 

 than the drooping flowers. Lip shorter than the calyx, 

 entire, with a minute point. Germen downy. 



E. latifolia. Sw. Orch. 64. Willd. Sp.Pl. v. 4. 83. Br. as above, 201 . 



Cornp. ed. 4. 1 44. Hook. Scot. 254. Land. 1. 1 02. Forst. Tonb. 1 00. 



Besl. Hort. Eyst. cestiv. ord. 4. t. 5./. 1 3 bad; fl. with spurs. 

 E.n.l297. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 154. ^.40./. 2. 

 E. n. 4. Hall, in Act. Helvet. ij. 4. 1 08. 

 E. sive EUeborine. Camer. Epit.889.f. 

 Serapias latifolia. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 1 2. v. 2. 593. FL Br. 943. 



Engl. Bot.v. 4. t. 269. Freeman Ic. t. 3. Fl. Ban. t.SW. Gunn. 



Norveg. part 2. 1 22. <. 5./. 3—6. Dicks. H. Sice. fasc. 15.17. 



Ehrh.Phyioph.37. 



