Epipactis. oynandria 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 tsvo incurved, fleshy 

 lobes. 



EP I PACT IS. Stvartz. 



Corol five-petalled, spreading. Lip without horn, ^^n- 

 ther operculate, persistent. Pollen granulate. 



1. E. Juliana, Roxb. 



Root a single, simple, globular, Avhite bulb; /eff/' radical, 

 solitary, cordate, seven-nerved. Scape one-flowered. Lip 

 with two small falcate 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 stiflT. The 

 flowers appear about the begiiming 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. 

 Up horizontal ; base enlarged by a short falcate lobe on each 

 side, which are incurved into a tube round the colimin ; lami- 

 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 



