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leavefs. Scgmeitts of the perianUi large, acute, white, connlvent, 

 including tlie lip, which is also white externally, but yellow within, 

 Cohmm offruciijication in tliis and the following species very long, 

 whereas in the 2 preceding ones it is remarkably short. 



4. E. eJisifoUa [narrow-leaved Hellcborific) , leaves lanceolate 

 much acuminated subdisticlious, bracteas very minute subulate, 

 flowers erect, lip obtuse much shorter than the perianth. Broivn 

 in Hort. Keiv. cd. 2. v.^.p. 202. Hook, in FL Lond. with 

 a figure . E.B.t.49A {Serapios ensifolia). 



Hab. Woods of Methven, Perthshire, Mr. T. Bishop. Fl. June. 11- 



Stems a foot and more in height. Floivers large, white. Segments of 

 the perianth acuminated} liji white, yellow at the extremity in tJie 

 inside. 



7. MALAXIS. 



1. M. paludosa {Marsh Malaxis), leaves about 4 at the base of 

 the stem scabrous at the extremity, scape pentagonal, lip con- 

 cave acute. Broivn in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. .5./). 208. E. B. 

 /. 72. Light/, p. 525 {Ophrys paludosa), 



Hab. Marshes near '^i. A.ni}Lrewfi, mentioned in Light/. Rills near the 

 foot of Dun Glow, Kinross-shire, Mr. Li. Stewart. A little to the 

 E. of Ben \'^oirlich, and a little above the house of Ardvorlich, Mr. 

 Arnott. Mull of Galloway, Mr. M^'inch. Fl.Aug., Sept. 1/. 



Stem 3 — 5 inches high. Leaves arming from a round bulb. Spike long, 

 slender, of several small greenish flowers. Lip much resembling tlie 

 other segments of the perianth. 



8. CORALLORRHIZA. 



I.e. innala {spiirlcss Coral-root), spur abbreviated adnate. Br. 

 in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 209. Light/, p. 5 13. t. 23, and 

 E. B. t. 1547 {Ophrys corallorrhiza). 



Hab. Marshy woods, rare. Moist hanging wood on the S. side near 

 the head of little Loch Broom, Ross-shire, Lighif. \V. side of a 

 peat bog near Revelrig Toll, Edinb., among Salices, Mr. E. J. 

 Maughan. Woods of Methven Castle, Perthsliire (since destroyed), 

 Mr. T. Bishop. H.July. 7/. 



Root remarkable for its thick, fleshy, much branched and divaricating 

 fibres. Stem from 6 — 12 inches high, greenish, with 2 — 3 sheath- 

 ing, lanceolate acute scales rather than leaves. Floirers 6 — 8 in a 

 lax, short spike, pale yellowish green. Bracteas very minute. Seg- 

 ments of the jierianih lanceolate, spreading, acute; Zip ovate, entire. 



XXI. monce77ia7^ 



1. MONANDRIA. 

 I. Zannichellia. BarreTi FL Perianth noney 



Fertile FL Perianth single, of 1 leaf. Gcrmens A or more. 

 Style \^ )S^ igTwa peltate. Capsules sessWe . 



