DIANDRIA. -MONOGYNIA. 197 
Oss. Dr. Smith. considers the blossom in this genus as 
being reversed, the odd Petal of the 3 outer ones being lower- 
most, and that this has therefore beén erroneously called the 
Jip ; and that the most striking character is the 2 upright petals 
at the top, instead of the single one in all our other Orchises. 
The nectary, moreover, points upwards, embracing the stamens 
and style. See E. bot. p. 72. : 
SERA'PIAS. Gertn. 14. Tourn. 249. Helleborine. 
Cat. Sheaths scattered. Fruit-stalk undivided. Cup none. 
Bross. Petals 5, oblong egg-shaped, open, but rather 
upright, approaching upwards. 
ectary as long as the petals, hollowed at the base, 
filled with honey, egg-shaped, bulging beneath, cloven 
into 3, segments acute, the radiates heart-shaped, 
blunt, cloven at the seam of the base, with 3 teeth. 
Stam. Filaments 2, very short, fixed to the pistil. Anthers 
upright, under the upper lip of the nectary. ar 
Pist. Germen beneath, oblong, twisted. Siyle growing 
to the upper lip of the nectary. Summit indistinct. 
S. Vzs. a inversely egg-shaped, with 3 blunt 
edges, 3 keels growing to them, and 3 valves opening 
- under the keels, 1 celled. 
SEEDs numerous, like saw-dust. Receptacle strap-shaped, 
growing to each valve of the seed-vessel, 
‘CYPRIPE/DIUM. Tourn. 249. Calceolus. 
Cat. Sheath scattered. Fruit-stalk undivided. Cup none. 
Bioss. Petals 4 or 5, spear-shaped, very long, expand- 
ing, upright. : os 
‘Nectary within the lower petal, shaped like a slipper, 
blown up, blunt, hollow, shorter and broader than the 
petals; the Upper Lip small, egg-shaped, flat, bent 
inwards. | __ ee oe 
Stam. Filaments 2, very short, standing on the pistil. 
_ Anthers upright, covered by the’ upper lip of the nec- 
ag a beneath, long, twisted. : Style very short, 
eta to the upper lip of the nectary. Summit in- 
f istinct. a oS 
S. Vgss. Capsule inversel -shaped, with 3 blunt 
ig and 3 seams, ae which it opens at the angles; 
Valves 3; Celli, 
