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Epipactis Mi3lleri, sp. nuv. 



Rhizoma nodosum, nodis superioribus saepe geinmiparis. Oaulis 

 pubescens. Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, internodia plane 

 excedentia. Bractece lanceolatae, 14-nerves, gumma quara ovarium 

 brevior. Ovarium anguste pyriforme, puberulum. Sepala lateralia 

 ovato-lanceolata carinata tertio lanceolato latiora. Petala lanceolata, 

 obtusa. Jjabelluin sepalis brevius; hypochilium latum, subtus 5- 

 nerve ; epicbilium antrorsum spectans nonnunquam reflexum, trian- 

 gulares obtusum. St if/ ma quadrangulare, cum floris axi angulum 

 rectum efficiens; rostellum omnino vel fere obsoletum. Clinandrium : . 

 Anthera conoidea, basi semicircularis, super stigma eminens. Poiliuia 

 parvula, conoidea, obtusa. 



Rhizome knotted, descending, deep, upper knots often bearing 

 buds. Roots slender, wiry. Stem 20-43 cm., woody at base, pubes- 

 cent, especially above, basal sheaths brown-ribbed and torn. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, much longer than internodes, stiff, 

 springing back when displaced. Bracts lanceolate, lowest 4| cm. x 

 8 mm., 14-nervel, uppermost shorter than ovary. Ovary pear- 

 shaped, slender, with scattered short hairs, + 1 cm. long, stalk 

 +5 mm. ' Side sepals ovate-lanceolate, keeled, 3-5-nerved, green, 

 rather obtuse. Upper sepal lanceolate, narrower. Petals lanceolate- 

 obtuse, 5-7 nerved, pale whitish green. Lip shorter than sepals 

 (8 x 5 mm.), hypochile shallow, 5 -nerved beneath, pale green, edges 

 rose, brownish rose within, with drops of nectar ; epichile triangular 

 (+5x4 mm.), obtuse, whitish faintly tinged with rose, centre 

 greenish, with a rose-coloured ridge down the middle, calli obscure, 

 rose. Epichile directed forwards, sometimes reflexed. 



Stigma quadrangular, at right angles to axis of flower, the upper 

 part thrust beneath the base of the anther, the lower curving towards 

 the lip. Rostellum rudimentary, concealed beneath the anther, or 

 none. Glinandrum none. Anther conical, base flat semi-circular, 

 projecting over stigma, apex obtusely pointed and curving forward. 

 Poiliuia small conical obtuse, standing erect on their bases on the 

 viscid stisrma. 



A MOUNTAIN FORM OF CAREX PULICARIS. 

 By H. W. Puuslet, B.A., F.L.S. 



On several occasions in recent years I have met with a form of 

 Garex pulicaris on mountain cliffs in Great Britain which, when 

 growing, differs appreciably from that species as usually seen in 

 lowland habitats, and does not appear to have been hitherto dis- 

 tinguished. G. pulicaris, the Flea Sedge, is typically a well-marked 

 plant, especially characterized, as the fruits of its androgynous 

 spikelets ripen, by the fall of the lower bracts and the peculiar 

 reflexing of its perigynia, affording a fanciful resemblance to a 

 number of Seas settled on the stem. It is well known as an in- 

 habitant of bogs, moist heaths, and marshy meadows throughout a 

 large part of Europe. 



So far as I have been able to trace, no varieties of G. pulicaris 



