106 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Lower leaves 2 (rarely 3), oblanceolate or oblong-obovate, obtuse ; 
upper leaves very small, strapshaped-lanceolate. Flowers in a rather 
lax oblong-cylindrical spike. Lateral sepals spreading-deflexed ; 
upper sepal and petals connivent; labellum oblong-strapshaped, 
entire, rather longer than the other segments; the whole of the peri- 
anth segments white tinged with pale green; spur very long and 
slender, filiform or cylindrical, more or less clavate, much longer 
than the ovary, usually about twice as long. 
Sun-Srecres l—Habenaria eu-bifolia.* 
Pirate MCCCCLXIV. 
Reich. Ic. F). Germ. et Helv. Vol. XIII. Tab. COCCX XIX. 
Billot, F). Gall. et Germ. Exsice. No. 2746. 
H. bifolia, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. vi. p. 580; and Eng. Bot. Suppl. No. 2806. 
Hook. & Arn. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 437. 
Orchis bifolia, Gren. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. IIT. p. 297. 
Platanthera bifolia, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. et Helv. ed. ii. p. 795. Hartm. Scand. Fl. 
ed. ix. p. 191. Fries, Summ. Veg. Scand. p.61. Parl. Fl. Ital. Vol. IIT. p. 411. 
Crep. Man. F1. Belg. ed. ii. p. 294. 
P. solstitialis, Bénnengh. Reich. fil. 1.c. p. 120. 
Sepals strapshaped-lanceolate; spur cylindrical-filiform, slightly 
clavate, nearly horizontal. Anther-cells parallel ; caudicules short ; 
glands oval. 
In meadows, pastures, heaths, and open woods. Common, and 
generally distributed, except in the extreme north of Scotland. 
Rather rare, but generally distributed in Ireland. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 
Rootknobs from the size of a cherry-stone to that of a shelled 
almond or a little larger, attenuated into a tail. Radical leaves 2 to 
6 inches long, narrowed into a stalk at the base. Stem 6 to 18 inches 
high, with a few small leaves. Spike 1 to 8 inches long, sometimes 
rather dense, but generally lax. Bracts herbaceous, lanceolate, usually 
about as long as the ovary. Sepals } to 3 inch long, white, usually 
tinged with green ; labellum narrower than the sepals, and $ to } inch 
long. 
Lesser Butterfly Orchis. 
French, Orchis d deux feuilles. German, Zweiblattrige Kuckucksblume. 
* The names and numbers have been transposed on Plates MCCCCLXMUI. and 
MCCCCLXIYV. 
