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all acute or shortly and abruptly acuminate. Flowers in a rather 
dense unilateral raceme. Sepals and lateral petals ovate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, rather shorter than the ovary when in flower, 
incurved-spreading ; labellum shorter than the sepals ; its apical portion 
roundish-deltoid, obtuse, apiculate, with the point recurved, and the 
basal bosses smooth. Flowers greenish or white, or more or less tinged 
with purple. 
In woods and shady places. Not very common, but generally dis- 
tributed in England. More rare in Scotland, except in the west, and 
not extending to Orkney. Local, but widely distributed in Ireland. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Autumn. 
Stem 1 to 3 feet high. Largest leaves 2 to 7 inches long by 1 to 4 
inches wide, more approximate and more plicate than those of E. 
media; the uppermost ones narrow, and resembling the bracts. 
Raceme 3 tenes to 1 foot long, more unilateral than that of E. media. 
Sepals about 33, to 74 inch long, very variable in colour, more in- 
curved than those of E. media; the terminal portion of the labellum 
is also more rounded. The plant flowers nearly a month later than 
E. media. 
Broad-leaved Helleborine. 
French, Epipactis & larges fewilles. German, Breitbliittrige Sumpfwurz. 
Sus-Seecres UI.—_Eipipactis atrorubens. Schulites. 
Pirate MCCCCLXXXI. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. XIIT. Tab. CCCCLXXXYV. 
Billot, F\. Gall. et Germ. Exsice. No. 1073. 
E. rubiginosa, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. et Helv. ed. u1. p. 801. 
E. latifolia, var. 6B, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 41. Hook. & Arn. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. 
p- 428. 
E. Helleborine, var. rubiginosa, Crantz. eich. fil. l.e. p. 141. 
E. ovalis, Bab. Engl. Bot. Suppl. No. 2884, and Man. Brit. Bot. ed. vi. p. 333. 
E. media, Fries, Mant. ii. p. 54, and Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 62, ex parte (?). 
Leaves about or below the middle of the stem, approximate, ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate; the upper ones narrowly lanceolate; all acute and 
generally shortly acuminate. Flowers in a lax unilateral raceme. 
Sepals and lateral petals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the 
ovary when in flower, spreading-incurved; labellum about as long 
as the sepals, the terminal portion transversely oval, suborbicular, 
obtuse, apiculate, with the basal bosses plicate-rugose. Flowers dark 
dull red, rarely greenish. 
On ledges of (limestone ?) rock. Very local. Little Doward Hill, 
