ORCHID FAMILY 



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Fl. August — October. 



just above the crown of the root, and wither before the flowers 

 begin to expand. These are succeeded by a tuft of new leaves 

 which arise from the base of the old stem. 

 Perennial. 



2. S. cestivdlis (Summer Lady's Tresses). — Root of several 

 cylindrical tubers ; ste^n 6 — 18 in. high, glabrous; radical leaves 

 on the flowering stem, not in a lateral 

 rosette ; flowers more numerous, larger 

 and more loosely arranged than in the 

 preceding. — Bogs in the New Forest and 

 Wyre Forest, Worcester; very rare. — 

 Fl. July, August. 



3. S. Romanzoffidna, a stout, leafy 

 species, with much larger flowers in 3 

 spiral rows, is found in the south-west 

 of Cork. — Fl. August, September. 

 Perennial. 



7. Epipactis. — Closely allied to Spi- 

 rdnthes, but with a creeping rhizome, 

 generally stalked leaves, and a pouch at 

 the base of the lip. (Name of Greek 

 origin, but of uncertain application.) 



I. E. repens (Creeping Goodyera). — 

 A creeping species with a slender stem 

 4 — 8 in. high ; stalked, ovate, acute 

 leaves with a network of veins, pubescent 

 below ; flowers small, white, in a slender, 

 spiral spike with linear, adpressed hrads 

 and glandular hairs. — Fir woods, chiefly 

 in East Scotland. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



8. Epipogum, represented by one 

 species, E. aphjdlum, is a br jwn sapro- 

 phyte, with stalked, pale yellow flowers 

 which are not inverted, and have a short inflated spur to their lip. 

 — It has only once been found in a damp wood in Herefordshire. 

 (Name from the Greek epi, up, pogon, lip, the lip of the flower 

 being uppermost.) 



9. Cephalanthera (Helleborine). — Leafy plants with a creep- 

 ing rhizome ; nearly distichous leaves ; flowers in a few-flowered 

 spike, not stalked, erect ; lip anterior, constricted, lobed, and 

 pouched; column long; ovary twisted. (Name from the Greek 



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SPIRANTHES ALTUMnXlIS 



{Autuvm Lady's Tresses), 



