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NATIVE BRITISH ORCHIDACEiE 



square green projection. Anther yellowish, sessile or nearly so, in back view ovoid, 

 in profile rhomboidal, leaning forwards over the clinandrium, in which the poUinia 

 are deposited on their sides when the anther opens in the bud, by the turning back 



Text-fig. 8. A. Tassel of roots (two separate plants) of Epipactis latifolia, without rhizome. B. Roots of Epipactis 



violacea, springing from nodes of rhizome. 



of a flap on each side. Pollinia club-shaped, yellow, not friable, firmly attached to 

 the rostellum. Covering of seed (testa) long, narrow, obtuse, transparent; embryo 

 lemon-shaped, narrower than testa. 



There is no descending rliizome giving off roots at various depths as in E. violacea 



