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Dorset and Kent; fl. April-May. Habit of 0. apifera. Lip brown with 

 various glabrous markings. DlSTRlB. Europe from France southwards. 

 VAB. 1, aranif era proper ; petals almost glabrous, lip usually iobed at the 

 margin. VAR. 2, Jucif'era, Smith (sp.) ; petals downy within, lip rarely 

 Iobed, its tubercles less prominent. 



3. O. muscif'era, Huds.; sepals yellow-green, petals narrow linear, 

 lip longer than broad narrow nearly flat, anther not beaked. Fly Orchis. 

 Copses and downs on chalk and limestone, from Durham and Westmoreland 

 southwards ; Mid. Ireland, very rare ; fl. May-July. Stem slender, 10-18 in. 

 Leaves few, linear-oblong. Flowers distant, \ in. ; petals and lip bright red- 

 brown ; lip with a blue patch, sometimes edged with yellow, lateral lobes 

 reflexed, terminal 2-fid. DISTRIB. Europe from Norway southwards. 



8. EPIPO'GIUM, Gmelin. 



A leafless root-parasite. Rootstock of fleshy branched fibres. Flowers 

 racemed. Sepals and petals rather spreading. Lip superior, ovate, 3-lobed, 

 disk with rows of glands ; spur short, stout. Anther terminal, deciduous ; 

 pollen-masses 2, in cavities of the cylindric column, stalked, glands con- 

 nate. Stigma prominent, horseshoe-like ; rostellum 0. Ovary not twisted. 

 DISTRIB. Europe N. of the Alps, N. Asia, Himalaya. ETYM. M and 

 irtaytav, from the lip being uppermost. 



1. E. Gmeli'ni, Rich. ; flowers pale yellow. E. aphyllum, Sw. 

 Amongst decayed leaves, Tedstone in Delamere -Forest, Hereford, only once 

 found; fl. Aug. Stem 4-8 in., tumid above the base, pale yellow-brown, 

 with 1 or 2 appressed sheaths. Bracts as long as the pedicels. Flowers 2-6, 

 shortly pedicslled, 1 in. ; ovary broad, short ; sepals and petals narrow- 

 lanceolate, subequal, margins involute ; lip recurved, lateral lobes small, 

 middle whitish with red glands ; spur obtuse. 



9. EPIPACTIS, Rich. HELLEBOKINE. 



Rootstock creeping. Stem leafy. Flowers racemed, ovary straight, 

 pedicel twisted. Sepals and petals conniving or spreading. Lip much 

 contracted in the middle, basal lobe concave, terminal entire with 2 basal 

 tubercles. Antlier sessile, hinged oil the top of the column ; pollen-masses 

 2, powdery, glands connate. Stigma prominent ; rostellum short, erect. 

 Capsule pendulous.-- DISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia, Himalaya; species 8. 

 ETYM. The classical name for this or another plant. 



1. E. latifo'lia, Sw. ; leaves rotundate ovate or oblong, bracts mostly 



exceeding the flowers, upper lobe of lip with rounded margins, lower 



broadly ovate acute or apiculate rarely entire, ovary broadly pyriforni. 



Woods ; fl. July-Aug. Stem 1-3 ft., pubescent above. Leaves variable, ribbed. 



Raceme many-flowered, bracts green. Flowers subsecund, J jj in. diaiu., 



green, variously marked with yellow- white or purple ; sepals broadly ovate ; 



petals ovate-lanceolate ; lip variable in form and colour, as long as the sepals 



or shorter, lower lobe with thickened ridges on the disk. DISTRIB. Europe 



(Arctic), N. Africa, Siberia, Himalaya. 1 am indebted to Mr. Britten for 



the synonymy of the following sub-species. 



Sub-sp. LATJKO'LIA proper (sp.); leaves broadly oblong, raceme lax, flowers 

 greenish-yellow spotted brown inside, sepals" ovate-lanceolate spreading as 

 long as the ovary, lower lobe of lip subdeltoid, ridges plaited and rugose. 



