7oC OEcniDE^. roEcnis family.) 



1. E. veralrifolia, Boks. et Hoh. 21 .8 to l; roof-stock creep- 

 ing, bearing long, fleshy fibres and stolons; stems leafy. Leaves with 

 many nenes. the lowest reduced to somewhat inflated sheaths, the 

 others ovaU or olhng to lanceolaU a?id linmr -lanceolate, the intermediate 

 often .3 long, .03 broad at broadest part, acuminate, the vyijermoht 

 gradually changing to lanceolate bracts. Spike .2 to .8 long, loose: 

 lower bracts much longer than flowers, upper shorter than ovary; in- 

 florescence pubescent ; flowers .015 to .02 long, nodding, purple tinged 

 with green; perigonium somewhat campanulate, lateral sepals half- 

 ovate, incurved, intermediate ovate-oblong, all tapering, petals ovate, 

 shorter than sepals; labellum shorter than petals, the hypochiliurrj 

 concave, incurved, the epichilium trunmte-Bv.hcordjj.te at W^e, oblong, 

 f.vM.er0.y narrowed, nmr it^ mUMU^ nearly Z-hled, the lateral lobes small. 

 obtuse, the intermediate lanceolate, acute — July and August — Moif-* 

 places; middle to subalpine Lebanon: Gralilee; Phoenician coast. 



2. E. latifolia. All. 2^ 1 or more; root-stock thick, with fleshy 

 fibres and sessile buds ; stem stoutish, tcTcte, leafy, pubescent above. 

 Leaves scabrous-pubescent at margins and nerves, ovate to ovate-ob 

 long, lanceolate, and linear-lanceolate, the intermediate the longest. 

 ,05 to .1 long. Spike .3 to .5 long, somewhat one-sided, many 

 flowered: bracts lanceolate, the lower much longer than flowers; 

 flowers .01 to .015 long, nodding; sepals and petals greenish-violet, 

 ovate, acute, about of equal length ; labellum purple, white-margined. 

 the hypochilium concave, with a narrow mouth, the epichilium ozatc, 

 o/^mdfMtey uitU re(-urxe<f. tip^ tlve uartfi nmrly ohaolete — June — Shady 

 places and woods of middle and subalr'^ne zone^ of Lebanon, Amanu-. 

 and northward. 



Sepals connivent in a hood, connate below, free above, the lateral 

 gibbous at base. Labellum spreading, flat, trifid, with a very short spur 

 at base. Column very short. Anthers adnate along their whole length, 

 with nearly parallel *^celLs, separated by a minute beak. Pollinia with 

 very short caudicles. Glands 2, distinct^ included in a 2-celled pouch. 

 Ovary linear, scarcely twisted — Herbs, with tuberous roots and (iense 

 spikes of small flowers, distinguished from Aceras by the distinct 

 glands, and from Orchis by the very short column and spur, and the 

 lateral petals gibl>ous at base. 



T. Intacta, Link. % .2. Leaves ovate-oblong, .05 to .0? long, 

 sometimes spotted, the uppermost with long sheaths, lanceolate. 

 Spike dense, .03 long, sometimes rather one-sided: bracts acute, half 

 as long to nearly as long as ovary ; flowers minute with ovary less than 

 .01 long; sepals and Yi^,'^^s> jte^h-fyMred.^ with or 'imthout dark purpk 

 lloAH^ the iormer ovate-lanceolate, acute ; the latter linear, obtuse, xery 

 aa:rrow ; labellum about as long as sepals, flesh-colored, trifid, tlie 

 lateral lobes linear, the intermediate broader and somewhat longer, 

 bifid; spur one-fifth as long as ovary, slender-conical — Spring — 

 Middle zone of Lebanon. 



5. ORCHIS, L. Orchis. H^jIM. 



Sepals and petals connivent or spreading. Labellum directed 

 forward, spurred. Column short, erect. Anthers entirely adnate, 



