340 GYNANDHIA MONANDBIA. [ci>. XX. 



one to two feet high, bearing two sessile leaves : spike clustered, of nume- 

 rous green flowers. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in woods and 

 pastures : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1548. Eng. Ft. vol. iv. 

 p. 37. 1254. 



2. L. corddta. Heart-leaved Mountain Tway-blade. Leave* heart- 

 shaped, opposite ; nectary four-lobed. Root of a few long fibres : stem 



three or four inches high : only two leaves on the stem : spike of a few 

 small, green flowers. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in woods and 

 on moors, in the north of England and in Scotland : frequent. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. v. pi. 358. Eng. Ft. vol. iv. p. 38. Ophrys cordata. 1255. 



3. L. Nidus-Avis. Bird's-nest Listera. Stem leafless, clothed with 



sheathing scales ; nectary with two spreading lobes. Root of very 



numerous, tufted, cylindrical fibres : stem about a foot high : no leaves : 

 flowers pale-brown. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in shady 

 woods, among dead leaves : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 48. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iv. p. 39. 1256. 



8. EPIPA'CTIS. HELLEBORINE. 



Calyx superior, of three egg-shaped, acute, permanent leaves. 

 Petals two, egg-shaped, spreading, as long as the calyx. Nectary 

 scarcely spurred, not longer than the petals, concave at the base, 

 contracted in the middle, undivided at the end. Anther termi- 

 nating the style, fixed, of two close parallel cells. Germen oblong, 

 angular. Style incurved ; stigma close under the anther, promi- 

 nent, angular, undivided. Capsule oblong, angular. Seeds 

 small, roundish. Name given by the Greeks to a kind of Helle- 

 bore. 415. 



1. E. latifolia. Broad-leaved Helteborine. Leaves egg-shaped, em- 

 bracing the stem ; flowers drooping ; lower bracteas longer than the 



flowers ; lip shorter than the calyx, entire, with a minute point. Root 



creeping : stem from one to two feet high : leaves becoming gradually 

 narrower as they ascend : spike long, loose, greenish-purple. Perennial : 

 flowers in July and August : grows in woods and pastures : not common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 269. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 40. Serapias latifolia. 



1257. 



2. E. palustris. Marsh Helleborine. Leaves lance-shaped, embracing 

 the stem ; flowers drooping ; lip rounded, obtuse, crenate, as long as the 



petals, with a notched protuberance on the disk. Root creeping : stem 



about a foot high : flowers few, whitish, tinged with crimson, forming a 

 loose egg-shaped spike. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows 

 in wet meadows and marshes : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 270. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 42. Serapias palustris. 1258. 



3. E. grandiflura. Large White Helleborine. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 inclining to elliptical ; bracteas longer than the germen ; flowers sessile, 

 erect; lip abrupt, shorter than the calyx, with elevated lines on the disk. 



Root creeping : stem a foot high : flowers large, white. Perennial : 



flowers in June: grows in woods : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 271. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. iv. p. 43. Serapias grandiflora. 1259. 



4. E. ensifiilia. Narrow-leaved White Helleborine. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, pointed ; bracteas much shorter than the germen ; flowers sessile, 

 erect ; lip abrupt, half the length of the calyx, with elevated lines on the 



