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GYNANDRIA DIANDRJA. 



SERAPIAS. Gen.pl 1012. 

 Ne^ariwn ovatum, gibbimi, labio ovatoi 



SERAPIAS bulbis fibrofis, foliis ovatis ampJexi- 

 caulibus, floribus pendulis. Syji. nat. 593. Scop. 

 Cam. 1 1 28. {Ger. em. ^^i- f. i. Rivin. t. 6. 

 Halkr. hift. 1297 /. 40. opt.) 



Broad-leavM Helleborine. Anglis. 



In woods, but not very common, as at Chatelher- 

 aiilt^ near Hamilton. Dr. Parfons. And in the 

 wood oi Comriey in Strathearn. SibbaU, %, VIl. 

 Vlll. 



The flails: is erecl, firm, Oightly villolej a cubit or 

 more high, and furnilhed with fix or eight ner- 

 vous ovai leaves, the lowermoft broad and ob- 

 tufe, the uppermoft narrower and lanceolatCj 

 degenerating gradually into JiipuU. The fpike 

 is about fix inches long, confifting of nearly 30' 

 nodding flowers, which often lean to one fide 

 of the ftalk : the hra5fe£ are longer than the 

 flowers : xh^ germen is downy, pendulous, of a 

 pear-fhaped form, flreaked with three elevated 

 ridges, and fupported by a peduncle. The three 

 upper petals of the flower are of a green cdour, 

 oval-acute form, and flightly villofe on the up- 

 per fide : the lateral ones are a little Ihorter, of 

 a more tender texture, of a white colour, with 

 a little tinge of green ; twe petals connive 

 at firft, bur afterwards recede and fl:and open : 

 the neSfarium is an oval cavity, moiflened with 

 a green liquor, and furniilied with white ereft 



