322 SUMMER FLOWKRS. 



erect. Yellow Flag. Wet meadows and watercourses. Fl. 

 June and July. 



I. fcetidissima : leaves narrow, sword-shaped, deep green, 

 having a peculiar smell when bruised; flowers smaller, seve- 

 ral together, dull livid purple, rarely pale-yellowish white, the 

 outer perianth-segments narrow-ovate. Gladdon, or Roast- 

 beef-plant. Woods and shady places. Fl. May to July. The 

 smell of this plant is sometimes compared to that of roast beef, 

 and Hooker and Arnott have a curious remark, that in Devon- 

 shire it is so frequent that one can hardly avoid walking on it 

 when herborizing, and being annoyed by the smell. 



(278) Gladiolus. CORN FLAG. 



G. comnmnis : stem 1 J-2 feet high ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late; flowers red, all turned to one side, sessile, the perianth 

 about 1^ inches long, the expanded part of the segments ob- 

 long-lanceolate, the uppermost broader and rather longer than 

 the others. New Forest and Isle of Wight. Fl. June. The 

 English plant is sometimes considered to be G. Ulyricus. 



(279) Listera. TWAYBLADE. 



L. ovata : stem 1-1 \ foot high ; leaves two, broadly ovate ; 

 flowers small, green, in long slender racemes ; lip with two 

 linear parallel lobes. Moist pastures and woods. Fl. June. 



L. cordata : stein 4-6 inches high, slender ; leaves two, 

 small, broad or cordate at the base; flowers very small, 

 greenish, in a short raceme ; lip linear, with four lobes. 

 Mountain heaths. FL July. 



(280) Epipactis. HELLEBORINE. 

 E. latifolia : stem 2-3 feet high ; leaves strongly ribbed, 



