280 ORCHIDE^:. [Epipactis. 



Doctor Stokes. County of Donegal ; JR. Brown, Esq. Near Cul- 

 lenagh, Queen's County ; Mr. Bradburry. On the heath in New- 

 townards Park. Near Moneymore, Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. FL 

 July, Aug. %. Root a few long- fleshy fibres. Stems three to 

 five inches high. (Nearly two feet high in Newtownards Park, over- 

 shadowed with heath ; Mr. Templeton.) Flowers few, very small, 

 spiked, greenish-brown. Leaves of the Perianth somewhat spreading, 

 those of the Calyx ovate. Lateral petals linear, oblong. Lip pend- 

 ant, linear. 



3. L. Nidus-Avis, Hook. Common Bird's-nest. Stems with 

 sheathing scales, leafless; column without any crest; lip linear- 

 oblong, with two spreading lobes, toothless at the base. Br. 

 Fl. \.p. 377. Hook, in FL Lond. N. S. t. 38. E. FL v. iv. 

 p. 38. Ophrys Nidus- Avis, Linn. E. Eot. t. 48. 



Shady woods. In Collin Glen, near Belfast ; Mr. Templeton. 

 Farnham-woods, where it was first observed by Mr. Joseph Archibald. 

 Glenarm ; Mr. Robert Patterson. Glen of Altmore, Cushendall ; 

 Mr. Wm. Thomson. FL May, June. 1. Roots of many short, 

 thick, densely aggregated, fleshy fibres. Stem about a foot high. 

 Flowers spiked, of a dingy brown. Calyx-leaves and lateral petals 

 oblong-oval, nearly equal. Lobes of the lip spreading. This can 

 scarcely be generically distinguished from the. preceding. (Hooker.} 



* * H Anther terminal, persistent. Pollen-masses pulveru- 

 lent or composed of angular granules, eventually fixed to the 

 back of the stigma. 



7. EPIPACTIS. Br. Helleborine. 



Lip very concave at the base, the extremity undivided or three- 

 lobed, the middle lobe large, and as it were, jointed. Pollen 

 farinaceous. Br. Name, given to some kind of Helleborine 

 by the Greeks. Gynandria. Monandria. 



1. E. latifolia, Swartz. Broad-leaved Helleborine. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, amplexicaul ; perianth connivent, lower bracteas 

 longer than the drooping flowers ; lip 3-lobed, middle lobe 

 roundish, shortly acuminated. Br. Fl. 1. p. 378. Hook, in 

 Fl. Lond. N. S. t. 102. E. Fl. v. iv.p. 4Q.Serapias latifolia, 

 Linn.E. Bot. t. 269. 



Shady woods. Sans Souci, near Bray ; Farnham, and many other 

 places. Fl. July, Aug. 1. Root creeping, with long fibres. Stem 

 one to three feet high. Upper leaves lanceolate. Flowers in a very 

 long, lax spike, greenish purple, but varying very much in intensity. 



2. E. palustris, Sw. Marsh Helleborine. Leaves lanceo- 

 late ; perianth patent; bracteas mostly shorter than the slightly 

 drooping flowers; lip 3-lobed, middle lobe oval, crenate, retuse, 

 longer than the rest of the perianth. Br. Fl. 1. p. 378. Hook. 

 in R Lond. N. S. t. 89. E. Fl. v. iv. p. 42. Serapias palus- 

 tris, Scop. E. Bot. t. 270. S. longifolia, Linn. 



