Malaxis.] ORCHIDE^. 281 



Moist and sandy ground. Plentiful at Portrnarnock, and marshy 

 ground about Enniskerry, and other similar situations. On the shore 

 near Belfast; Mr. Templeton. Fl. July. %. Stem one foot high, 

 purplish above. Calyx purple green ; lateral petals and lip white, 

 with rose-coloured streaks at the base. 



3. E. grandiflora, Sm. Large White Helleborine. " Leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate, sessile ; bracteas much longer than the erect 

 flowers ; perianth patent ; lip 3-lobed, middle lobe large, oval, 

 retuse, shorter than the rest of the perianth." Br. Fl. 1. p. 378. 

 E. Fl. v. iv.p. 43. E. pallens, Sw.Hook in FL Lond. N. S. 

 t. 76. Serapias grandiflora* Linn. E. Bot. t. 271. 



Woods. Found by Mr. Geo. Whitla, in the County of Antrim, in 

 July 1835 ; Mr. Campbell. Fl. June. 1. "Stem a foot or more high. 

 Calyx-leaves and petals nearly equal, large, oblongo-ovate, white, con- 

 cave, including the small lip, which is also white, but yellowish within. 

 Column of fructification in this and the following species very long : 

 in the preceding ones very short." 



4. E. ensifolia, Svv. Narrow-leaved White Helleborine. 

 Leaves lanceolate, much acuminated, subciistichous ; bracteas 

 very minute, subulate; flowers erect; lip 3-lobed, middle lobe 

 large, roundish, obtuse, much shorter than the rest of the pe- 

 rianth. Br. Fl. 1. p. 379. Hook, in FL Lond. N. S. t. 77. 

 E. Fl. v. iv. p. 44. Serapias ensifolia, Linn. E. Bot. t. 494. 



Wood at Glengariff, where I first observed it, in company with the 

 late Miss Hutchins, but without flowers, when I thought it might have 

 been E. pallens of Brown in Hort. Kew., and inserted it in my cata- 

 logue under that name. Miss Hutchins having since sent me flowering 

 specimens, I am now enabled to correct my mistake. Fl. June. 1L. 

 Readily distinguished by its long lanceolate leaves, the uppermost of 

 which is almost linear, and by its very minute bracteas. 



jj< jfc % % Anther terminal, deciduous. Pollen-masses at length 



waxy. 



8. MALAXIS. Swartz. Bog-Orchis. 



Perianth spreading ; lip without a spur, very small, superior, 

 undivided : two lateral petals reflexed, smaller than the calyx- 

 leaves. Column very short. Pollen-masses in two pairs. 

 Name : /taXa/as, softness, from the tender nature of the plant. 



Gynandria. Monandria. 



1. M. paluiosa, Swartz. Marsh Bog- On his. Leaves 4 

 5 oval, very concave, papillose at the extremity ;* lip concave, 



* These papilla? the Rev. Professor Henslow has clearly ascertained to be 

 little bulbous gemmce, as he has described and figured them in the Gardener's 

 Magazine, v. 1. p. 442. Mr. W. Wilson confirms this interesting state- 

 ment, and further finds an hybernaculum formed in the autumn among the 

 decayed leaves. Thus, independent of the seeds, this curious little plant has 

 a two- fold mode of increase. Hook. 



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