340 GYNANDBIA MONANDKIA. [CL. XX. 



stems from one to two feet high, bearing two sessile leaves : spike 

 clustered, of numerous green flowers. Perennial : flowers in June : 

 grows in woods and pastures : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 

 1548. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 37. 1254. 



2. L.corddta. Heart-leaved Mountain Tway-blade. Leaves 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 arid on moors, in the north of England and in Scotland : 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol.v. pi. 358. Eng. Fl.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. Nec- 

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

 base, contracted in the middle, undivided at the end. Anther 

 terminating the style, fixed, of two close parallel cells. Germen 

 oblong, angular. Style incurved ; stigma close under the anther, 

 prominent, 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 Helleborine. 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.pl. 269. Eng.Fl.vol. 

 iv. p. 40. Serapias latifolia. 1257. 



2. E. puliistris. Marsh Helleborine. Leaves lance-shaped, em- 

 bracing 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. grandiflora. 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.\Q\. iv. pi. 271. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 43. Serapias grandiflora. 



1259. 



4. E. ensifolia. 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 



