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12. EPTPAC'TIS Adans. Hclleborine. 



1. E. latifolia (All.) ; st. solitary, 1. broadly ovate exceeding 

 the joints, upper 1. ovate-oblong, lower bracts exceeding the fl., 

 label roundish-cordate with a srnall recurved point falling short 

 of the broadly ovate sep and pet., basal hunches smooth. 

 E. B. 269. L. ovate, very broad, the very uppermost some- 

 times lanceolate-attenuate ; lowermost leafless sheaths close. 

 Lower bracts learlike, lanceolate, attenuate. Fl. green with 

 the lip purple, sometimes all purple. Peduncle shorter than the 

 downy germen. Label of the lip broader than long, crenate. 

 In a slender form of this plant the upper 1. are lanceolate, label 

 cordate blunt with a minute apiculus, and sep. ovate-lanceolate. 

 Mountain woods. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



2. E. media (Fries !) ; st. solitary, 1. ovate-oblong the upper- 

 ones lanceolate acute, lower bracts exceeding the fl. and fr., 

 label entire triangular-cordate acute equalling the lanceolate sep. 

 and pet., basal hunches plicate rugose. Fr. Herb. Norm. viii. 

 60 ! Narrower and longer in all its parts than E. latifolia. 

 Only the very lowest 1. ovate, intermediate lanceolate, upper 1. 

 lanceolate-attenuate and merging gradually into the linear- 

 lanceolate bracts ; sheaths funnelshaped. FL green tinged with 

 purple. Pet. shorter than the downy germen. Label longer 

 than broad, crenate. Fr. abruptly obovate. Woods. P. VIII. 



E. S. I, 



3. E. violdcea (Bor.) ; st. many clustered, 1. ovate-lanceolate 

 the upper ones narrower passing gradually into slender bracts, 

 label triangular-ovate acuminate falling short of the ovate-lan- 

 ceolate sep. and pet., hunches plicate-crenate. E. B. S. 2773. 

 E. xiii. 486. E. purpurata (Sm.) ? Fl. " yellow-green tinged 

 with, pink." St. and 1. much tinged with purple. Ped. shorter 

 than the downy germen. Label longer than oroad, entire, with 

 an attenuate point. Woods. P. VIII. E. 



4. E. ovdlis (Bab.) ; st. solitary, 1. ovate-oblong acute the 

 upper ones lanceolate 1 or 2 lowest bracts exceeding the fl. but 

 falling short of the fr., label transversely oval mucronate equal- 

 ling the ovate acute sep. and pet., basal hunches plicate-rugose. 

 E. B. S. 2884. Helleborine &c. No. 2. Ray 383. L. small ; 

 sheaths funnelshaped, rather close. Bracts all much smaller 

 than even the most uppermost leaf. Fl. varying from a dark yel- 

 low to blackish red, peduncle shorter than the downy germen. 

 Label transversely ovai, crenate, with a small acute point, and 

 elevated folded and tubercularly crenate hunches above. St. 



