84. IKTDACEJE. 407 



Tribe IV. Malaxidea. 



15. CoRALLORRHl'zA 



1. C. inndta (H. Br.) ; spur very short or wanting. E. E. 

 1547. Root of thick fleshy much-branched fibres. Height 6 

 12 in. Spike of few yellow flowers. Sep. and pet. lanceolate 

 acute. Lip oblong ; white, with a few purple spots, sometimes 

 with 3 equal lobes. Boggy woods, rare. P. VII. S. 



16. MALAX'IS Sw. 



1. M. paludosa (Sw.) ; st. with 3 5 oval concave leaves, lip 

 concave acute. E. B. 72. St. 1 4 in. high, 5-edged. Sep. 

 ovate, spreading. 2 turning upwards. Lip supeiior, erect, 3- 

 veined, its base surrounding the column. L. fringed at the end 

 with little bulbs. Forming a small bulb at its base. This plant 

 and the next rather grow upon the moss as epiphytes than 

 amongst it. Spongy bogs. P. VIII. IX. E. S. I. 



17. LIP'AKIS Ricli. (Sturmia (Eeich.) ed. viii.) 



1. L. Loesel'ii (Rich.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate, st. triangular, lip 

 obovate exceeding the petals. MalaxisSm., E. B. 47. St. 6 10 

 in. high. Fl. 6 12, in a lax spike, yellowish. Sep. lanceolate. 

 Pet, linear. Forming a large ovate bulb at its base, enclosed 

 in the whitish sheaths of the decayed leaves. An epiphyte ? 

 Spongy bogs in Norf., Suff., and Camb., now very rare. P. VI. 



E. 



Tribe V. Cypripediea. 



18. CYrRiPE'DiuM Linn. Lady's Slipper. 



l.C. Calceolus (L.) ; st. leafy, middle lobe of the column 

 nearly ovate blunt deflexed, lip slightly depressed falling short 

 of the calyx. E. B. 1. St. 12 18 in. high, downy, bearing 3 

 or 4 large ovate pointed leaves. Fl. usually solitary or 2, large; 

 sep. 1 1^ in. long, dark brown; pet. dark brown, rather narrower 

 than sep. ; lip 1 in. long, inflated, yellow, netted with darker 

 veins. Dense Northern woods, very rare. P. V. VI. E. 



Order LXXXIV. 



Perianth tubular, 6-parted, petal-like, in 2 often unequal rows 

 Stam. 3, epigynous, opposite the outer segments of the perianth. 



