322 82. ORCHIDACEJE. 



11. EPIPACTIS Rich. 



1. E. latifolia (All.); 1. broadly ovate exceeding the joints, 

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

 roundish-cordate with a small recurved point falling short of 

 the broadly ovate sep. and pet., basal hunches smooth. E. B. 

 269. L. ovate, very broad, the very uppermost sometimes lan- 

 ceolate-attenuate ; lowermost leafless sheaths close. Lower 

 bracts leaflike, 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. 



2. E. media (Fries) ; 1. ovate-oblong the upper ones lanceolate 

 acute, lower bracts exceeding the fl. and fr., label entire trian- 

 gular-cordate acute equalling the lanceolate sep. and pet., basal 

 hunches plicate-rugose. 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. Peduncles shorter than the downy 

 germen. Label longer than broad, crenate. /3. E. purpurata 

 (Sm.) ; 1. ovate lanceolate the upper ones narrower, label falling 

 short of the ovate-lanceolate sep. and pet., hunches plicate-cre- 

 nate. E. B. S. 2775. R. xiii. 486. Fl. "yellow-green tinged 

 with pink." St. and 1. much tinged with purple. Peduncle 

 shorter than the downy germen. Label longer than broad, en- 

 tire, exactly like that of E. media but with a more attenuate 

 point. Woods. Salop. Matlock. Abberley, Wors. j3. Wo- 

 burn. Reigate. Crawley, Suss. P. VIII. E. I. 



3. E. ovalis (Bab.) ; 1. ovate-oblong acute the upper ones lan- 

 ceolate, 1 or 2 lowest bracts exceeding the fl. but falling short of 

 the fr., label transversely oval mucronate equalling 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 uppermost leaf. Fl. varying from a dark yellow to blackish- 

 red, peduncle shorter than the downy germen. Label trans- 

 versely oval, crenate, with a small acute point, and elevated folded 

 and tubercularly crenate hunches above. St. 6 18 in. high. 

 Settle, Yorkshire. Little Doward Hill, Herefordshire. Ormes 

 Head. P. VII. E. 



4. E. palustris (Sw.) ; 1. lanceolate, bracts falling short of the 

 somewhat drooping fl., label roundish obtuse crenate equalling 

 the perianth. E. B. 270. St. 1218 in. high. Cal. purplish- 



