CEPHALANTHERA. MALAXIS. 323 



green, pet. and lip white tinged with purple. Moist places, not 

 rare. P. VII. VIII. 



12. CEPHALANTHERA Rich. 



1. C. grandiflora (Bab.); 1. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bracts 

 exceeding the glabrous germen, lip obtuse included. E. B. 271. 

 C. pallens Koch. Fl. white ; lip marked with several elevated 

 longitudinal lines. Sep. erect, blunt. Woods, usually on a cal- 

 careous soil. P. VI. E. I. 



2. C. ensifolia (Rich.) ; 1. lanceolate, bracts much falling short 

 of the glabrous germen, lip obtuse included. E. B. 494. Fl. 

 white ; lip with several elevated white lines and a yellow spot in 

 front. Outer sep. acute. Woods, rare. P. V. VI. 



3. C. rubra (Rich.) ; 1. lanceolate acute, bracts exceeding the 

 downy germen, lip acute equalling the pet. E. B. 437. Epi- 

 pactis Sin. Fl. purple; lip white with a purple margin, marked 

 with many wavy longitudinal lines. Woods, very rare. '" Bank 

 sloping to the south of Hampton Common, Gloucestershire." 

 -Sm. P. VI. VII. E. 



Tribe III. Arethusece. 

 13. EPIPOGIUM Gm. 



1. E. aphyllum (Sw.). R. xiii.468. St. 18. 16. St. 37 in. 

 high, sheathed. L. none. Sep. and pet. narrowly lanceolate, 

 acute, flavescent. Middle lobe of lip ovate, furrowed, white with 

 4 rows of purple tubercles. Spur very thick. Column short, 

 dilated above the stigma to receive the base of the anther. Ap- 

 pendage triangular. Damp woods. Tedstone Delamere, Here- 

 fordshire. Rev. W. A. Smith. P. VIII. E. 



Tribe IV. Malascidece. 



14. CORALLORHIZA Hall. 



1. C. innata (R. Br.); spur very short or wanting. E. B. 

 1547. Root of thick fleshy much branched fibres. Spike of few 

 yellowish 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. 



15. MALAXIS 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. 



