Epipactis.] GYNANDRIA — MONANDRIA. 319 



June. If. — Hoot of many short, thick, densely aggregated, fleshy fibres. 

 Stem 1 foot high. Flowers spiked, of a dingy brown. Calyx-leaves 

 and \&ieTd\ petals oblong-oval, nearly equal. Lobes of the lip spread- 

 ing. — This can scarcely be generically distinguished from the preceding. 



10. Epipactis. Br. Helleborine. 



1. E. latifolia, Sw. (broad-leaved Helleborine^; leaves broadly 

 ovate amplexicaiil, perianth connivent, lower bracteas longer 

 than the drooping- flowers, lip S-lobed, middle lobe roundish 



shortly acuminated. Hook, in Ft. Land. N. S. t. 102 Sera- 



pias, L. — E. Bot. t. 269. 



Woods in mountainous countries, not unfrequent. Fl. Jul}', Aug. 

 If. — i?oo^ creeping, with long fibres. Stem 1 — 3 ft. high; upper /eare* 

 lanceolate. Flowers in a very long, lax spike, greenish-pur])le, but 

 varying much in intensity, sometimes dark purple, when it becomes the 

 /J. of Sm. and I fear his E. purpurata also. 



2. ^.purpurata, Sm. (purple-leaved Helleborine); "leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate, bracteas linear all twice as long as the flowers, 

 lip shorter than the calyx entire, germen downy." E. Fl. v. iv. 

 p. 42. Forbes in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2775. 



Shady woods, Woburn Abbey; Br Abbot, Mr Forbes. Fl. Aug. 1/. 



3. E. palustris, Sw. (marsh Helleborine); leaves lanceolate, pe- 

 rianth patent, bracteas mostly shorter than the slightly droop- 

 ing flowers, lip 3-lobed, middle lobe oval crenate retuse longer 

 than the rest of tlie perianth. Hook, in Fl. Loud. N. S. t. 89. 

 — Serapias, Scop. — E. Bot. t. 270. — S. longifolia, L. 



Moist and marshy places, especially in the vicinity of chalk. Fl. July. 

 If. — Steyn 1 foot high, purplish above. Calyx purple-green; lateral 

 petals and lip white, with rose-coloured streaks at the base. 



4. E. grandiflora, Sm. (large white Belleboi^ine); leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate sessile, bracteas much longer than the erect flowers, 

 perianth patent, lip 3-lobed, middle lobe large oval retuse 

 shorter than the rest of the perianth. — E. pallens, Sw. — Hook, 

 in Fl. Land, N. S. t. 76. — Serapias grandiflora, L. — E. Bot. t. 

 271. 



Woods and thicRets, chiefly in a chalky soil. Fl. June. If. — Stem 

 a foot or more high. Cal. -leaves and petals nearly equal, large, oblongo- 

 ovate, white, concave, including the small lip which is also white, but 

 yellowish within. Column of fructification in this and the following 

 species very long : in the preceding ones very short. 



5. E. ensifolia, Sw. (narroiv-leaved white Helleborine); leaves 

 lanceolate much acuminated subdisticlious, bracteas very minute 

 subulate, flowers erect, lip 3-lobed, middle lobe large roundish 

 obtuse much shorter than the rest of the perianth. Hook, in 

 Fl. Lond. N. S. L 77.— Serapias, L.—E. Boi. t. 494. 



Mountainous woods ; but not general. Fl. May, June. If-. 



6. E. rubra, Sw. (purple Helleborine); leaves lanceolate, brac- 

 teas longer than the downy germen, perianth spreading, lip 



