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and petals sub-similar, free, connivent. Zip shorter than and concealed by the sepals 
and petals, adnate to the base of the column, the basal half concave or saccate and 
embracing the column, the anterior half short and ribbed. Column semi-cylindric ; ; the 
rostellum short or almost obsolete. Anther erect; pollinia two, bipartite. Stigma anticous. 
Capsule erect. Distrib —North temperate regions; about 10 species. 
CEPHALANTHERA ENSIFOLIA, Rich, Orchid. Annot., 29. 
Stem green, 6 to 18 in. long, rising from a thin creeping rhizome. Leaves lanceo- 
late or ovate-lanceolate, conduplicate, increasing in length and decreasing in breadth 
from below upwards, 2 to 4 in. long and ‘4 to 1:25 in. broad according to the 
position on the stem. . Peduncle 1 to 1:5 in. long. Raceme glabrous, low. than the 
peduncle, 8- to 20-flowered. Flowers from ‘45 to ‘6 in. long; floral bract ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, shorter than the ovary. Ovary shortly-stalked, sub-cylindric, lengthening with 
age. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute. Petals slightly smaller, elliptic, obtuse. Lip oblong, 
distinctly divided by an oblique narrow sinus into a hypochile and epichile; the 
former convolute, slightly ribbed; the latter concave, boldly 3- or 4-ribbed. (о/шап long, 
terete. Pollinia linear-oblong, grooved, in pairs. Lindl. Gen, and Spec. Orchid 412; in 
— Journ. Linn. Soc. I, 172, 175; Boiss. Fl. Orient. V, 85; Hook. fil Fl Br. Ind. VI, 
195. €. Xyphophyllum, Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. XIII, t. 470. С. acuminata, Lindl. in 
Wall. Cat. 7405; Gen. and Spec. Orch. 412; Wight Ic., t. 1721; Decne in Jacquem. 
Voy. Bot. 164, t. 164. 
Sikkim; near Gnatong, elevation about 12,000 feet; in flower during July and August; 
Pantling No. 364. Distrib. along the whole Himalayan range at suitable elevations from 
Bhotan to Kashmir. Distrib. also in Western Siberia, Affghanistan, Europe, Northern 
Africa. The flowers are white, the lip having a few yellow markings. 
Pirate 362.—Cvphalanthera ensifolia, A. Rich. А plant, of natural sise. Fig. 1 apex of ovary 
and flower, seen from the side, 2 floral bract, ovary, column and lip, seen from the side, 3 lip, 4 apex 
of ovary, column and anther, 5 anther, 6 pollinia; ай enlarged. 
75. Epipactis, Adans. 
Terrestrial herbs with green leaves and fibrous roots. Leaves sessile, plicate. Flowers 
racemose, drooping, floral bract elongate and often leafy. · Sepals and petals broadly 
lanceolate, acuminate, strongly-nerved. Jip adnate to the base of the column, distinctly 
divided into hypochile and epichile; the hypochile strongly deflexed, concave or saccate, 
jointed to the epichile at a right angle, both entire. Column short; stigma large, 
anticous; rostellum broad, prominent. Anther erect, obtuse, its cells contiguous; pollinia 
two, bipartite, very narrow. Species about 10, Northern Temperate Hemisphere. 
Sepals glabrous; hypochile globular-saceate, epichile broadly cordate . . 1. Е. latifolia, 
Sepals pubescent externally; hypochile trough-shaped, epichile lanceolate . 2. E. consimilis. 
1. ErrPacris LATIFOLIA, АП, Fl. Pedem., II, 152, 
; "Whole plant 12 to 36 inches high. Stem slender, glabrous in the lower part, 
puberulous in the upper like the peduncle and raceme. Leaves broadly elliptic, 
occasionally sub-orbicular or ovate-lanceolate, many-nerved, acute, glabrous, but the 
