104 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. { May, 
5 to 10-flowered: fruit 1 to 14 lines broad; ribs rather ob- 
scure; no layer of strengthening cells about seed cavity ; 
seed-section oblong (figs. 53, 4).—E. Pennsylvania to 
Florida, thence westward to Texas and California. 
+—+-Fruit larger, with prominent secondary ribs and reticulations: 
the 2 to 4-flowered umbel subtended by an involucre of two conspicuous 
bracts. i ; 
7. H. Asiatiea L. Spec. 234. Petioles and peduncles (1 to 
2 inches long) clustered on creeping stems or runners: leaves 
ovate-cordate, repand-toothed, thickish: fruit about 2 lines 
broad - seed-section narrowly oblong (figs. 55, 56). . re- 
anda Pers., Benth in Fl. Austral. iii. 347.—Maryland to 
lorida and westward. 
EXPLANATION oF Pate IV.—All surface views are < 15; all transverse 
sections are 27. 
Fertilizat‘on of Epipactis latifolia. 
A. D. WEBSTER. 
[It is not our custom to reprint articles, but a good contributor has made 
request for the following, on the plea of its interest, and the comparative inac- 
cessibility of the original publication. It appears in the Transactions and Pro- 
ceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, vol. xvi, part iii, 1886. The 
author is of Llandegai, Penrhyn.—Eps.] 
Having during the past few years, but particularly the 
summer of 1885, devoted considerable attention to the above — 
interesting subject, I have thought the following observations — 
not unworthy of record, as contributing to a subject which, 
as yet, has received little investigation. In the woodlands of : 
this county ( Carnarvonshire), where the plant grows inunu- 
me of studying it under various conditions as to soil, alt 
tude, and situation. 
n. eae 
1. That the plant is very imperfectly fertilized is evident 
from the small quantity of seed produced. On examining 
