CLASS XX. ORDER I.] CORALLORHIZA. 1127 
are more frequent on the Continent than with us; and we have found 
the Z. ensifolia the more common one, while in England it is the 
rarer of the two. 
6. #. rubra, Swartz. (Fig. 1350.) Purple Helleborine. Leaves 
lanceolate; bracteas longer than the downy ovarium; sepals and 
petals ovate, acuminate, spreading, enclosing the three lobed lip, the 
middle lobe ovate, acuminate, marked with raised waved lines. 
English Flora, vol. iv. p. 46.—Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i 
p. 3819.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 259.—Serapias, Linn.—English 
Botany, t. 437.—Cephal-anthera rubra, Richard. 
Root creeping, and with numerous simple fibres. Stem erect, 
simple, about a foot high, sheathed at the base with membranous 
scales, smooth below, slightly downy above. Leaves alternate, 
lanceolate, numerously ribbed, smooth, sessile, embracing the stem. 
Inflorescence a terminal spike of about six rose coloured flowers. 
Bracteas linear lanceolate, about as long as the flowers. Sepals and 
petals ovate, taper pointed, all directed upwards, the lip slightly pro- 
truding between the petals, and rather longer, three lobed, white, the 
middle lobe oblong, ovate, acuminate, all the lobes on the inner 
surface are marked with waved elevated lines. Column elongated, 
rose colour. Stigma peltate, concave. Pollen masses greyish, oblong 
slightly cloven. Capsules slender, downy, ribbed, sessile, oblong. 
Habitat.—W oods in mountainous districts in England ; rare. 
Perennial; flowering in June and July. 
This rare species, with its beautiful delicate coloured flowers, is not 
apparently anywhere a common plant. We have found it occa- 
sionally in woods in the Appennines of Italy, and it is found also in 
other mountainous districts of the Continent. 
GENUS XII. CORALLORHI’ZA.—Hatt. Coratl-root. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHID'Ex. Juss. 
Grn. Cuar. Sepals and petals more or less coloured, arching or 
spreading, lip more or less lobed, spurred at the base. Spur 
often adhering to the ovary. Column free, plano-convex, entire. 
Anthers terminal, free, deciduous, round, two celled, with two 
anterior valves. Pollen masses four, spherical, solid —Name 
xoewAA soy, and ei, a root; in allusion to the curious form of 
the root. 
1. C. inna'ta, Brown. (Fig. 1354.) Spurless Coral-root. Spike of 
few flowers; sepals linear lanceolate, acute, the lower ones deflexed ; 
lip oblong, obtusely lobed on each side at the base; spur very short, 
adnate. 
