40 GYNANDRIA— MONANDRIA. Epipactis. 



*** Anther terminal, Jixed. 

 418. EPIPACTIS. Helleborine. 



Hall. Hist. V. 2. 147. Br. in Ait. H. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. 20 1 . Comp. 

 ed. 4. 142. Willd. Sp. PL v.4. 83. sect. 1 . Sw. Orch. 62. 1. 1 ./. N. 

 Serapias. Fl. Br. 942. Jtiss. 65. Gcertn. t. 14. 

 Heleborine. Tourn. t. 249. 



Cal. superior, of 3 ovate, acute, equal, more or less spread- 

 ing, permanent leaves. Pet. 2, ovate, spreading, as long 

 as the calyx. Nect. vi'iih little or no spur, not longer than 

 the petals, dependent ; concave at the base within the 

 calyx ; contracted in the middle ; undivided at the end ; 

 disk tumid, lobed or furrowed. Anth. terminating the 

 column, rounded, fixed, permanent, of 2 close parallel 

 cells, depositing the obovate, powdery, undivided masses 

 of pollen upon the stigma. Germ, obovate-oblong, an- 

 gular, furrowed. Style somewhat elongated, incurved ; 

 convex at the back ; concave in front. Stigma in front, 

 close under the anther, prominent, angular, various in 

 form, undivided. Caps, elliptic-oblong, angular, ribbed. 

 Seeds small, roundish, with a lax tunic, greatly elongated 

 at each end. 



Roots creeping, with rather stout fibrous radicles. Herb 

 either smooth, or downy. Stem simple, erect, leafy. 

 Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, or lanceolate, sessile, 

 plaited, with numerous simple ribs. Fl. in terminal, 

 bracteated, clusters or spikes, handsome. Cal. generally 

 coloured. 



1. E. latifoUa. Broad-leaved Helleborine. 



Leaves ovate, clasping the stem. Lower bracteas longer 

 than the drooping flowers. Lip shorter than the calyx, 

 entire, with a minute point. Germen downy. 



E. latitblia. Sw.Orch.64. Willd.Sp.Pl. v. 4.83. Br. as above, 201. 



Comp. ed. 4. 144. Hook. Scot. 254. Land. 1. 102. Forst.Tonh. 100. 



Besl. Hort. Ejjst.cestiv. ord. 4. t.5.f. 1 ; bad ; fl. with spurs. 

 E. n. 1297. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 154. t. 40. f. 2. 

 E. n. 4. Hall, in Jet. Helvef. v. 4. 108. 

 E. sive EUeborine. Camer. Epit. 889./. 

 Serapias latifolia. Linn. Sijsf. Nat. ed. 12. v. 2. 593. FL Br. 943, 



Engl. Bot. V. 4. t. 269 . Freeman Ic. t. 3. FL Dan. L811. Gunn. 



No7veg. part 2. 122. t. 5./. 3—6. Dicks. H. Sice. fuse. 15. 17. 



Ehrh.Plujloph.37. 

 S. Helleborine «= Linn. Sp. PL 1344. 



