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as far nortli as Linlithgow. Smith described his E. purpurata from a 

 specimen found by the Rev. Dr. Abbot in a Avood near the Norm's 

 Farm, at Leigh, Worcestershire, and the figure in " EngUsh Botany 

 Suppl." was drawn from a specimen procured by Mr. J. Forbes from 

 woods at Woburn Abbey, Bedlbrd. In Ireland it has been noticed 

 at Killai'ney, co. Kerry; in co. Dublin; and in woods at Glenarm 

 Park, CO. Antrim. 



England, Scotland ( ?), Ireland. Perennial. Late Summer, 

 early Autumn. 



Stem solitary from the extremity of the branches of the rootstock, 

 slender, wiry, 2 to 3 feet high. Lowest leaves 1^ to 2 inches long, 

 by f to 1 inch broad ; middle leaves 2 J- to 4 inches long, much nar- 

 rower in proportion; uppermost leaves still narrower, and passing 

 gradually into bracts. Raceme 6 to 9 inches long, with numerous 

 flowers spreading towards all sides but one. Perianth segments nearly 

 ^- inch long. 



The Reigate and Claygate plants are the only ones I have seen in a 

 living state. These are not at all tinged with purple, and have the 

 flowers pale yellowsh-green, with the labellum sometimes as long as 

 the calyx segments, but generally a little shorter. 



S;)ecimens of E. violacea, Durand-Duquesnay^ from Lisieux, agree 

 Avell Avith E. purpurata, Sm.^ but the French plant is said to have a 

 thickened rhizome, producing tufts of stems, which I cannot verify 

 from my specimens, which are only detached stems. The Reigate plant 

 grows in dense tufts, but each stem, or at most each pair of stems, 

 comes from a separate branch of the rootstock. 



I cannot be sure that this is E. media of Fries, from his quoting 

 Reichenbach's figure of E. atrorubens, and from several points in his 

 description, especially as, in comparing it with E. latifolia, he ob- 

 serves the flowers are smaller than those of E. latifolia. I have not 

 access to the " Herbarium Normale," Avhich may prove that he included 

 E. purpurata, Sm. in his E. media. 



Narroio-leaved Helleborine. 

 Sub-Species n.— Epipactis latifolia. All. 



Plate MCCCCLXXX. 



Beich. Ic. n. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIII. Tab. CCCCLXXXVUL 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 173. 



Bah. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. vi. p. 333. 



E. latifolia, var. a, Hool. & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 428. 



E. Helleborine, var. vii-idans, Grantz. Beich. fil. I.e. p. 143. 



Serapias latifolia, Limi. Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 269. 



Leaves of the middle of the stem approximate; the lower ones 

 broadly ovate or suborbicular-ovate ; the upper ones ovate-lanceolate ; 



