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all acute or shortly and abruptly acuminate. Flowers in a rather 

 dense unilateral raceme. Sepals and lateral petals ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, rather shorter than the ovary when in flower, 

 incurved-spreading ; lubellum shorter than the sepals; its apical portion 

 roundish-deltoid, obtuse, apiculate, with the point recurved, and the 

 basal bosses smooth. Flowers greenish or white, or more or less tinged 

 with purple. 



In woods and shady places. Not veiy common, but generally dis- 

 tributed in England. More rare in Scotland, except in the west, and 

 not extending to Orkney. Local, but ■widely distributed in Ireland. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Autumn. 



Stem 1 to 3 feet high. Largest leaves 2 to 7 inches long by 1 to 4 

 inches wide, more approximate and more plicate than those of E. 

 media ; the uppermost ones narrow, and resembling the bracts. 

 Raceme 3 inches to 1 foot long, more unilateral than that of E. media. 

 Sepals about y% to -^^ inch long, very variable in colour, more in- 

 curved than those of E. media; the terminal portion of the labellum 

 is also more rounded. The plant flowers nearly a month later than 

 E. media. 



Broad-leaved Hellehorine. 



FrencJi, ^jpipactis d larges feuilles. German, Breitlldttrige Sumpfwurz. 



Sub-Species in. — Epipactis atrorubens. Schuites. 



Plate MCCCCLXXXI. 



EeirJt. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIII. Tab. CCCCLXXXV. 



jBlllot, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1073. 



E. rubiginosa, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 801. 



E. latlfolia, var. /3, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. IV. p. 41. Eooh & Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viiL 



p. 428. 

 E. Helleborine, var. rubiginosa, Crantz. Eetch.jil. I.e. p. 141. 

 E. ovalis, Bah. Engl. Bot. Suppl. No. 2884, and Man. Brit. Bot. ed. vi. p. 333. 

 E. media, Fries, Mant. ii. p. 54, and Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 62, ex part;e (?). 



Leaves about or below the middle of the stem, approximate, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate; the upper ones narrowly lanceolate; all acute and 

 generally shortly acuminate. Flowers in a lax unilateral raceme. 

 Sepals and lateral petals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the 

 ovary when in flower, spreading-incurved ; labellum about as long 

 as the sepals, the terminal portion transversely oval, suborbicular, 

 obtuse, apiculate, mth the basal bosses plicate-rugose. Flowers dark 

 duU red, rarely greenish. 



On ledc'es of (limestone ?) rock. Very local. Little Doward Hill, 



