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the middle and the apex) ; the apical portion transversely oval-deltoid, 

 obtuse, white with a yellow spot, and marked with numerous yel- 

 lowish interrupted longitudinal crests ; the basal portion not swollen 

 below and subsaccate, but Avithout any spur at the base. Rachis 

 and ovaries indistinctly glandular-pubescent or subglabrous. 



In woods. Locally distributed over the greater part of Britain from 

 Hampshire and Sussex, north to Fife and Perth and Argyleshire. 

 Very rare in Ireland, where it occurs in the south-west and in the 

 north. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Early Summer. 



Rootstock creeping, with wiry fibres. Stem 9 inches to 2 feet high. 

 Sheaths at the base of the stem loose at the apex. Lowest leaves 

 oval or oblong-oval, the intermediate ones the largest, 3 to 8 inches 

 long ; the upper ones smaller. Spike 3 to 5 inches long, 5- to 12- 

 flowered. Bracts generally abruptly smaller than the uppermost leaves 

 and shorter than the ovary, but sometimes one or two of the lowest ones 

 are leaflike and conspicuously exceed the ovary or even the flowers. 

 Flowers f inch long, about equal to the ovary, narrowed towards the 

 base. Sepals longer than the petals, decidedly acuminate and acute, 

 while the petals are rounded at the apex. Pollen-masses white. 

 Leaves deep green, rather thin and dry in texture. 



Long-leaved Helleborine. 



French, Syipadis hlanc de neige. German, ScJiweHhlatiriges Zynibelkraut. 



SPECIES III.-CEPHALANTHERA GRANDIPLORA. Bah. 



Plate MCCCCLXXXV. 



Bekh. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XH. Tab. CCCCLXXI. and CCCCLXXH. Kg. 1. 



Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsico. No. 2236. 



C. Lonchophyllum, Reich, fil. 1. c. iii Tab. 



C. pallens, Rich. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 800. Fries, Summ. Veg. 



Scand. p. 62. Eartm. Skand. Fl. ed. ix. p. 192. 

 Epipiictia grandiflora, Swartz. Sm. Engl. Fl. VoL IV. p. 43. Hook. & Am. Brii FL 



ed. viii. p. 429. 

 E. pallens, Willi. Spec. PI. Vol. IV. p. 85. 

 Serapias grandiflora, LigJiff. Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. p. 271. 

 S. Lonchopbyllom, Ldnn. fil. Suppl. p. 405. 



Leaves of the middle of the stem elliptical or ovate- elliptical, acute. 

 Bracts, or at least the lower ones, foliaceous, lanceolate-strapshaped, 

 much longer than the flowers ; uppermost ones much smaller, and 

 about as long as the ovary. Sepals oval-oblong, scarcely acuminate, 

 subobtuse. Petals oblong-elHptical, obtuse, and, as well as the sepals, 

 cream-white ; lubcUum constricted about the middle ; the apical portion 



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