" large, broad, waved along the edges, and of a 
t Phel BRI IT Ws 
Hi FESRIB AL. “Btey 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis palmata-paluftris tote | 
rubra. ; 
All thefe orchis’s poftefs the fame virtues: they | 
are ftrengthening, reftorative, and, as is faid, pro- 
mote venereal defires... Salep is the. dried noot of | 
one of the fpecies; and they all poffefs the fame | 
qualities. The telticulated kinds have it in the 
greateft degree. 
26. Single-rooted Dwarf Baftard Orchis. 
Orchis pumila bifolia radice fingulari, 
The rootis a fingle, round ump, of a:brownifh | 
colour. | 
The leaves are ufually only two and) they are 
deep green. ’ 
The ftalk is not more than five inches high, 
and is of a pale green. — 
The flowers are cluftered at the top ; and they 
are fmall, and of a faint red. ; 
We have it in boggy places in Suffex.» It 
flowers in July. ; Fen 
C. Bauhine calls it Chame-orchis lillifolia. 
Others, Pfeudo-orchis. t 
27, Mif-fhapen Orchis, called Birds-neft. 
fibres, irregularly interwoven with one another; 
fo as to reprefent a bird’s neft. 
The leaves are oblong, confiderably broad; 
and_.of a\brownifh green. 
veThe ftalk.is a foot high, and of a brownifh 
‘colour. thd 
The flowers are moderately large, and of a 
dufky purples iand they ‘are placed in a loofé 
fpike| at the top of the ftalk. 
When the plant'has been fome time in fower, 
it becomes throughout of a dufky, purpliths 
brown colour, thug i 
We have itsin Charleton, ‘foreft, Suffex.. It 
} flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis abortiva fufea. Others» 
Nidus avis. Whence our Englifh name, Birds-nef. 
28. Smaller purple mif-fhapen Orchis. 
Oxchis abortiva minor purpureas >| 
The root is compofed of numerous, redifh 
fibres, ftrangely interwoven with one-another. 
The leaves are fmall, and of a purplifh greem 
The ftalk is ten:inches high,» and is purple: 
The flowers ftand in a fpike at the top; and 
they are fmall, and of a lively crimfon. 
We have it in Suffex under old hedges. It 
Orchis abortiva rufa. 
The root is compofed of very numerous, thick 
flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis abortiva violacea, the 
whole plant being of a purple tinge. 
u3 Gand ih ASN NL 4 fo Gordie AVY 
~ gor oda 28 ead Li BoOoRE N Be 
! ‘ J ” i 
HE flower is placed upon the rudiment,of the feed-veffel, without any cup, .and is. compofed 
Ee of five petals 5 and there is placed within a neCtarium, of an oval form, hollowed at the bafe, 
and.divided at the top into three parts ;, the middle one of which is heart-fafhioned.. The leaves are 
broad and nervous, and the root. is compofed of interwoven fibres. 
Linnzus places this among the gynandria diandria s the filaments’ being two, and inferted on the 
piftil, He takes away the received.name, and calls it ferapias. 
x. Common. Helleborine. 
Helleborine latifolia vulgaris. 
The root is fibrous and white. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, not at all 
‘branched, and two feet high. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, of a deep green, | 
and marked lengthway with numerous, high, and 
thick ribs. Le £ 
The flowers grow in a kind of {pike at the top ; 
and are fmall, and of a greenifh colour: on the’* 
outfide, whitith within, and fometimes tinged 
with purple.” Ze 
The feed-veffel is oblong, and the feeds are 
{mall. Mer eee ae : 
We have it in woods. It flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Helleborine latifolia montana. 
2. Purple broad-leaved Helleborine,: 
Helleborine latifolia flore purpureo. 
The root is fibrous’and brown. a 
The flalk'is firm, round, two feet high, and 
not branched. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, and of a deep 
green; and they ftand very frequent on the 
ftalks. 
N° 47. 
The. flowers:grow in a long; loofe. fpike at 
|the top; and they are throughout of :a deep,. 
dufky purple. : 
We have it in woods, but not common. It 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Helleborine altera atro rubente 
flore, 
|. 3. Small,’/broad-leaved, white-flowered Helle- 
borine. 
°. Helleborine minor latifolia flore albo. 
, »o'Fhe root.is fibrous: and white: ) { r3E78 
«The! ftalk -is, a foot high, and »notyat all 
‘branched. t 41 & ebnelt 
The leaves are broad; fhort, of a pale greeny: 
and highly‘ ribbed. 2 ccail 
The flowers ftand in a fall fpike at the top, 
,and are white. ) 
We have it in woods. Tt flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Helleborine flore albo. Others, 
| Helleborine minors»: 
The flowers in this fpecies’ fometimes are 
larger, andi keep: always fhut sand in this ftate 
it has been defcribed as a diftinét fpecies, under 
thename.of Heleborine latifolia: flore albo claufo, 
‘but it is only a variety. 
6F 4. Helleborine, 
