200 GYNANDRTA HEXANDRIA. Aristolochia. 



Stokenchurch ^Yoods. (Ray adds : not far from the way lead- 

 ing from Oxford to London. Ray's Synopsis.) Sb. Plentiful, 

 along with Orchis bifolia, in the beech woods above Hurley, and 

 Bisham Abbey, Berks. Sm. Eng. FL 



Per. July. 



Rout creephig;. Stern about a foot. Ls. ribbed, various in breadth, 

 half sheathing. Fl. three to eight, large, white. Bract, lower 

 ones, like leaves in form. Germ, long, nearly stalkless, slender, 

 deeply furrowed. Pet. not much expanded, enclosing the lip of 

 the nect. 



(E. ensifoUa. Na/rrow-leaved White H. Leaves spear- 

 shaped, pointed. Bracteas minute, much shorter than 

 the smooth germen. Flowers stalkless, erect. Lip 

 abrupt, half as long as the calyx, with elevated lines on 

 the disk. H. L. 77. Serapias ensifoha. E. B. 494. 

 and Purton's Fl. fig. vol. ii. p. 428. 



Moiintainoits ivoocls, hut rarely. Sm. Oversley Wood. Ragley 

 Woods. Purton's Fl. Coleshill, Leek Wootten, and Allesley, 

 Warv,'ickshii'e. Bree in Pn. Fl. 



Per. June. 



Stem one f., very leafy. Ls. narrow, two-ranked. Fl. white.) 



(E. rubi'a. Purple H. Leaves spear-shaped. Bracteas 

 longer than the downy germen. Flowers stalkless, 

 erect. Lip tapering to a point, with elevated undulat- 

 ing lines on the disk. Serapias rubra. E. B. 437. 

 Ilelleborine angustifolia sexta Clusii. G. E. 442. 



Stony, mountainous woods, very rare. Sm. Steep Bank, sloping to 

 the South, Hampton Common, Gloucestershire. Tiir. 



Per. June, July. 



Fl. purple. Lip white.) 



( Cypripedium Calceolus. Lady's Slippe7\ E. B. 1 . 

 found in Gloucestershire, by a Botanist, resident at 

 Woodchester. See Turner' s^ &c. Bot. Guide, and 

 Appendix to Floi^a.) 



GYNANDRIA HEXANDRIA, 



ARISTOLO'CHIA. Birthwort. 



A. Clematitis. Common B. Leaves heart-shaped. 

 Stem erect. Flowers crowded, upright. Calyx grow- 

 ing on one side only. E. B. oQS. H. L. 149. A. 

 Saracenica. G. E. 847. 



