.-y GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 





ranaijiora SERAPIAS bulbis fibrofis, foliis enfiformibus, flo- 



^^' ribus eretftis, necftarii labio obtnfo petalis 



breviore. Syfi, nat, 594. S, lovgifolia, Sp, pL 



1345. (Moris, hift. f. 12. t. 11. /. 12. Haller, 



hifi, 1298, /. 41, bona. Oed. Dan, t. 506, cpt-) 



White- flowered Hclleborine. Anglis, 



In woods, but rare. We faw it in a wood at Loch^ 



Ranfa^ in the ifie of Arran. %. VI. 

 The leaves are variable, being fometimes of an 

 oval-lanceolate, but generally of a long-lanceo- 

 late form. Tho flowers are large, ere6t fix or 

 eight in a thin fplke, fubtended by foliaceous 

 lanceolate Bracfe^e^ the lowermoft of which are 

 broad, and longer than the flowers : the petals 

 are all whjte, and connive together : the lip of the 

 ne^arium is enclosed w^ithin the petals (not pen- 

 dant as in the preceding) and is white, fl:reak'd 

 With three veliow prominent lines. Th^ germ en 

 is erect, and nearly fefliie. 



POLYANDRIA. 



ARUM. Gen. pi 1028. 

 Sfatha monophylla, cucullata. Spadix fupra nu- 

 dus, inferne femineus, medio ftamineus. 

 moadatum ARUM acaule, foliis haftatis integerrimis, Ipa- 

 1- dice clavato. Sp, pi. 1370. (Ger. em, 834./. i. 



Moris, hiji, f. 13, /. 5, /. i, ordinis inferioris^ 

 BlcKkwell t. 22H, Miller ict. 52,/, i, bona. Ocd. 

 Dan, t, 505, opt.) 



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