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12. Epipao'tis Bich. Helleborine. 



1. JE. latifdlia (All.) ; 1. broadly ovate exceeding the joints, 

 upper 1. ovate-oUong, lower bracts exceeding the fl., label 

 roundish-cordate with a small recurved point falling short of the 

 broadly ovate sep. and pet., basal hunches smooth. — E. B. 269. 

 — L. ovate, very broad, the very uppermost sometimes lanceo- 

 late-attenuate ; lowermost leafless sheaths close, tower bracts 

 leaflike, lanceolate, attenuate. H. greeji with the lip purple, 

 sometimes all purple. Peduncle shorter than the downy ger- 

 men. Label of the lip broader than long, crenate. In a slender 

 form of this plant the upper! are lanceolate, label cordate blunt 

 with a minute apiculus, and sep. ovate-lanceolate. — Mountain 



woods. P. YTi. yni. E. S. I. 



2. E. m^dia (Fries) ; 1. ovate-oblong the upper ones lanceolate 

 acute, lower bracts exceeding the fl. and fr., label entire trian- 

 gular-cordate acut^ equalling the lanceolate sep. and pet., basal 

 hunches pUcate-rugose. — Narrower and longer in all its parts 

 lian E. latifolia. Only the veiy lowest 1. ovate, intermediate 

 lanceolate, upper 1. lanceolate-'attenuate and merging gradually 

 into the linear-lanceolate bracts ; sheaths funnelshaped. Fl. 

 green tinged with purple. Ped. shorter than the downy ger- 

 men. Label longer than broad, crenate. Fi. abruptly obovate. 

 — jS. E. purpurata (Sm.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate the upper ones 

 narrower, label falling short of the ovate-lanceolate sep. and pet., 

 hunches plicate-crenate. E. B. S. 2775. R. xiii. 486. Fl. " yel- 

 low-green tinged with pink." St. and 1. much tinged with 

 purple. Ped. shorter than the downy germen. Label longer 

 than broad, entire, exactly like that of E. media but with a more 

 attenuate point. — Woods. Salop. Matlock. Abberley, Wors. 

 ^. Wobum. Reigate. Crawley, Suss. P. Vni. E. S. I. 



3. E. ovdlis (Bab.) ; 1. ovate-oblong acute the upper ones lan- 

 ceolate 1 or 2 lowest bracts exceeding the fl. but falling short of 

 the fr., label transversely oval muc9'onate equalling the ovate acute 

 sep. and pet., basal hunches plicate-rugose. — E. B. S. 2884. 

 llelleborine &c. Na 2. May 383. — L. small ; sheaths funnel- 

 shaped, rather close. Bracts all much smaller than even the 

 uppermost leaf. Fl. varying- from a dark yellow to blackish 

 red, peduncle shorter than the downy germen. Label trans- 

 versely oval, crenate, with a small acute point, and elevated folded 

 and tubercuiarly crenate hunches above. St. 6 — 18 in. high. — 

 Settle, Yorkshire. Little Doward BQll, Herefordshire. Ormes 

 Head. Durness, Sutherl. Burren, Clare. P. VH. E. S. I. 



4. E. palus'tris (Sw.) ; 1. laiiceolate, bracts faUing short of the 

 somewhat drooping fl., label roundish blunt crenate equalling the 

 perianth.— jB. A 270.^St. 12—18 in. high. Cal. purplish green, 



