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term, processes lanceolate acute. — Bogs. Between Lyndhurst 

 and Cnristcliurcli, Hants. Wire Forest, Worcest. St. Owen's 

 Pond, Jersey. P. Vn. VIII. E. 



3. S. gemmip'ara (Lindl.) ; root-fibres few long cylindrical, 

 root-1. linear-lanceolate, stem-1. triangular-lance'olate surround- 

 ing the base of the st., bracts shorter than the fl., spike dense 

 3-ranked, sep. and pet. equal blunt adhering together, lip blunt 

 spathulate. — Sy. A B. 1474. — S. cernua Bot. Mag. 5277. S. 

 Momamzoffiana Hook. — Spike about IJ in. long. Fl. fragrant. 

 Lateral sep. united at the base. See JRep. Bot. Congr. Lond. 

 176. — Oastleton, Bearhaven, and between Bandon and Dun- 

 manway, Co. Cork, P. VIH. IX. I. 



10. Lis'teea R. Br. Tway-blade. 



1. L. ovata (E. Br.) ; 1. 2 opposite ovate, lip bifid, column 

 with a crest which includes the anther. — S. B. 1548. St. 29. 14. 

 — St. 1 ft. high. Spike long, very lax. Fl. small, greenish. L. 

 large. — Woods and pastures. P. V. VI. Tzoay-blade. E. S. I. 



2. L. corddta (R. Br.) ; 1. 2 opposite cordate, lip 4-lobed, 

 column without a crest. — jE. B. 858. — Height 3 — 5 in. St. 

 slender. Fl. very small, in a lax spike, greenish. Lip with 2 

 basal and 2 terminal linear lobes. — -Turfy mountain moors. P. 



VI.— vni. E. s. I. 



11. Neoi'iia Linn. Bird's-nest. 



1. N. Nidus-dms (Rich.).— ^. B. 48. lAatera Sm.— Whole 

 plant pale reddish brown. Root formed of many short thick 

 fieshy fibres from the extremites of which the young plants are 

 produced. (See Leight. Fl. Shrop. 434.) St. a foot high, with 

 sheathing brown scales. L. none. Spikes dense, cylindrical, 

 many-flowered. Lip linear-oblong with 2 spreading lobes. — 

 Shady woods. P.? VI. E. S. L 



12. Epipac'tis Bich. Helleboriae. 



1. H. Iatif6lia (AH.) ; st. solitary, 1. broadly ovate exceeding 

 the joints, upper 1. ovate-oblong, lower bracts exceeding the fl., 

 label roundish-cordate with a small recwved point falling short 

 of the broadly ovate sep. and pet., basal hunches smooth. — 

 E. B. 269. — L. ovate, very broad, the very uppermost some- 

 times lanceolate-attenuate ; lowermost leafless sheaths close, 



