ORCHID FAMILY 



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just above the crown of the root, and wither before the flowers 

 begin to expand. These are succeeded by a tuft of new leaves 

 which arise from the base of the old stem. — Fl. August — October. 

 Perennial. 



2. 5. CEstivdlis (Summer Lady's Tresses). — Root ol se\eral 

 cylindrical tubers; stem 6 — iS in. high, glabrous; radical leaves 

 oh the flowering stem, not in a lateral 

 rosette ; flowers more numerous, larger 

 and more loosely arranged than in the 

 preceding. — Bogs in the New Forest and 

 Wyre Forest, Worcester ; \ er)' rare. — 

 Fl. July, August. 



3- 5. Romanzoffiibia, a .stout, leafy 

 species, with much larger flowers in 3 

 spiral ro-ws, is lound in the south-west 

 of Cork. — Fl. August, September. 

 Perennial. 



7. EpiP.iCTis. — Closely allied to Spi- 

 rdnthes, but wilh a creeping rliizome, 

 generally stalked leaves, and a pouch at 

 the base of the Up. (Name of Greek 

 origin, but of uncertain application.) 



I. E. rf^f/is" (Creepmg Goodyera). — 

 A creeping species with a slender stem 

 4 — 8 in. high ; stalked, ovate, acute 

 leaves \\\i]\ a network of veins, pubescent 

 below ; flowers small, white, in a slender, 

 spiral spike with linear, adpressed tracts 

 and glandular hairs. — Fir woods, chiefly 

 in East Scotland. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



8. EpiP(JGUM, represented by one 

 species, E. aphrllum, is a brown sapro- 

 phvte, "with stalked, pale vellow flowers 

 which are not inverted, and ha^'e a short inflated spur to their Up. 

 — It has only once been found in a damp wood in Herefordshire. 

 (Name from the Greek epi, up, pogon, lip, the lip of the flower 

 being uppermost.") 



9. Ct.PH.u.ANTHER.-\ ( tlelleborine). — I-eafy plants with a creep- 

 ing r/zzzo;;/* ; nearly distichous leaves: flowers in a few-flowered 

 spike, not stalked, erect ; Up anterior, constricted, lobed. and 

 pouched; column long; ovary twisted. (Name from the Greek 



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