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kephale, head, chithera, anther, the anther forming a head to the 

 column.) 



1. C. rubra (Red Helleborine). — A slender plant about a foot 

 high, with lanceolate acute leaver and red flowers with downy 

 ovaries shorter than the bracts. — Woods gn limestone in Gloucester- 

 shire ; very rare, — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



2. C. lo}igijdha (Narrow-leaved Helle*borine). — A very similar 

 but taller plant, with white flowers and- smooth ovaries which are 

 longer than the bracts. — Woods ; Ibcal. — Fl. May, June. 

 Perennial. 



3. C. graudiflnra (White Helleborin'i). — Stem i — 2 feet high ; 

 leaves 3 — 6 in. long, ovate-oblong, upper narrower ; flowers rather 

 large, milk-white, cup-shaped, in a loose spike ; ovary smooth, 

 shorter than the brads. — Woods on cafcareous soil : uncommon. 

 — Fl. June. Perennial. 



10. Hkllkbokine (Helleborine). — A genus closely allied to 

 the preceding, but with drooping flowers on twisted pedicels, with 

 short columns and straight ovaries. (Name of Greek origin, having 

 practically the same origin as Hellehoriis.) 



1. H. lalifolia. (Proad-leaved Helleborjne). — Stem i — 3 feet high, 

 solitary, downy ; leaves broadly ovate, ribbed ; flowers green with a 

 red lip, shortly stalked, in a long, loose, i-sided raceme, sub-erect 

 in bud ; tip of Up roundish-cordate with a small recurved point : 

 ovary doviviy, shorter than the green brais: — Hilly woods ; common, 

 — Fl. August. Perennial. 



2. H. media, a closely allied form, with longer and narrower 

 leaves and tip of Up triangular-cordate,^ acute. — Woods ; local. - 

 Fl. August. I^-rennial. 



3. ti. purpurd'a, another closely allied form, has many clustered 

 stems, which, together with the leaves, are much tinged with -siolft : 

 yellow-green flowers tinged with pink ; and the tip of the Up 

 triangular-ovate, acuminate. — \\ oods in the south ol England ; 

 rare. — Fl. August. Perennial. 



4. H. atriinihcns (Dark-flowered Helleborine). — Sieiu solitary, 

 about a foot high ; with smaller, ovate-lanceolate, acute leaves : 

 flowers small, varying from dark yellow- to a dingy blackish-red ; 

 tip oi lip broader than long, rounded, with a short, abrupt point. — 

 limestone cliffs, chiefly in the north ; rare. — Fl. July. Perennial. 



5. H . pah'istris (Marsh Helleborine).— -5/f;;» about a foot high, 

 downy ; leaves lanceolate-acute ; flowers few; sepals green, striped 

 with red ; petals white, striped with red ; tip of lip blunt, crenate ; 

 brads shorter than the flowers. — Marshes; not uncommon. — Fl. 

 July, August. Perennial. 



