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II. CORALLORHIZA, L. 



Brown leafless saprophytes ; flowers few, small ; upper 

 sepal and petals connivent; lip short, deflexed, with a 

 very small spur; pollen-masses 4; stem with sheathing 

 scales ; root of branched fleshy interlacing fibres. 



C. innata, Br., Coral-Root; stem slender, greenish- 

 white, flowers yellowish, lip spotted with red, root coral- 

 like ; moist woods ; Switzerland, Jura, Vosges, Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees, rare. 



12. LiPARIS, Rich. 



Sepals and petals spreading, linear ; lip entire ; pollen- 

 masses 4 ; stem leafless. Not alpine. 



L. Loeselii, Rich. {Sturmia Losselii, Rchb.); stem 4-8 

 in., swollen at the base, root-leaves usually 2, elliptic- 

 lanceolate ; peat-bogs ; Switzerland, Jura, Tirol, rare. 



13. Malaxis, Sw. 



Flowers small, green ; sepals and petals spreading, the 

 latter very small; lip minute, concave; pollen-masses 4; 

 leaves few. 



M. paludosa, Sw. ; stem 1-4 in., swollen at the base, 

 leaves few, fringed with bulbils, flowers minute, yellowish- 

 green, lip erect ; swamps, very rare ; Einsiedeln, Vosges. 

 M. monophylla, Sw.; flowers minute, greenish, lip acu- 

 minate, stem triangular, with usually one leaf; moist 

 meadows; Switzerland, Tirol, rare. 



14. NEOTTIA, L. 



Brown leafless saprophytes; sepals and petals in- 

 curved; lip with a saccate base, bifid; pollen-masses 2, 



