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upper I. ovate-oblong;, lower bracts exceeding the fl., label 

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

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

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

 late-attenviate ; lowermost leafless sheaths close. Lower bracts 

 leaflike, lanceolate, attenuate. Fl. green 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 1. are lanceolate, label cordate blunt 

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

 woods. P.VILVin. E. S.L 



2. E. midia (Eries !) ; I. ovate-oblongthe upper ones lanceolate 

 acute, lower blacts exceeding the fl. and fr., lahel entire trian- 

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

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

 than JJ. latifolia. Only the very lowest 1. ovate, intermediate- 

 lanceolate, upper I. lanceolate-attenuate and merging graduaUy 

 into the linear-lanceolate bracts ; sheaths funnelshaped. FL 

 green tinged with purple. Ped. shorter than the do-wny ger- 

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

 — ^. E. purpurata (Sm. P) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate the u^>er ones- 

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

 hunches plicate-crenate. E.B.S.2775. ^.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,WoTS. 

 /i "Wobum. Eeigate. Crawley, Suss. P."\Tn. E. S. L 



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

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

 the fr., Mel transversely oval tnucrenate equalling the ovate acute 

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

 HeUeborine &c. No. 2. JRay 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. Lahel trans- 

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

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

 Reichenbach says that this, not Sp. 2, is -E. media, Fx. I cannot 

 think so.— Settle, Yorkshire. Little Doward HUl, Herefordshire. 

 OrmesHead. Durness, Sutherl. Burren, Clare. P.VIL E.Skl. 



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

 somewhat drooping fl., lahel roundish Hunt crenate equalling the 

 perianth. — E. B. 270. — St. 12 — 18 in. high. Cal. purplish green, 

 pet. and lip white tinged with purple. — Moist places, not rare. 

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