ANGIOSPEEMyE, MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



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repetition is not needful here. The Monandrse may be divided into four tribes, the 

 Ophrydece, Neottiece, Vandece, and EpidendrecB. 



The Ophrydece include most of the British and European Orchids, which are not 



Fig 418 — Angrcecum ebumeum epiphytic on a tree trunk (Madagascar) 



epiphytes but terrestrial, with swollen tuberous roots, including Orchis, Ophrys,. 

 Gymnadenia, Habenaria, and the South African Lisa. 



The NeottieoB also include some European forms, Cephalanthera, Listera ovata 

 (the Twayblade), &c., and a series of coloui'less forms of saprophytic habit, which 

 are destitute of foliage, including Epvpogium aphyllum (fig. 257 i"' p. 226), Neottia, 



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