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

 column.) 



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

 high, with lanceolate acute leave* and red flowers with downy 

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

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



2. C. longifolia (Narrow-leaved Helleborine). — A very similar 

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

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

 Perennial. 



3. C. grandiflora (White Helleborine). — Stem 1 — 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 bracts. — Woods on calcareous soil ; uncommon. 

 — Fl. June. Perennial. 



10. HELLEBORfNE (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 Helleborus.) 



1. H. latifolia (Broad-leaved Helleborine). — Stem 1 — 3 feet high, 

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

 red lip, shortly stalked, in a long, loose, 1 -sided raceme, sub-erect 

 in bud ; tip of" lip roundish-cordate with a small recurved point ; 

 ovary downy, shorter than the green brads. — Hilly woods ; common. 

 — Fl. August. Perennial. 



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

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

 Fl. August. Perennial. 



3. H. purpurdta, another closely allied form, has many clustered 

 stems, which, together with the leaves, are much tinged with violet ; 

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

 triangular-ovate, acuminate. — Woods in the south of England ; 

 rare. — Fl. August. Perennial. 



4. H. atrorubens (Dark-flowered Helleborine). — Stem solitary, 

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

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

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

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



5. H. palustris (Marsh Helleborine). — Stem 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 ; 

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

 July, August. Perennial. 



