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1. L. Loeselii, Rich. (fig. 982). Two-leaved [.—The stock forms a 
small bulb for the following year by the side of the stem. Leaves 2, 
about half the length of the stem, narrow-oblong or broadly lanceolate, 
with a shorter outer sheath. Stem from 2 or 3 to near 6 inches high. 
Flowers from 8 to 10 in the raceme ; the sepals and petals very narrow, 
about 2 lines long or rather more; the lip broadly ovate, erect at the 
base, turned back at the tip. Column much shorter. Sturmia Loeselii, 
Reichb. 
In bogs and wet places of central Europe, from southern Scandinavia 
and western France to the Russian frontier. In Britain, only in the 
eastern counties. Fl. summer. - 
III, CORALLORHIZA. CORALROOT. 
Brown or yellowish herbs, without green leaves ; the flowers in a loose 
terminal spike. Sepals and petals nearly alike, the lip larger, often 
with 2 lateral lobes and 2 projecting ridges on the surface. Column 
short, with a terminal lid-like anther, and 2 pairs of globular pollen- 
masses, attached horizontally. 
Besides the European species, the genus comprises a small number 
from North America and eastern Asia. 
1. C. innata, Br. (fig. 983). Spurless C.—A slender plant, 6 to 9- 
inches high, of a light brown or pale yellow colour, slightly tinged 
with green in the lower part, with a few short, sheathing scales instead 
of leaves; the rootstock forming a number of short, thick, fleshy, club- 
shaped fibres, densely interwoven, and nearly white. Flowers small, 
of a yellowish green ; the sepals narrow-lanceolate, about 2 lines long ; 
the petals rather shorter; the lip oblong, white, and hanging. 
In moist woods, widely diffused in Europe from northern Italy to 
the Arctic regions, in North Asia, and America. In Britain, only known 
in a few localities in east Scotland. Fl. summer. 
IV. EPIPACTIS. EPIPACTIS. 
Herbs, with a leafy stem, and purple brown, or whitish flowers, rarely 
tinged with red, in a loose raceme. Perianth spreading; the petals 
shorter than the sepals but otherwise similar; the lip free from the 
column, thick and concave at the base, the terminal portion broad 
and petal-like, with 2 protuberances at its base. Column short ; the 
anthers terminal; the pollen very loosely cohering in the pollen- 
masses. 
A small genus, ranging over the temperate regions of the northern 
hemisphere. 
Raceme long and leafy. Flowers distant, dull green or purplish . 1. Z. latifolia. 
Raceme rather loose but short. Sepals pale purplish-green ; the 
lip white, tinged with pink . é ; : : : : ‘ 
1. E. latifolia, Sw. (fig. 984). Broad #.—Rootstock shortly creep- 
ing, with rather thick fibres. Stems usually 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves 
strongly ribbed ; the lower ones ovate and stem-clasping ; the upper ones 
narrower, lanceolate, and pointed, gradually passing into the linear bracts, 
2. E. palustris. 
