Liparis.) LXXXI. ORCHIDACEJE. 437 



1. Xi. Loeselii, Rich. (fig. 982). Two-leaved L. — 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 3 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. Ft. 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. E. latifolia. 

 Raceme rather loose but short. Sepals pale purplish-green ; the 



lip white, tinged with pink 2. 27. palustris. 



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, 



