436 THE ORCHID FAMILY. [ Malaxis. 
of France to the Arctic regions, and in some mountain districts in central 
Europe. Spread over the greater part of Britain, but very sparingly, and 
always difficult to find. Fl. summer, rather late. 
II. LIPARIS. LIPARIS. 
Delicate herbs, with radical leaves, and small, greenish-yellow flowers, 
in a terminal raceme. Sepals and petals nearly alike. Lip much broader, 
erect or spreading and entire. Column erect or curved, with a lid-like 
terminal anther ; the two pairs of pollen-masses attached by their summits, 
but spreading laterally into the 2 anther-cells. 
Besides the European species, the genus contains a considerable number 
from the warmer regions of both the new and the old world, several of 
them true epiphytes. | 
1. &G. Loeselii, Rich (fig. 980). Zwo-leaved Liparis.—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 Loeseli, 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, I. 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. 981). Spurless Coralroot.—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 Russian Asia, and North America. In Britain, only 
known in a few localities in east Scotland. FJ. summer. 
IV. EPIPACTIS. EPIPACTIS. 
Herbs, with a leafy stem, and purple, brown, or whitish flowers, rarely 
tinged with red, ina 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 
