ORCHIDACEiK. 



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2. Narrow Cephalanthera. Cephalanthera ensifolia, Kich. 



(Fig. 974.) 



(Serajpias, Eng. Bot. t. 494. Epipactis, Brit. El.) 



Very near the large C, but the leaves 

 are narrower, the lower ones broadly- 

 oblong, the upper ones long and narrow- 

 lanceolate ; the bracts very short, mostly 

 1 to 2 lines long, or the lowest rarely as 

 long as the ovary. Flowers pure white ; 

 the sepals narrower and more pointed 

 than in the large C. 



Stations and geographical range the 

 same as those of the large C. It is more 

 scarce in Britain, but appears to be 

 rather more common in southern and 

 eastern Europe. Fl. early summer. 



Fig. 974. 



3. Red Cephalanthera. Cephalanthera rubra, Kich. 

 (Fig. 975.) 



(Serajpias, Eng. Bot. t. 437. Fjpipactis, Brit. Fl.) 



Stature and foliage of the narrow C. 

 Bracts rather longer but not so long as 

 in the large C. Ovaries and axis of the 

 raceme minutely downy. Flowers ra- 

 ther larger than in the narrow C, of a 

 pink red, with a narrow, white lip. 



Stations and geographical range of the 

 last two species, and not uncommon in 

 southern and eastern Europe. In Bri- 

 tain extremely rare, having been only 

 seen by very few botanists in Gloucester- 

 shire, and possibly in one or two other 

 counties of England. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 975. 



