EPIPACTIS. 
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12. Epipac'tis Crantz em. Rich. Helleborine. 
1 . E. Hellelor'ine (Cr. em. Rend, i Br.; 3 st. solitarj-, 1. broadly 
ovate exceeding the joints, upper 1. ovate-oblong, lower bracts 
exceeding the H., label roundish -tordate tvith a small recurved 
point falling short of the broadly ovate sep. and pet., basal 
hunches smooth.— Z". latifolia (All. em.). E. B. 269.— L. ovate, 
very broad, the very uppermost sometimeslanceolate-attenuate ; 
lowermost leafless sheaths close. Lower bracts leaflike, lanceo- 
late, attenuate. Fl. green with the lip purple, sometimes all 
purple. Peduncle shorter than the downy germen. Label of 
the lip broader than long, crenate. In a slender form of this 
plant the upper 1. are lanceolate, label cordate blunt with a 
1 minute apiculus, and sep. ovate-lanceolate. — ^Mountain woods. 
P. VII. vni. E. S. I. 
■2. E. media (Fries em. Bab.) ; st. solitary, 1. ovate-oblong the 
1 upper ones lanceolate acute, lower bracts exceeding the fl. and 
I fr., (af'el entire triangidar-cordate acute equalling the lanceolate 
I sep. and pet., basal hunches plicate rugose.— /V. Herb. Xwm. 
i viii. 65 ! — Narrower and long^^r in all its parts than E. latifolia. 
\ Only the very lowest 1. ovate, intermediate lanceolate, upper 1. 
I lanceolate-attenuate and merging gradually into the linear- 
i lanceolate bracts ; sheaths funnelshaped. Fl. green tinged with 
j purple. Pet. .shorter than the downy germen. Label longer 
than broad, crenate. Fr. abruptly obovate. — Woods. P. VIII. 
' ■ E. S. I. 
! 3. E. purpura t<i (Sm.) ; s^. »ia?4!/c/i^-?/e?W, 1. ovate-lanctolate 
j the upper ones narrower passing gradually into slendei- bracts, 
; label tnangular-ovate acuminate falling sh/rrt of the ovatedan- 
'coJate sep. and pet., hunches plicate-crenate. — E. nolacea 
\ (BoT.). E. B. S. 2773. B. xiii. 486.— Fl. " yellow-green tinged 
with pink." St. and 1. much tinged with purple. Ped. shorter 
; than the downy germen. Label longer than broad, entire, with 
an attenuate point. — Woods. P. VIII. E. 
4. E. atropurpurea (Piafin. j : st. solitary, 1. ovate-oblong acute 
the upper ones lanceolate 1 or 2 lowest bracts exceeding the fl. 
but falling short of the fr., label transversely ovat mucronoJ.e 
equalling the ovate acute sep. and pet., basal hunches plicate- 
ragose. — E. ovalis (Bab.). E. B. S. 2884. Helleborine cfec. No. 2. 
Bay38?j. — L. small: sheaths fimnelshaped, rather close. Bracts 
all much smaller than even the most uppermost leaf. Fl. vary- 
ing from a dark yellow to blackish red, peduncle shorter than 
the downy germen. Label transversely oval, crenate, with a 
small acute point, and elevated folded and tubercularly crenate 
