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Tribe IV. Malaxideoi. 
15. CofiALLORiiHi'zA Chatel. 
1. C. trijida (Chatel. emend.) ; spur very short or wanting. — 
C inndta (R. Br.) E. B. 1547. — Eoot of thick fleshy much- 
branched fibres. Height 6 — 12 in. Spike of few yellow flowers. 
Sep. and pet. lanceolate acute. Lip oblong, white, with a few 
purple spots, sometimes with 3 equal lobes. — Boggj' woods, 
rare. P. VII. S. 
16. I\[alax'is Sir. em. Riclt. 
1. 31. 2Jaluddsa (Sw.) ; st. with 3—5 oval concave leaves, lip 
concave acute. — E. B. 72. — St. 1 — 4 in. high, 5-edged. Sep. 
ovate, spreading, 2 turning upwards. Lip superior, erect, 3- 
veined, its base surrounding the column. L. fringed at the end 
with little bulbs. Forming a small bulb at its base. — This plant 
and the next rather grow upon the moss as epiphytes than 
amongst it. — Spongy bogs. P. VIII. IX. E. S. I. 
17. Lip'aeis Rirli. (Sturmia Echb.). 
1. L. Loesel'ii (Rich.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate, st. triangular, lip 
obovate exceeding the petals. — Malaxis^m.,E.B.4n . — St. 6 — 10 
in. high. Fl. 6 — 12, in a lax spike, yellowish. Sep. lanceolate. 
Pet. linear. Forming a large ovate bulb at its base, enclosed 
in the whitish sheaths of the decayed leaves. An epiphyte ? — 
Spongv bogs in Norf., Suff., and Camb., now very rare. P. VI. 
E. 
Tribe V. Gypripedilece. 
18. Cypripe'dilum Linn. em. Sic. Lady's Slipper. 
1. C. (Jalceolus (L.) ; st. leafy, middle lobe of the column 
nearly ovate blunt deflexed,lip slightly depressed falling short 
of the calyx. — E. B. 1. — St. 12 — 18 in. high, downy, bearing 3 
or 4 large ovate pointed leaves. Fl. usually solitary or 2, large ; 
Sep. 1 — li in. long, dark brown ; pet. dark brown, rather narrower 
than sep. ; lip 1 in. long, inflated, yellow, netted with darker 
veins. — Dense Northern woods, very rare. P. V. VI. E. 
Order LXXXIV. IRIDACE.?i. 
Perianth tubular, 6-parted, petal-like, in 2 often unequal rows. 
Stam. 3, epigynous, opposite the outer segments of the perianth. 
