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11. Epipac'tis Bich. Helleborine. 
1. K latifdlia (All.) ; 1. broadly ovate exceeding the joints, 
upper 1. ovate-oblong, lower bracts exceeding the fl., lahel 
rowulish-cordate with a smaU recurved point falling short of the 
bi'oadly ovate sep. and pet., basal hunches smooth. — E. B. 209. 
— L. ovate, very broad, the veiy uppenuost sometimes lanceo- 
late-attenuate ; lowei-most leafless sheaths close. Lower bracts 
leaflike, lanceolate, attenuate. Fl. green with the lip puiple, 
sometimes all pm-ple. Pedimcle shorter than the do^vny ger- 
men. 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 minute apiculus, and sep. ovate-lanceolate. — Moimtain 
woods. P. vn. vni. E. S. L 
2. E. media (Fries) ; 1. ovate-oblong the upper ones lanceolate 
acute, lower bracts exceeding the fl. and fi'., label entire trian- 
fftdar-cordate acttte equalling the lanceolate sep. and pet., basal 
himches plicate-rugose. — Narrower and longer in all its parts 
than E. tatifolia. Only the very lowest 1. ovate, intenuediate 
lanceolate, upper 1. lanceolate-attenuate and merging gi-adually 
into the linear-lanceolate bracts ; sheaths fimnelshaped. Fl. 
green tinged -R-ith purple. Fed. shorter than the downy ger- 
men. Label longer than broad, crenate. Fr. abruptly obovate. 
— ^. E. piirjnirata (Sm.) ; 1. ovate-lanceolate the upper ones 
narrower, lahel falling short of the ovate-lanceolate sep. and pet., 
hunches plicate-crenate. E. B. S. 2775. B. xiii. 486. Fl. " yel- 
low-gi-een tinged with pink." St. and 1. much tinged with 
pm-ple. Ped. shorter than the downy germen. Label longer 
than broad, entke, exactly like that of E. media but with a more 
attenuate point.— Woods. Salop. Matlock. Abberley, Wors. 
0. Woburn. Reigate. Crawley, Suss. P. VIH. E. S. 1. 
3. E. ovdlis (Bab.) ; 1. ovate-oblong acute the upper ones lan- 
ceolate 1 or 2 lowest bracts exceeding the fl. but falling short of 
the fr., label transversely oval mucronate equalling the ovate acute 
Sep. and pet., basal hunches plicate-rugose. — E. B. S. 2884. 
Helleborine &c. No. 2. Ray 383.— L. small ; sheaths funnel- 
shaped, rather close. Bracts all much smaller than even the 
uppermost leaf. Fl. varjdng from a dark yellow to blackish 
red, peduncle shorter than the do'U'ny germen. Label trans- 
versely oval, crenate, with a small acute point, and elevated folded 
and tubercularly crenate himches above. St. 6 — 18 in. high. — 
Settle, Yorkshire. Little Doward Hill, Herefordshire. Ormes 
Head. Durness, Sutherl. P. VH. E. S. 
4. E. palus'tris (Sw.) ; 1. lanceolate, bracts falling short of the 
somewhat drooping fl., label rmmdish blunt crenate equalling the 
perianth. — E.B. 270. — St. 12 — 18 in, high. Cal. purplish green, 
