The BRITISH H E R B A L. 
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C. Bauhine calls it Crchis fa'.maia pablftrh tola 
rubra. . 
All thefe orchu's pofT^s the f-mie virtues : they 
arc ftrengthening, reftorative, and, as is laid, pro. 
mote venereal defires. Salep is the dried, root of 
one of the fpecies ; and they all polTefs the fame 
qualities. The tefticulated kinds have it in the 
greatefl; degree. 
26. Single-rooted Dwarf Baftard Orchis. 
Ordns ptmlla Ufclia ndice/mgi'Ja-i. 
The root is a fmgle, round lump, of a brownifli 
colour. 
The leaves are ufually only two and they are 
large, broad, waved along the edges, and of a 
deep green. 
•rhe ftalk is not more than five inches high, 
and is of a pale green. 
The flowers are cluftercd at the top ; and they 
arc fmall, and of a faint red. 
We have it in boggy places m Suflcx. It 
flowers in July. ,.„.^ ,. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cbam.r-ordis Idhfoha. 
Others, PJeudo-orcbis. 
27, Mif-fliapcn Orchis, called Birds neft. 
Orchis aiartha rufd. 
The root is compofed of very mimerous, thick 
fibres, irregularly interwoven with one another, 
fo as to reprefent a bird's neft. 
Th.e leaves are oblong, confiderabiy broad, 
and of a'brownilh green 
Tire flralk is a foot high, and of a brownirn 
colour. 
The flowers are moderately large, and of a 
dufliy purple ; and they are placed in a locfe 
fpike at the top of the ftalk. 
When the plant has been foine time in llowcr, 
it becomes throughout of a duflsy, purplilli, 
brown colour. 
We have it in Charleton forcfV, Sufll'X. It 
flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis ahorthafiifci. Others, 
Nidus avis, \yhcnce our Englifh name, Birdi-r.tft- 
28. Smaller purple mif-niapen Orchis. 
Orchis ahrtii'a minor purptireci. 
The root is compofed of numerous, redifli 
fibres, fl:rangely interwoven witii one another; 
The leaves are fmall, and of a purplini green. 
The ftalk is ten inches high, and is purple. 
The flowers ftand in a Ipike at the top ; and 
they arc fmall, and of a lively crimfon. 
We have it in Suflex under old hedges. It 
flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Orchis abortiva vidacca, the 
whole plant being of a purple tinge. 
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placed upon the rudiment of the fced-vefl-cl, without 'any cup,^and is pompqfed 
piaccu u|Jo ^ ^ ..»,.-l„m nf nn nval forffl. liollowcd at thc bafc, 
leaves are 
THE flower is 
of five petals . 
and divided at the top into three parts ; the mv 
oeuls ' and th r i pi d within a neaarium, of an oval form, hollowed at th 
f^htl,, ;1 ,Le oarts : the middle one of which is heart-lanrioiud, The lea 
broad and nervous. 
and the root is compofed of ijiterwoven fibres. ^ 
Jieijdi^ia ; the filaments being 
and calli; it 
Linnaeus places this among the 
piftil. He takes away the received name, 
I. Common Helleborine. . ■: 
Ilellcborine lulijolia vulgaris. 
The root is fibrous and white. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, not at all 
branched, and two feet high. 
The leaves arc oblong, broa,d/of a deep green, 
and marked lengthway with numerous, high, and 
thick ribs. 
The flowers grow in a kind of fpike at the top ; 
and are fmall, and of a greenifli colour on the 
outfide, whitifli within, and fometimes tingecl 
with purple. 
The feed-vefiil is oblon, 
fmall. . , ^ 
We have it in woods. It flowers in Augult. 
C Bauhine calls it HelleboriKe latifolia montana 
arid inferted on the 
and the feeds are 
.. Purple broad-leaved Helleborine. 
Helkbarim htijolia fiore purpurea. . 
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The root is fibrous and brown. 
The ftalk is firm, round, two feet high, 
not branched. ; 
-The leaves are oblong, broad, and of a deep 
green-, and they ftaijd.very frequent on the 
ftalks. 
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The .fiowra grow in aj long, loofe fpike at 
the top ., and they are throughout of a deep, 
dufliy purple., , : ■ 
\\e iiavc it in woods, but not common. It 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Helleborine allera atro rubcnte 
Jlore.' .-. 
3. Small, brqad-lcavcd, white-flowered Helle- 
borine. 
UeUehorine minor laiifolia flore albo. 
The roof is fibrous and white, .;: 
The, ft.alk, is a, foot high, and ^ii^t .;at Hi 
branched. • , : 
The leaves are broad, fiiort, of a p4!c grccn,^ 
and highly ribbed. . 
The flowers ftand in a fmall fpike at the top, 
and are white. , . i - . 
We have it in woods. ' ll flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it HeUeloriiieJore albo. Others, 
HeUehorine minor. ' ''-;.-*i 1 
The flowers in this fpecies fometimes aue; 
larger, and keep always ihut;.and in this ftate 
it has been defcribcd as a diftihifl: fpecies, undcr- 
the mms^.'o'i Hdlibofm latifolia flore alba claitjo; 
but it is only a variety. 
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Helleborine, 
