The BRITISH HERBAL. 
4. Ilelleborinc, witl; long, riiarp-pointed leaves. 
IhUckorine folvs prolongs ciugufiis acutis. 
The root is compofcd of numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is two feet hiL^li, and not branched. 
'I'he leaves are long and narrow, fhaip- 
pointed, and of a dead green. 
The flowers ftand in a loofe fpike 11 the cop of 
the flalk ; and are large, of a longifl-i fliape, 
white, and tinged on the outfide wich grern. 
We have it in thickccs on damp foils. It 
flowers in Auguft. 
Ray calls \t Ilellchorins foUis ■prohngis anguftis 
f. (litis. 
5. Marni-IIelleborine. 
Ihllehorine paluftris. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is a foot and half high, round, up- 
right, and not branched. 
The lea\-es are broad, and full of thick 
ribs. 
Tfic flowers hang from the top of the Ralk in 
a loofe fpike; and tliey are purjill;h on the out- 
fide, and white within. 
We have it in boggy ground?, but nor com- 
man. 
C. Bauhinc calls it Hellchorhe avgvflifolia pa- 
liiftris ; but the leaves are not remai kabjy n.w- 
i row. 
6. Purple, narrow- leaved Helleborine. 
Helkhorine angnjiijolia flore purpurea. 
The root is compofed of numerous, fibres. 
The Ifalk is round, uprighr, and of a pale 
green. 
The flowers ibnd at the top in a thin fpike, 
and droop a little : they are large and purpk-. 
We have it in woods in our northern counties. 
It fiowers in Augufl. 
C. iJauhine calls it IMlchrine moniana angiifti- 
foha Turpurafccns. 
The roots of all thefe kinds are powerfully 
emetick, pofTcfTrng the qualities of white helle- 
bore. 
N U 
V. 
L A D i" S SLIPPER. 
L 
O L U 
"pHE flower is placed upon the rudiment of the reed-velTel, and has no cup. It confiils of fii-e 
petals when compleat ; but one is not unfrequently wanting; and in the midft cf theii is pl.iced 
a large, hollow ntfianum, iuppofed to refemble a nipper. This has at the top a lilfle crook'd lip 
'I'he leaves arc broad and nervous, and the root is fibrous. 
Linnasus places this among the lynmidria dUmdria, two threads growing on the piftii. 
Lady's Slipper. 
Cakeohts Maria. 
The root is compofed of numerous implicated 
fibres. 
, The ftalk is round, upright, not at all branched, 
and of a pale green. 
The leaves arc oblong, and ol' a yellowifli 
green, obtufe, and marked wiih very l-.ish ribs. 
The flower ftands at the top ; and Ts very 
large, and of a beautiful yellow. 
We have it in woods in our northern counties, 
but not common. It flowers in Auouft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Udkborinc fiorc rotiindo^Ji'ce 
CaJuoh'.s, 
GENUS VI. 
T W Y B L A D E. 
0 P H R I S. 
nnHE flower is fupported upon the rudiment of the fruit, and has no cup. It is compofed of 
X five petals, two of which are placed outward, the reft upward ; and in the centr- of thefe 
ftands a neftarium, which hangs down, and is toothed. The leaves are naturally only two" and thr 
root is fibrous. ' ' ■ " 
Linnicus ranges this with the preceding. 
I. Comm.on Twyblade. 
Ophris 'Vulgaris, 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres, va- 
rioufly interwoven. 
The ftalk is round, juicy, and ten inches 
high. 
'J"he leaves are naturally no more than two : 
they are broad, fliort, and placed oppofite to 
each other at Ibme diftance above the ground. 
The flowers ftand in a long fpike at the top . 
and are of a pale grecnilh colour. 
It is common on marfhy ground, and flowfrs 
in June, 
C. Bauhine calls it Othris Ufo'.ia. Others 
BifoHum, 
Dwarf 
