Pi.encLph. 21. ORCHIDEA2. 148. Cephalantliera. 211 
Helleborine flore albo, Raii Syn. 383 ; Ger. em. 441,2. 
Elleborine minor flore albo, Park. 2 18. 
Serapias loncophyllnm, Lin. Suppl. PI. 405. 
Serapias grandiflora, Murray Syst. Veg. ed. 18, 679. 
Serapias lancifolia, Murray Syst. Vcg. ed. 14, 815. 
Epipactis pallens, Swartz. 160. 
Serapias alba, Salisb. Prod. 8. 
Cephalanthera pallens, Richard Mem. Mus. 4, 60. 
Wild white-hellebore. 
Woods; perennial; May and June. 
Stem 12 in. high; flowers 3 to 8, upright, large, white. 
2. Cephalanth. ensifolia. Sword-leafed bastard-hellebore. 
Leaves lanceolate, pointed, nearly 2-rowed ; bractece very 
small, awlshape; lip only half as long as the sepales. 
Helleborine foliis praelongis angustis acutis, Raii Syn. 384, 7, 
Serapias longi folia y, Huds. FI. Angl. 394. 
Serapias xiphiophvllum, Lin. Supp. Pi. 404, 
Serapias ensifolia, Murray Syst. Veg. 815. 
Serapias nivea, Pillars Dauph. 2, 52. 
Epipactis ensifolia, Wild S. P. 4,85. 
Cephalanthera ensifolia, Richard Mem. Mus. 4, 60. 
Woods; perennial; June to August. 
Stem 12 in. high; flowers white; lowest bractea as long 
as the flower. 
3. j fephcrlqnthera rubra . Red bastard-hellebore . 
Leaves lanceolate ; bractece longer than the ovary ; Up 
pointed, with raised wavy lines. 
Helleborine montana angustifolia purpurascens, Villen in Raii Syn . 
384, 7. 
Helleborine angustifolia sexta Clusii, Ger. em. 442, 3. 
Elleborine angustifolia spicata versicolor, Park. 218* 
Serapias rubra, Murray Syst. Veg.ed. 14,816. 
Serapias longifolia 8, Huds. FI. Angl. 394. 
Epipactis rubra, Willd. S. P. 586. 
Cephalanthera robra, Richard Mem. Mus. 4, 60. 
Narrow-leafed wild sneeze-wort. 
Rocky mountainous woods ; perennial ; June. 
Stem 12 in. high ; flowers purple. 
XV. 149. EPIPACTIS. Dioscorides. Helleborine. 
Ovary pedicelled, not twisted, pubescent ; perigonium 
spread; sepales not quite alike; lip spurless, rather spread 
backwards, not clasping, interrupted; hypochilium con- 
cavely bunched ; epichilium inwardly 2-bunched at the 
bottom; gynostemium very short, and in respect to the 
ovary declining backwards ; gynizus rather square, promi- 
nent backwards; rostellum apiculate, very short, blunt * 
