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Corallorhiza.'] lxxxix. orciiidace-E. 
I. Anther 1. Pollen cohering firmly in a definite number of 
simple smooth ( not granular or pulverulent ) lobes , each of 
which is a pollen-mass and finally becomes waxy (or rarely 
pulverulent when bruised in water). Malaxide^e. 
1. Malaxis Sw. Bog-Orchis. 
Outer sepals widely spreading : the two lateral inner ones 
reflexed, smaller than the outer. Lip without a spur, very 
small, superior, undivided. Column very short. Anther open- 
ing longitudinally. Pollen-masses in two pairs, placed the one 
behind the other. — Name : p«\«£ie, a softening , from paXarsow, 
to soften ; on account of the tender nature of the plant. 
1. M. pa/udusa Sw. (Bog- Orchis) ; leaves 3 — 5 oval very 
concave papillose at the extremity, lip concave acute. E. B. 
t. 72. Ophrys L. 
Spongy bogs, in many places, but often overlooked on account of 
its small size. Frequent in the valleys of Clova. If.. 7 — 9. — Stem 
2 — 4 inches high. Flowers erect, minute, in a small greenish spike. 
Outer sepals ovate, one of them recurved, the other two erect and with 
their bases embracing the base of the lip, which is thus also erect ; the 
two lateral inner ones recurved. 
2. LfrARis Rich. Liparis. 
Perianth spreading, uniform, with linear segments. Lip in- 
ferior, undivided, reflexed. Column elongate. Pollen-masses 
in 2 pairs in a single row. — Named from \nrapoc,fat, or unctu- 
ous to the touch. 
1. L. Loeselii Rich, (two-leaved Liparis) ; leaves 2 broadly 
lanceolate, scape trigonal, lip entire longer than the unequal 
leaves of the perianth. Malaxis Sw. Ophrys L.: E. B. t. 47. 
Sturmia Reich. 
Sandy bogs, in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire. 71. 7. — 
Stem 6 — 8 inches high. Flowers few, in a lax spike, yellowish-green. 
3. Corallorhiza Hall. Coral-root. 
Sepals converging. Lip inferior, produced at the base ; its 
spur adnate with the ovary, or free. Column free. Anther 
opening transversely, 2-lipped. Pollen-masses 4, oblique, not 
parallel. — Name: nopnWiov, coral , and pi?a, a root; from the 
curious ramification of the root. 
1. C. innata Br. (spurless C.) ; spur very short adnate. 
Ophrys Corallorhiza L. : E. B. t. 1547. 
Marshy woods, and more rarely in sand, in several parts of Scot- 
land. 7f. 7. — Foot of thick, interwoven, fleshy fibres. Stem 6 — 12 
inches high, greenish-white, with 2 — 3 lanceolate, acute, sheathing 
