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erect, included, deeply 3-lobed, the base concave, adnate to and 
embracing the bottom of the column ; side-lobes erect, rounded ; 
mid-lobe broadly triangular, conspicuously ridged and often 
marked with a yellow spot, tip bluntly toothed, recurved ; spur 
none. Column as long as the lip. Anther terminal ; pollinia 2, 
each 2-lobed. Stigma broad, situated below' the anther. 
Mahasu, Fagoo, Matiana, growing in shady forests ; May-July. — Temperate 
Himalaya, Kashmir to Bhotan. — Europe, N. Africa, Central Asia. 
A British plant. See Darwin, p. 80. 
12. EPIPACTIS. The classical name of a plant of this affinity. 
- — N. temperate regions. 
Rootstock creeping, fibrous. Flowering -stem erect, leafy 
throughout or the lower portion bearing sheathing scales. Leaves 
orbicular or lanceolate, stem-clasping, acute. Flower-spike 
4-10 in. ; bracts lanceolate, acute, the lower 2-24 in., the upper 
4-1 in. Sepals and petals nearly equal, ultimately spreading. 
Lip adnate to the base of the column, narrowed near the middle 
in a hinge-like joint, basal part concave, terminal part flat, 
petal-like ; spur none. Column short. Anther terminal ; pol- 
linia 2, each 2-lobed, the tips attached to a small, globose, viscid 
gland seated on the head of the column and overhanging the 
broad stigma. 
Flowers crowded. Basal portion of lip bowl- shaped . . 1. E. latifolia. 
Flowers distant. 
Lower leaves orbicular. Basal portion of Up narrow, canoe- 
shaped . . . . . . . . 2. E. consimilis. 
Lower leaves lanceolate. Basal portion of lip relatively 
large, the sides broad, rounded . . . . . 3. E. Boyleana. 
1. Epipactis latifolia, Swartz ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 125. Flowering- 
stem 1-3 ft., robust, glabrous, except for the pubescent inflor- 
escence. Lower leaves orbicular, 2|-6 X2-3 in., the upper ovate- 
lanceolate, 4x2 in., nerves curved. Flowers about \ in. diam., 
dingy purple, crowded ; bracts leafy. Sepals and petals f in., 
lanceolate, acute, glabrous or nearly so. Lip J in. long, basal part 
bowl-shaped, margins rounded, terminal part shorter, flat, broadly 
triangular, bearing 2 protuberances at its base, margins crumpled, 
obscurely toothed. 
Simla, Jako, &c., common, up to about 9500 ft, ; July, August.— Himalaya, 
Kashmir to Sikkim. — Europe, N. Africa, N. Asia to Japan. 
The Helleborine of Britain. See Darwin, p. 101. 
2. Epipactis consimilis, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 126. Flower- 
ing-stem 1-2 ft., slender. Leaves narrow, lanceolate, 6xlJ in., 
long-pointed, nerves nearly straight. Flowers about 1 in. diam., 
distant, orange-green, sometimes spotted, lip paler. Sepals and 
petals about 4 in., pubescent. Lip as long as the sepals, basal 
