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part narrow, canoe-shaped, terminal part 3-lobed, the side-lobes 
turned up, the tip lanceolate, spreading. 
Sutlej valley, near Suni, in marshy ground ; April. — Himalaya, Kashmir to 
Nepal. — Westward to Syria. 
3. Epipactis Royleana, Lindl . ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 126. Flowering- 
stem 1-2 ft., robust, glabrous or pubescent on the upper parts. 
Lower leaves orbicular, 3 X If in., the upper lanceolate, nerves 
nearly straight. Flowers about 1 in. diam. , distant, red with yellow 
centre. Sepals and petals about in., glabrous or nearly so. Lip 
longer than the sepals, basal part relatively large, w r ith prominent 
nerves, the sides broad, rounded, erect, terminal part shorter, 
flat, lanceolate. 
Kashmir to Sikkim, 7000-12,000 ft. — Central Asia, N. America. 
There is a specimen collected by Edgeworth in the Kew Herbarium, marked 
4 Synj, 3000 ft.’ This may be the village of that name in the Giri valley below 
Fagoo. I have seen no other specimen from near Simla. 
13. ORCHIS. The Greek name of various ground orchids. — 
N. temperate regions. 
Orchis latifolia, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 127. Glabrous. Root 
tuberous, slightly flattened and divided into 2 or 3 finger-like 
lobes. Flowering-stem 1-3 ft., robust, erect, hollow, leafy through- 
out or the lower portion bearing a few sheathing scales. Leaves 
erect, oblong-lanceolate, 2J-6 in., obtuse, base sheathing. Flowers 
about f in. long, crowded, dull purple, the lip darker spotted ; 
bracts green, narrowly lanceolate, the lower much longer than 
the flowers, the upper slightly so or shorter. Sepals and petals 
nearly equal, the lateral sepals spreading, the dorsal one forming 
with the petals a hood over the column. Lip adnate to the 
column, turned downwards, orbicular, obscurely 3-lobed, margins 
minutely toothed ; spur straight, cylindric, nearly as long as the 
ovary. Column very short. Anther adnate to its face, cells 
diverging ; pollinia 2, caudicles attached to 2 small, globose, 
viscid glands enclosed in a minute pouch overhanging the broad, 
2-lobed stigma. 
Huttoo, on wet ground; June, July. — Himalaya, Kashmir to Nepal to 
16,000 ft. — Westward to the Atlantic and in N. Asia. 
The Marsh Orchis of Britain. See Darwin, p. 15. 
14. HERMINIUM. Derivation obscure.— -Europe, N. Asia. 
Herminium angustifolium, Benth. j FI. Br. Ind. vi. 129. Gla- 
brous. Root of 2 small, ovoid tubers. Flowering-stem 1-2| ft., 
slender, erect, leafy. Leaves few, linear, 4-8 in., acute, base 
sheathing. Flowers small, green, crowded ; spike 4-8 in. ; 
bracts about as long as the ovary. Perianth about J in. long, 
spreading. Sepals oblong. Petals linear. Lip continuous with 
