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552. Serapias. Serapias. XX, 8. 
1. Tubers undiv. Bracts'very large, coloured. FIs large.— 
Tessin. 5.longipetala Pollin. 2104. 
553. Epipogon. Epipogon. XX, 4. 
1. Rhizome in the form of coral (the ramifications thickened 
into tubercular joints). FIs 8-5, large, yellowish white. 
The whole pi. with a yellowish hue.—Damp woods, on 
rotten wood, not common (wanting in T. L. S.). 7 
aphyllum Sw. 2105. 
554. Limodorum. Limodorum. XX, 4. 
1. Rhizome thick, noded. FIs large. The whole pi. with a 
violet hue.—Woods, thickets; rare (wanting in U. L. 
S. A.). 5.abortivum Sw. 2106. 
555. Cephalanthera. Helleborine. XX, 16. 
1. FIs rose-coloured. Ovary hairy.—Woods and clearings; 
distrib. 6.rubra Rich. 2107. 
— FIs white or yellowish white. Ovary glabr. . . 2 
2. Bracts, except the lowest, very short, much shorter than 
the ovary. Ls linear-lanceolate, almost distichous. C. 
ensifolia Rich.—As the last 5 XiphophyHum Rchb. f. 2108. 
— Bracts longer than the ovary, or only the lower longer 
and the others as long or not quite as long. Ls oval 
or oval-lanceolate. C. pallens Rich. —As the last. 5 
grandiflora Babgt. 2109. 
556. Epipactis. Epipactis. XX, 16. 
1. The terminal lobe of the lip orbicular-obtuse. Rt-stock 
stoloniferous.—Damp meadows; distrib. 7 
palustris Crantz. 2110. 
— Terminal lobe of the lip acuminate. Type of E. Helle¬ 
borine Rchb. f. 2. 
2. Ls shorter than the internodes, small, glabr., on the 
nerves also. PI. slender. — Woods of the mount., rare; 
G. V. J. Z. 6.microphylla Sw. 2111. 
— Ls longer than the internodes, rough-pubescent on the 
nerves . . . . . . • . . . 3 
3. Protuberances at the base of the lip smooth. FIs greenish 
or (in sunny spots) tinted with red.—Woods; distrib. 6,7 
latifolia All. 2112. 
— Protuberances at the base of the lip wrinkled-crenate. 
FIs of a dark red-brown, smaller than in the last, with 
a scent of vanilla. PI. slenderer. E. rubiginosa Crantz. 
— Woods, thickety hills especially on calc. soil. 6, rather 
earlier.atrorubens Schult. 2113. 
