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EPIPACTIS PALUSTRIS. MARSH EPIPACTIS.
EPIPACTIS palustris ; foliis lanceolatis amplexicaulibus, bracteis flore brcvioribus, floribus pendulis
labello crenato obtuso petalis asquali, germinibus pubescentibus. Willd.
EPIPACTIS palustris. Swartz de Orchid, p. 64. Willd. Sp. PI. ml. 4. p. 84. Aitrn Hart. K m
cd. 9.. ml. S. p. S02. Decani. Fl. Fr. ed. s. ml. 3. p . 259. FI. Gall. Syn.p. 172.'
Rich, in Mem. de Muséum, ml. 4. p. 60. y 1
EPIPACTIS foliis^ndformibiis caulinis, floribus pendulis, labello obtuso, oris plicatis. Hall. Helv.
SERAPIAS palustris. Light/. Scot. p . 59.7. Oed. Fl. Dan. t. 9.07. Smith Fl. B rit. p. 9 ^ . Em l.
Bot. t. £70. Pers. Syn. PI. ml. 2. p. 513. 1 0
SERAPIAS longifolia. Linn. Sust. Feget, ed. 14. p. 215. (fid. Smith.) With. Hat. Arr. ed. 4. ml. 2.
p. 40. Hqffm. Germ. ed. 9. ml. 1 . P . II. p. 182.
SERAPIAS longifolia y . Linn. Sp. P i. p. 134 5 .
SERAPIAS latifolia y . Finds. Angl. p. 393.
IIELLEBORINE palustris nostras. Marsh Helleborine. RaH Syn. p . 384.
Dan. IImtlla.be. D e l .&.Germ. Niesblad. Fc.L'Elldarine. It. Ellebarina. Port. Elkhariuha.
Span. JLleborvna, Welsh. Caldnst y gors.
Class an d Ord e r . GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.
[N atural Ord e r . ORCHIDEÆ, Juts. Decani. Broom.]
Gen. Char. Labellum infeme ventricosum ; superoe vel indivisum net trilobum, lobo medio majore articulatim
connexo : Pollen farinaceum. Br.
GeN. Char, Labellum beneath ventricose, above either undivided or tbree-lobed, with the middle lobe the
■ largest, articulately connected : Pollen farinaceous. Br.
Radix perennis, horizontaliter repens, carnoso-lignosa
fusca, libras numerosas longas, flexuosas, carno-
sas, simplices emittensv
Caülis pedalis et ultra, erectus, vix flexuosus, teres,
purpurascens, foliosus, inferne vaginis cylindra-
ceisj strictis, purpurascentibus obsitüs.
Folia; inferiora approximata, oblongo-lanceolata, ob-
tusa, basi longe vaginata; superiora ensiformia,
sessilia, vix amplexicaulia, subcarinata, striata.
Flores numerosi, terminates, in spicam laxam oblon-
gam subsecundam dispositi,' nutantes, pedunculate
bracteati. Bracteæ subulato-lanceolatas, inferiore
flore longiore, superioribus brevioribus.
Perianthium sex-divisum, foliola patentia ; triaexte-
rioraæqualia, virescentia, purpureo-lineata, ovato-
acuminala, parum concava ; tria interiora valde j
inæqualia, alba, quorum duo superiora exterio-
ribus minora, auguste ovata, basi lineis purpuras
; inferius seu labellum reliquis longius, medium
versus qüasi articulatum, articulo inferiore
(Hypochilium Rich.) cymbiformi, vix lobato,
albo, rubedine tincto atque lineis obliquis roseis,
superiore (Epichilium Rich.) subcordato, albis-
simo, medio elevate, margine lato undique pul-
cherrime undulato-crenulato, ad basin callo quadrate,
linea media diviso, basi emarginato, margine
superne unidentato, flavo.
Coluhna labello multo breviofe subcylindracea.
Nthera terminalis, basi affix a, articulata, erecta, pal-
lide-flavescens, ovato-quadrata, bilocularis, locu-
11s longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Masste polli-
nis oblongæ, albescentes, bipartibiles, pulvereæ,
c e spherulis ternis quatemisque.
A anticum, subquadratum, glutinosum, album,
basi bituberculatum, apice tuberculo rotundato.
(rroscolla Rich.)
ERMEN lineari-oblongum, obscure purpurascens, tor-
tuoaum, pubescens, basi in petiolum attenuatum.
Root perennial, creeping horizontally, between fleshy
and ligneous, brown, throwing out numerous
long, flexuose, fleshy, simple fibres.
Stem a foot or more high, erect, slightly flexuose,
round, purplish, leafy, surrounded below with
cylindrical, straight, purplish sheaths.
Leaves ; the lower ones approximate, oblongo-lanceo-
late, obtuse, a good deal sheathing at the base;
the superior ones sword-shaped, sessile, scarcely
embracing the stem, somewhat keeled, striated.
Flowers numerous, terminal, disposed in a lax, oblong,
subsecund spike, drooping, pedunculated, and
furnished with bracteas. Bracteas subulato-lan-
ceolate, the lower one longer than the flower,
the upper ones shorter.
Perianth six-cleft, the leaflets patent; the three ex-
, terior ones equal, greenish, marked with purple
lines, ovato-acuminate, slightly concave'; the three
interior ones very unequal, white; of which the
two upper are smaller than the exterior, narrowly
ovate, marked at the base with purple lines; the
lower leaflet or labellum is longer than the others,
towards the middle as it were articulated, the
lower joint (Hypochilium of Rich.) cymbiform,
somewhat lobed, white, tinged with red, and
marked with oblique rose-coloured lines, the
upper one subcordate, extremely white, elevated
in the middle; margin broad and elegantly
waved and crenulated, at the base having a fleshy
excrescence, divided by a central line, emarginate
at the base, the margin above unidentate, yellow.
Column much shorter than the labellum, subcylindrical.
Anther terminal, attached by its base, articulated,
erect, pale yellow, ovato-quadrate, two-celled*
the cells opening longitudinally. Pollen masses
oblong, whitish, splitting in two, farinacous, composed
of spherules united in threes and fours.
Stigma anterior, subquadrate, glutinous, white, at the
bfcse having two tubercles, and at the apex a
rounaed tubercle. (Proscolla of Richard.)
Germen between linear and oblong, of a darkish purple,
twisted, downy, attenuated below into a footstalk.
M B I rfîhehbelkm teLi° y >eta,LTem0,edi R B l - the column of fructification. Mg. 2.
™..s, o f t J c lm n ‘S U B i of Richard. Fig. 3 aud 4. Side and lo o t
! of pollen.-^,// m r e °; 2 ™ “• *he ; *■ u>0 «“‘tar i o- the pollen masses. Mg. 5. Grannies
1 more applicable ESlllnS ^'TCn. ^ Unnteus to this Epipactis, was certainly not a happy one. since it is much
a d o p t e d ! “ d 'he,'>“0.b, which Lightfoot called It is, therefore, « „è„em,lv
I timt species, and says that “ Pre?enl Plant Tatifoha, yet Hudson supposed it to be the Mr. y . of
The d issitionsTthis L d — e‘ aol° “ do -Uato, secundo anno in « evadit.” (Vid. Fl. Angl. p. 894.)
[ at “toe show the difference Dointed o f f t f ’ o ' r ï î 1 ™th tbose of E-pollens and amfalia already published, will
\ «>at d t Æ S f i S - T 5 H B ?M ‘aCtis‘ 10 ■ f»-o former belong!
1 J'on are, that in Epinarfi* ti,« « 1 • 1 ?• a,tltei aif P|ace(I- The mam characters upon which he rests this divii
•“» rostellem is arimla? and 'S p,edlce.llale’ ,he leato.te of 1 the perianth, and particularly the lip, are patent, ovary is sessile of t”1 are united in threes or fours U h i l s t ta H— B
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