ly three, spreading, oblong, radical leaves, which are much
more bright and shining than those of H. chlorantha. The
bracteas lanceolate, about as long as the germen, one to each
flower, and several larger ones, which sometimes take almost
the appearance of leaves, scattered upon the stem. Flowers
much smaller than in H . chlorantha, the two upper petals
converging. The anther truncate or slightly emarginate,
rarely somewhat rounded at the top, its cells nearly parallel
throughout their whole length ; the central line between
the cells is a deep furrow in front and a keel behind.
The stigma rather broad, truncate, folded so as to leave a
channel between its pointed lobes, the middle emarginate.
In H . chlorantha the anther is very large, and the bases
of the cells are twice as far apart as their tops; the central
line between the cells is elevated into a prominent keel in
front and is grooved on the back; the stigma is very broad,
slightly pointed in the middle, and curved into a semicircular
form. In all these points it differs totally from our
present subject. There is a third plant, found in Germany,
which has a hooded anther with parallel cells, and its
upper petals not converging. This is the IJ.fornicata, Bab.
in Linn. Trans, v. 17. p. 463. and PI. bifolia, Reich. Icon. Cent.
9. p. 19. t. 851. FI. Excurs. No. 817. and will probably
soon be detected in Britain.
Our plant is far less common than H . chlorantha. It has
been noticed upon Moushold Heath near Norwich, by Sir
J . E. Smith; in open parts of Epping Forest by Mr. E.
Forster; Treborth near Bangor, Caernarvonshire, by Mr.
J . Roberts ; and in heathy parts of the Sussex Forests
abundantly. It flowers rather later than H . chlorantha,
and is in perfection about the middle of June.— C. C. B.