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7-4-34, E. epipactis latifolia All. Coats III 414. Bar
309, BON sltt 343z = E. Helleborine Crawfry BON
454 = Helleborine latifolia Druce SOUT 167.
Fl. (Red col. 6-24 & opened in house) illim. Paths
from U-M pigery towards west, just at entrance
woods. Carefully epd with E. leptochila 7-2-34
and with E. atropurpurea "B" & "C" (see 6-26-34).
Blunt is marked out from the other E. by the broadly
ovate lvs, the lower ones being almost circular.
Bracts ascending (not reflexed as in all spec. of E. atro-
flary almost glabrous (not nearly looking as in E.
atro-) and very slender & tapering to blade; inflated
of fatty top-shaped with pedicel distinct as in E.
atro) Fl. greenish, with inside of lower member &
lip purplish (-in coloring exactly like E. lept.)
E. latifolia E. leptochila E. atropurpurea.
Opening: lower member & lip broader (sidewise)
and shallower (front) than in other species.
with 2 bores (slightly crenate at base) upper
member (-E. lept. has no bores but is slightly
guckerred in middle, E. atro. has three bored
very regularly crenate often merging to make
a triangular effect)
Lower member & lip is bowl-shaped (not thrust
somewhat forward, clin-like.
The back of the anther which is large & conspicuous
and tilted forward in E. atro-, in E. latifolia