CCIII Orchidaceae Author D. M. Moore (ed.) text 1980 Cambridge University Press Camebridge Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae 325 350 book chapter 10.5281/zenodo.215522 e75af61c-ea0f-4791-94c6-806a39e338ea 052120108X 215522 7 . E . phyllanthes G . E . Sm . , Gard . Chron . 1852: 660 (1852) . Rhizome short, horizontal or oblique . Stem (8-)20-45(-65) cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, green . Leaves distichous, 3-6, 3*5-7 x 3-5 cm, orbicular to lanceolate, acute to acuminate, often concave, the margin sometimes undulate . Raceme up to 15 cm, 15- to 35-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, the lower usually exceeding flowers . Flowers pendent; outer perianth-segments 8-10 mm, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pale yellowish-green, the inner pale yellowish-green, sometimes with violet tinge . Labellum 6-8 mm; hypochile cupuliform to shallowly concave, whitish or greenish; epichile sometimes not clearly separated from hypochile, ovate-lanceolate to cordate, acute or acuminate, usually longer than wide, greenish-white to pinkish, often rugose or with two protuberances at base . Rostellum absent . Ovary more or less glabrous . 2n=36 . Open woodland, scrub and among coastal dunes; calci- cole . • N . W . & W . C . Europe, extending to S . Sweden . ?Au Br Da Ga Hb Su . An autogamous species showing much variation, particularly in labellum shape, but intermediates are frequent and it is not possible to recognize categories above the varietal level . Plants from Denmark and S . Sweden, which have been called E . confusa D . P . Young, Bot . Not . 1953: 263 (1953) ( E . persica auct . , non (Soö) Hausskn . ex Nannf . ), seem to differ from 7 only in their smaller size and in chromosome number (2n=40) and do not merit recognition at specific rank .