疏花火烧兰 Epipactis veratrifolia
（横断山区维管植物）
Epipactis consimilis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 28. 1825; Schltr. in Fedde Repert. Sp. Nov. Beih. 4: 147. 1919;横断山区维管植物2: 2552. 1994.——Epipactis amoena Buch.-Ham. (ex Wall. , Num. List No. 7403. 1832. ) ——Epipactis veratrifolia Boiss. , Diagn. ser. I, 13: 11. 1853. ——Epipactis handelii Schltr. in Anzeig. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math. Naturw. Kl. 57: 274. 1920; Hand.-Mazz. , Symb. Sin. 7: 1340. 1936. ——Limodorum veratrifolium (Boiss. ) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 671. 1891. ——Serapias consimills (D. Don) Eaton in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21: 67. 1908. ——Helleborine consimilis (D. Don) Druce in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 547. 1909.
Forests, forest margins; 2700-3400 m. W Sichuan, Xizang, C and W Yunnan [Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan; Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia), SW Asia, Caucasus]. |
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Plants 30-40 cm tall. Rhizome usually elongate. Stem glabrous, with 2-4 sheaths toward base. |
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Leaves 3-5, ovate-lanceolate, 6-11 × 2-3 cm, papery, glabrous, base amplexicaul, apex acuminate or long acuminate. |
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Rachis 5-15 cm, yellowish brown puberulent, laxly (3 or)4-6-flowered; floral bracts foliaceous, spreading, ovate-lanceolate, lower ones exceeding flowers, upper ones nearly as long as flowers. Flowers secund, resupinate; sepals chestnut-brown, petals green with broad chestnut-brown margins, lip white with chestnut-brown markings on hypochile and an orange-brown band across epichile; pedicel and ovary grayish white tomentose, ca. 10 mm. Sepals grayish white tomentose on outer surfaces, 5-veined, midvein conspicuous; dorsal sepal elliptic, ca. 10 × 5 mm, apex acute; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, oblique, ca. 11 × 7 mm, apex acute. Petals ovate-elliptic, ca. 9 × 6 mm, apex acute; lip ca. 9 mm, without a mesochile; hypochile cymbiform, 5-6 × 3-4 mm, with erect lateral lobes, margins incurved; epichile broadly ovate, 8-12 × 6-9 mm, fleshy, apex subacute or obtuse. Column ca. 8 mm including anther, with 2 short falcate lateral wings; anther cylindric, ca. 4 mm. Fl. May. |
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