Japan Flora: Roots slightly thickened, slenderly cylindric; stems 20-60 cm. long, 4- to 7-leaved; leaves alternate, elliptic to narrowly oblong, 7-15 cm. long, 2-6 cm. wide, rounded at apex, slightly plicate, the upper 1 or 2 leaves small, broadly lanceolate, acuminate; spikes mostly many-flowered, 5-15 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, green, usually conspicuously longer than the flowers; flowers pale rose; sepals 3-nerved, narrowly ovate, rather obtuse, ascending, about 5 mm. long; petals obliquely ovate, shorter than the sepals; lip broadly cuneate-ovate, slightly longer than the sepals, 3-lobed at apex, the lateral lobes narrowly ovate, obtuse, the terminal lobe rather short; spur prominendy curved, 2-5 mm. long, narrowed toward the obtuse apex. May-June. Woods in mountains;

Hokkaido, Honshu (centr. distr. and northw.), Shikoku. Kamchatka and Sakhalin.

Russia Flora: Plant up to 60 cm high. Tubers up to 10 cm long and up to 0.8 cm thick. Stem straight, glabrous, with 2 sheaths at the base. Leaves 6-10 in number, alternate, up to 13 cm long and 9 cm wide, broadly elliptical, obtuse. Inflorescence dense, up to 17 cm long and 4 cm wide. Flowers pale pink or pink-lilac . Bracts narrowly linear, green, longer than or equal to the flowers. Outer perianth lobes up to 7 mm long and 3 mm wide, oblong-ovate. Lateral lobes of the inner perianth whorl up to 6 mm long, obtuse. Lip up to 7 mm long, cuneate, with 3 teeth at the end (the central tooth usually shorter than the two lateral ones, which are slightly curved towards the central one). Spur up to 5 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. Capsule up to 1.6 cm long. $2n = 36-38$ (Sokolovskaya, 1960).

Kamchatka, North Sakhalin, North Kurils, Amgun, South Sakhalin, South Kurils. (Fig. 88). - In thickets of shrubs, among forbs in damp areas. VI-VIII. Ornamental. - General distr.: Japan-China (North Japan). - Described from Kamchatka: "Kamtschatka, Petropavlovsk, Mertens" (type - LE).