Slender helleborine (Epipactis exilis syn E. gracilis) A rare and local species with slightly pendent flowers, not opening widled with a heart-shaped epichile and two marked pinkish tinged bosses at its base, The hypochile inner surface if brownish. Found in Italy and local and rare in beechowwds in the Apennines. Mt Amiata beechwoods, Aquapendente, Umbria, Italy July 2021