306 WILSON'S OBSERVATIONS. 
OBSERVATIONS ON SOME BRITISH PLANTS, 
PARTICULARLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE ENGLISH 
FLORA or Sır James E. Smita. By W. Witson, Ese. 
[Continued from page 271.] 
Nores to the FOURTH VOLUME of the ENGLISH FLORA. 
1. Orchis pyramidalis. Gloddaeth, June 11, 1828. I 
do not find the protuberances upon the lip to be hollow :— 
they are laterally compressed and without any depression on 
the lower side of the lip. Masses of pollen greenish-gray, 
consisting of angular, compressed, loose grains, connected by 
filaments from one of the angles—middle lobe of the nectary 
the smallest. 
2. Orchis conopsea. Anglesea, July 7, 1828. Masses of 
pollen two-lobed, yellowish, not crimson, of large loose grains, 
the glutinous base of the masses long and narrow. 
3. Epipactis ensifolia, Llanberis, May 18, 1828. Petals 
shorter than the calyx, in this species. Masses of pollen white, 
divided from top to bottom, linear and curved. Style slightly 
incurved, flat in front. Lip of the nectary indistinctly 
3-lobed. The “yellow protuberance” consists of oblong 
papille; the “elevated lines" are continued to the bottom 
of the spur, and the intermediate furrows transversely cor- 
rugated. Anther granulated externally. The column has 
a projection on each side between the anther and stigma. 
4. Malaxis paludosa. Sink Moss, Cheshire, August, 
1826. When I communicated to Sir J. E. Smith my re- 
marks on this Orchis, I learned that what seemed peculiar in 
the mode of propagation, was also found in M. Loeselii ; 
but on reading the description in Engl. Fl. I do not find 
that any notice is taken of it in either case. In No. 5 of the 
Mag. of Nat. Hist, I observe that Professor Henslow has 
