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has never occurred in their nurseries. Mr. Burrell L then 

 goes into the question of its being indigenous very fully, 

 and says in several cases it has been brought to him as 

 Spiranthes. 



Woods are its usual habitat, but it does occur in the 

 open in Orkney and Banff. (Barclay sp.). 2 



Dr. Nordstedt of Lund writes : " I have seen Goodyera 

 abundant on the west coast of Norway in open ground 

 where the air is very moist, and I think that Goodyera can 

 grow in open ground (open moors, but not wet) in Orkney, as 

 the air is probably damp enough there." 



He goes on to say that Goodyera is a saprophyte, as 

 O. Drude says in " Die Biologic von Monotropa u. Neottia, 

 1873"; ar >d Blytt in " Norges Flora," i. p. 357, says, "In 

 the Alps, where it sometimes grows higher than (the) Pines." 



In Scotland it is now on record for Co. 75 ! , So, Si ! , 

 82, 84, 85, 88 to 97, 105 to 108, ill !. 



In England it has occurred in Co. 27 ! , 61 !, 67, 70. 



It extends from sea-level at Kinloss 3 to 1000 feet, 4 

 and on the mainland of Scotland north to 58" 27' near 

 Tongue in Sutherland (Marshall and Shoolbred), and 57 

 57', at Little Ferry Wood, near Golspie in E. Sutherland. 

 (Grant, sp.) 



In continental Europe it extends north to Russian, 

 Finnish, and Swedish Lapland, at Elvenaes to 69 50' N. 

 Lat. (T. Fries, 1864). In Denmark it has been found 

 recently in Bornholm (it is not given in Bergsted's " Born- 

 holms Flora," 1883), and in Sjelland. It is recorded from 

 Holland, south to North Alps in Italy and Dalmatia, 

 Siberia, China, Himalayas, Canada (Atlantic to Pacific 

 Coast), north to Fort Franklin, Pease River, and Alaska, 

 south to Massachusetts and Colorado. In America it is 

 called " Northern Rattlesnake Plantain." 



It is said to disappear from woods after cutting down 

 of the trees, and also after destruction of the trees by 

 storms. 5 



1 "Trans. Norf. and Nor. Soc.," 1910, pp. 43-46. 



a "Ann. Scot. N. Hist.," 1908, 258. 



3 "Coll. Fl. Moray," 1839, p. 26. 



4 " Bot. Guide to Aberdeen, etc.," 1860, p. 160. 



5 "Trans. Perth. Soc. N. Sc.," 1893-8, ii. 208. 



