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FIRST RECOEDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS. 



COMPILED BY 



William A. Clabke, F.L.S. 

 (Continued from vol. xxxii. p. 342.) 



Epipogum aphyllum Sw. Samm. Veg. Scaiid. 32 (1814). 

 1854. Found iu 1842 by Mrs. W. Anderton Smith at Tedstone 

 Delamere near Bromyard, Herefordshire. — Hook. Journ. Bot. vi. 31 8. 



Cephalanthera rubra Rich, in Mem. Mus. Par. iv. 60 (1818). 

 1797. " Gathered last June on Hampton Common, Gloucester- 

 shire, by Mrs. Smith ofBarnham House in that neighbourhood." — 

 E. B. 437 (Nov. 1797). But in a letter from the Rev. W. Lloyd 

 Baker to Sowerby, dated June 16 of that year, he says he found it 

 " some years ago." 



C. ensifolia Rich, in Mem. Mus. Par. iv. 60 (1818). 1695. 

 Handpost Farm, Hemel Hempstead (Herts), Eales. — Gibs. Camden, 

 326. " Under ]'>rackenbrow near Ingleton in Yoilcshire," Mr. New- 

 ton.— Ray Syn. ii. 242 (1696). 



C. pallens Rich, in Mem. Mus. Par. iv. 60 (1818). 1670. 

 "In the woods near Stoken-Church ... as also near Darking in 

 Surrey." — Ray Cat. 339. 



Epipactis latifolia All. Fl. Ped. ii. 152 (1785). 1562. 

 "I have sene it . . . in England in Soffock." — Turn. ii. 128 (back). 

 "In the Avoods by Digswell pastures, halfe a mile from Welwen in 

 Hartfordshire."—Ger."^ 358 (1597). 



E. atrorubens Schultz, Oestr. Fl. ed. 2, i. 58 (1794). 1690. 

 " On the sides of mountains near Malham, four miles from Settle, 

 in Yorkshire, plentifully." — Ray Syn. ed. i. 175. 



E. palustris Crantz, Stirp. Austr. 462 (1769). 1660. " On 

 Hinton and Teversham moors and iu many places in the Isle of 

 Ely."— Ray C. C. 73. 



Orchis hircina Scop. Fl. Cam. ed. 2, 193 (1772). 164L 

 " Nigh the highway betweene Crayford and Dartford in Kent." — 

 Johns. Merc. I3ot. pars alt. p. 27. 



O. pyramidalis L. Sp. PI. 940 (1753). 1660. " In a chalkie 

 close at Hinton " (Cambs).— Ray C. C. 109. 



O. ustulata L. Sp. PI. 941 (1753). 1650. '* Cynosorchis 

 minor pannonica .... on Scosby-lease [near Doncaster] . ]\ir. 

 Stonehouse."— How, Phyt. 33. 



O. purpurea Huds. i. 334 (1762). 1724. "At Northfleet 

 near Gravesend. Mr. J. Sherard." — Ray Syn. iii. 378. 



O. militaris L. Sp. PI. 941 (1753), and O. Simla Lam. Fl. Fr. 

 iii. 507 (1778). 1666. "Found ... on chalkey hills neer the 

 highway from Walliugford to Redding on Bark-shire side the River 

 by Mr. Brown." — -Merrett, 85. 



O. Morio L. Sp. PI. 940 (1753). 1597. " In pastures," &c. 

 — Ger. 158, 159. 



O. mascula L. Fl. Suec. ed. ii. 310 (1755). 1562. "One 

 kiude hath many spottes in the leafc, and is called adder grasse in 

 Northumberland." — Turn. ii. 152. 



