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Obckts mascula L. An 5. Orchis obscure ptirpurea odorata 

 R. S. 3. 377. I gathered it on a littiu rushie Bogg in meadow Eul- 

 mur, Essex. 17 May, 1749. Could observe no spots on the labelluiu. 

 [Whatever Ray's plant may be, this is O. mascula L.] 



O. MILITABIS L. 10. Orchis galea ^ alis fere cinereis J. B. 

 (R. S. 3. 378) is not in Mr. Dale's opinion the Cawsham hills Plant, 

 that being the Orchis Zoophora Gercopithecum exprimens, Oreades 

 Col. Raii Hist. p. 1219. No. 30. Neither is it the Orchis magna, 

 latisjoliis, galea fusca vel nigricante J. B. (R. S. 3. 378. 11) found 

 by Mr. Sherard at Northfleet. This pretty orchis I found in a little 

 field on the left hand of the Gate that opens on to Water Belchamp 

 Cansey from Bulmur. 27 May, 1729. So that this plant is new to 

 us & not found before in England. See the figures and descriptions 

 of Ci/nosorchis altera Ger. emac. 205. 2 and Orchis Strateumatica 

 p. 215, no. 1 ejusdem & Orchis Straieiimatica minor p. 216. no. 13. 



[Dale writes from Booking, May 30th, 1729, i. e. three days after 

 Andrews found the plant : " I reC^- yours with the Orchis on Wednes- 

 day but had not time then to return you thanks for it, nor answer your 

 Quere. That it is the Orchis galea et alis jere cinereis J. B. 2. 755 I 

 beleive upon reading attentively and compairing it diligently with his 

 description, but not the plant which Mr. Ray so-called, having the 

 authority of his own dryed plants against it. The synonims to that 

 of Cawsham Hills being Orchis zoophora Cercopithecum exprimens 

 Oreades Col. Ecph. 1. 319. Orchis Jtore Semiam refferens C. B. 

 P. 82. Gynosorchis latifolia hiante cucullo minor ejusd. 81. If 

 Mr. Sherard's plant is rightly figured it cannot be that of yours, the 

 body being too short as are likewise the Arms which are also to 

 broad. The Hood in yours is cut into 3 in the Dilenian its made 

 whole ; nor can it be the Plant of J. B. that being near half a yard 

 high ... I now return your Box and in it Pimpinella major and 

 Linaria ccerulea foliis brevioribus et angust. Synop. 3. 282*. 

 Mentha Gataria grows not near me if you can finish me with 4 

 handfulls please to send it by Barnard the first opportunity."] 



As appears from Dale's herbarium ticket, which I quoted in 

 extenso in this Journal for 1883, p. 230, Andrews showed him the 

 plant growing, nine years later (May 13th, 1738). Dale then 

 wrongly identified it, but also describes the plant himself. As 

 Andrews adds the note : — " The place where I found this Orchis is 

 ploughed up & so wen with Oats this 9th of May, 1746 so I fear 

 it is lost," — it would seem that the history of O. militaris L. in 

 Essex is confined to the years 1729-45. 



O. PYRAMiDALis L. *Bulmur Limekiln yard. 16 June, 1746. 

 [Not otherwise recorded in this district.] 



GrMNADENiA CONOPSEA R. Br. *Boggs at foot of Link hills, 

 Maplestead. 14 June, 1744. 



AcERAS ANTHROPOPHORA R. Br. *Gallow hill Gravell-pitt, 

 25 May, 1744. 



Habenaria TiRiDis R. Br. Orchis palmata minor flore luteo- 

 viridi R. S. 3.* I found this June 1744 with a yellow, a green & an 

 iron -coloured flower. In the Bushy Pastures . . . Ballingdon & 

 Rayner's Grove, Otter Belchamp. 



