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have met my view, I have seen no notice of a very interesting addi- 

 tion to the British Flora vi^hich was made in 1854 in this neighbour- 

 hood, on the confines of Worcestershire and Herefordshire, though 

 strictly within the latter county. The plant 1 allude to (a specimen 

 of which I enclose for the inspection of the Society) is the pretty little 

 Orchid, Epipogium aphyllum, which was never before, that 1 am 

 aware of, met with in England, and has not been alluded to as a 

 probable native in any of our local or general floras. 



" It was first noticed in July of last year (1854), by Mrs. Anderton 

 Smith, then staying at Tedstone Rectory, and other specimens were 

 afterwards gathered by her husband, who communicated with me on 

 the subject, and indicated the place where Mrs. Smith first gathered 

 the plant. The locality has quite a subalpine aspect, the Sapey 

 brook there running in a deep glen shadowed on all sides by lofty 

 trees, and near the spot a little water-fall gurgles over the massive 

 sandstone rocks. It was the felling of some of these trees that 

 brought the plant to light. I have also to mention another locality 

 for the Neottia or Spiranthes (Estivalis, hitherto, I believe, only found 

 in England in the New Forest, Hampshire ; but the last autumn a 

 specimen of the Spiranthes (Estivalis was shown to me, which was 

 gathered by Mr. George Jordan of Bewdley, on the confines of the 

 great bog in Wyne Forest, Worcestershire. 1 have been careful to 

 examine the plant gathered by Mr. Jordan, and to visit the spot 

 where it was found, so that the information may be relied on, and 

 thus the range of the Spiranthes cestivalis is extended in England. 

 This it may be interesting to note. 



" The enclosed specimen can be exhibited at the next Meeting of the 

 Society, if the plant has not been previously brought before their 

 notice as a native of Britain. It is the only one I at present 

 possess ; but if the Linnean Society has not a British specimen in 

 their collection and you think it may be any way advantageous to 

 botanical science, or be uspful for metropolitan botanists to examine, 

 I will with pleasure permit the retention of it for the Society. 

 Otherwise please return it to me at your leisure after it has been 

 examined. 



" I remain, my dear Sir, yours very truly. 

 " R. Kippist, Esq." ^ " Edwin Lees." 



The specimen oi Epipogium, which (in compliance with Mr. Lees* 

 kind permission) has been placed in the herbarium of the Society, 

 is stated on the ticket to have been "gathered in a woody dingle 

 on the banks of Sap»y Brook, Tedstone, Herefordshire, about a 



