NEOTTIA 467 



of the river, where it was first pointed out to me by Mr. E. B. 

 Hewlett, Baxter. I think I remember to have heard some years 

 ago that Mr. Bicheno had observed it in the same neighbour- 

 hood, Baxter, Phaen. Bot. 413, 1843. Very plentiful in a small 

 stagnant stream, and in still ditches between Radley and 

 Abingdon. The situation appears to be at first sight in favour 

 of the view that it is here native, but as the plant is not found 

 in the marshy ditches of the upper parts of the Thames, and 

 the locality itself is not far distant from Nuneham Park (from 

 which, however, it is separated by the Thames), it is difficult to 

 arrive at a positive conclusion. Specimens were sent by the 

 author to the Bot. Exch. Club, 1892. 

 4. Kennet. Aldermaston Park [planted^, Tvfnail. 

 Stratioies is recorded for Surrey and from Oxfordshire, but it is only 



planted in the latter county, and has been probably introduced to 



Surrey. 



OECHIDACEAE, Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 336 (1836). 



[Malaxis paludosa, Swartz in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stock, xxi. (iSoo) 235. 



Is recorded for Surrey and Hants, and may yet reward the searcher in the 

 sphagnum-bogs of the Broadmoor district.] 



NEOTTIA, Adans. Fam. ii. 70 (1763). 



N. Nidus-avis, Rich, in Mem. Mus. Par. iv. (18181 59. Bird's-nest. 



Ophrys Nidus-avis, Linn. Sp. PI. 945 (1753). Nidus-avis, Lobel, Ic. & 

 Gerard, 176. Listeria Nidus- avis, Hook. Fl. Lond. t. 58. 



Top. Bot. 382. Syme, E. B. ix. 122, t. 1478. Nyman, 688. Fl. Oxf. 290. 



Native. Sylvestral. Shady woods, chiefly of beech or hazel, among 

 the decaying leaves. Locally common. P. May-July. 



First record. Hall Place, Sir J. E. Smith, 1804, i7t Herb. Linn. Sot: 

 Published as Ophrys nidus avis. Dr. Noehden, MavorsAgr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Wood near Cumnor Hill, Newton Young in Walk.Fl. Wytham 



Wood. Appleton Wood. 



2. Ock. Bagley Wood, J. BenweU and Baxters MS. 1812, and Purt. 



Midi. Fl. Still there in 1894. Marcham, Walker. Tubney Wood, 

 Lawson, 1870, in Herb. Oxf. Steventon. Wittenham Wood. 



3. Pang. Plentiful in Beech woods between Pangbourn and Reading, 



1839, '^'^- H. Baxter. Streatley Wood, H. Woolcombe, Baxt. Phaen. 

 Bot. 357. Roadside beyond Basildon, Dr. Williams, 1820. Bennett's 

 Wood, Hewett. Unwell Wood, Laioson in Herb. Oxf. Ashridge 

 Wood, Heivett. Bradfield, Jenkinson. De la Bere, Pangbourn, 

 Tufnail. Plentiful in the woods on the Chalk between Streatley 

 and Reading in the above localities, also in Sulham woods. 

 Yattendon. Ashampstead. 



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