472 ORCHIDACEAE 



O. pyramidalis, Linn. Sp. PI. 940 (1753). Pyramidal Orchis. 



Top, Bot. 388. Syme, E. B. ix. 91, t. 1449. Nyman, 694. Fl. Oxf. 295. 

 Native. Pascual. Dry calcareous pastures, roadsides, chalk downs. 



Locally common, but somewhat uncertain in its appearance. P. 



June -July. 

 First record. 0. pyramidalis. Dr. Noehden and Mr. Bicheno in Mavor's 



Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Wytham. 



2. Ock. Old Stone pit about half a mile west of South Hinksey, 



Baxter in Walk. Fl. 1833. [Mr. Thurland gathered specimens from 

 this locality in 1870. I am afraid it has now gone.] Marcham. 

 Walker. Near King Standing Hill. 



3. Pang. Streatley, W. Hewett, 1839. Slope of hill opposite Basildon 



Grotto, Walk. Fl. 1833. Very fine and deep colour at Pangbourn, 

 1833, W. Pamplin. Sulham, Tufnail. Moulsford Downs, abundant. 



■i. Kennet. Included in Mrs. Russell's Nciohury Cat. 1839. Wal- 

 bury Hill, rare. 



,0. Loddon. On the Berkshire side of the river near Henley, Bicheno 

 in Mavor's Agr. Berks. By the Henley and Maidenhead Eoad, Mill. 

 Park Place. Row Hill. Hemerton, frequent, Stanton. Between 

 Twyford and Henley, Hewett. Grass slopes under Quarry Wood. 



0. pyramidalis is recorded for all the bordering counties. 



O. ustulata, Linn. Sp. PI. 941 (T753). Dwarf Orchis. 



Top. Bot. 388. Syme, E. B. ix. 92, t. 1450. Nyman, 691. Fl. Oxf. 293. 



Native. Pascual. Chalky downs. Locally common. Very rare, if 

 not extinct, on the Oolite. P. May-July. 



First record. Cynosorchis minor Pannonica. The Lesser Austrian Dog- 

 stones, Ger. Em. 207. Cynosorchis miliiaris Pannonica, Park. 1345, 

 and also 0. sive Cynosorchis Pannonica Jlore alba, pp. 32, 89, Merrett's 

 Pinax, 1666. 



1. Isis. Between Botley and Ensham, Baxter MS. 1812. Ashbury 



Downs. 



2. Ock. 'On Chiswell Hills, neer Oxford,' and the white-flowered 



form * in some grounds of Chiswell,' Merrett's Pinax. [Now ex- 

 tinct.] Between Ensham Bridge and Abingdon, Baxter, 1819, 

 in Part. Midi. Fl. Cherbury Camp, Boswell (1867). Plentiful on 

 Blewburton Camp. On the downs near the White Horse. 



3. Pang, Hill above Streatley, towards Aid worth, Mavor's Agr. Berks. 



Downs near Ilsley Warren, Hewett's Hist. Moulsford Downs, 

 Bennett. Basildon, Britt. Contr. Streatley Downs, Tufnail. 

 Compton Downs. Lowbury. ' 



4. Kennet. Armstrong. On the Letcombe Downs. On the Downs 



near Ashbury, near Lord Craven's park. 



