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4. Kennet. Newbury, Ridleij, Herb. Brit. Mus. Mortimer, Tufnail. 



Little Common, Hungerford. Inkpen. On Gibbet Hill. Lam- 

 bourn Downs. Letcombe Downs. Farnborough. 



5. Loddon. Meadows near Wellington College, Penny. Park Place. 



Culliam Court, Stanton. Cranboui-n Chase, Bolton King. Bul- 

 marsb. Tufnail. Bracknell. Long Moor. Near Farley Hill. 

 Stubbing's Heath. Hurley. Cookham. 



O. morio has a great range of colour, occurring in all shades, from darkest 

 purple to pure white, and as these are foxmd in the same locality, subject to 

 the same conditions, we cannot attribute the differences in colour to soil, &c. 



It frequently occurs in great quantity in some of our pastures, and when, 

 as is often the case, it is accompanied with cowslips, a beautiful effect of 

 colour is produced. Counting by individuals, this is our most common 

 Orchis, but it is not so generally distributed as 0. mascula or 0. maculata. 



■ 0. morio is found in all the bordering counties. 

 O. mascula, Linn. Sp. Fl. Suec. ed. 2, 310 (1755). Early Purple Orchis. 

 Cynosorchis Morio mas, Gerard, 158. 0. morio, var. masculus, Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 941 (1753'- 

 Top. Bot. 387. Syme, E. B. ix. 97. t. 1455. Nyman, 693. Fl. Oxf. 295. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Open woods, bushy places, meadows, heaths, and 

 chalk downs. Eather common and widely distributed. Begins 

 to flower a fortnight before 0. morio. P. April 18- July. 

 First record. 0. mascula, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



Forms of 0. mascula are found in which the leaves are unspotted, as 

 at the so-called British village near Faringdon. White and pale pink 

 flowered forms are occasionally found. 



0. mascula is widely distributed over the county, and probably occurs 

 in every parish where there is woodland. It also occurs in all the 

 bordering counties. 



O. incarnata, Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2, 312 (1755). Marsh Orchis. 



Top. Bot. 390. Syme, E. B. ix. 100, t. 1457. Nyman, 692. Fl. Oxf. 295. 

 Native. Uliginal. Marshes and wet meadows. Local, but when it 



occurs, plentiful. P. June. 

 Fii'st certainly recorded by the author in Beport of Bot. Record Club, 1880. 



1. Isis. In the Wytham meadows. 



2. Ock. Besilsleigh. Tuhne j, Rep. of Rec. aub, 1880, 1882. Frilford. 



Marcham. Cothill. Near Wantage Eoad Station, by the Canal 

 side. Abingdon. Between Abingdon and Radley. 



5. Loddon. Near Early, by the railway, Tufnail. Near Coleman's 

 Moor. 



0. incarnata is reported from all the bordering counties except Surrey. 



O. latifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. 941 (i753). Marsh Orchis, Male-handed Orchis. 

 Top. Bot. 389. Syme, E. B. ix. 100, t. 1458. Nyman, 692. Fl. Oxf, 

 294. 



