OPHRYS 477 



[AcERAS ANTHROPOPHORA, E. Br. in Ait, Hort. Kew, ed. 2, v. iqi (1813). Man 

 Orchis. 



Ophrys anthropophora, Linn. Sp. PL 948. Fl. Oxf. 297. 



Error. Recorded as Ophrys an[t]hropomorpha. Man Orchis, near the road 

 from Wallingfordto Reading, by Mr. Browne in Jlerretfs Pinax, 1666. Repeated 

 in the Botanist's Guide. 1805, and in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. It is included 

 by Mr. Pamplin in his list of Streatley plants in the Phyt. v. (1854) 153, but 

 he omits Habenaria viridis. It is also included by Mr. T. B. Flower in 

 Robertson's Env. of Reading, 1843. but in aU these cases there is great 

 probability that Habenaria viridis was mistaken for the true plant. At any 

 rate it cannot be admitted into the list of Berkshire plants until refound. 



Aceras has been recorded for Bucks. Oxfordshire, and Wilts on unsatis- 

 factory authority, and I am not satisfied that the Hampshire records are 

 correct, but it is recorded on good authority for Surrey.] 



OPHRYS. Linn. Gen. n. 902 {Ophris, Tournefort, Inst. t. 250'. 

 O. apifera, Huds. Fl. Angl. 340 (i762\ Bee Orchis. 



0. insectifera, var. i, Linn. Sp. PL 948. 



Top. Bot. 394. Syme, E. B. ix. iii, t. 1467. Xyman, 698. Fl. Oxf. 298. 

 Native. Glareal. Fields, quarries, brick-pits, chalk downs, railway 



embankments, &c. Local. P. June-July. 

 First record. Orchis Melitiias, Bee Orchis, G. 213, P. 1352 . . , Many 



places about Oxford, Merrett's Pinax, 1666. Ophrys apifera, Streatley 



Hills, Mr. Bicheno, in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. A little beyond Merley Wood upon a high meadow, Dil- 



Jenius. 1740, in Herb. Oxf Appleton, Miss Hoskins, in Walk. Fl. 

 High bank on lefc-hand side of Cumnor Hill half past the 

 second milestone, Thurland. Near Wytham. 

 •2. Ock. South Hinksey, Baxter in Purt. Midi. Fl. I am afraid now 

 gone from old stone-pits about half a mile SW. of South Hink- 

 sey as recorded by Baxter in Walk. Fl. Blewbury. Chilton. 



3. Pang. East Ilsley Downs, Heweifs Hist. [His MS. says : ' On the 



edge of the downs south of the Warren.'] On Streatley hills, 

 D>-. Lightfoofs MSS. 1770. and Mr. Bicheno. Pangbourn, Britt. Contr. 

 Abundant on Moulsford Downs. Lowbury. Sulham. 



4. Kennet. Burghfield, C. S. Bird, 1833. Near the W^hite Horse Hill. 

 r,. lioddon. In a plantation on the right-hand side of the road 



goins; from Hurlev Bottom to Henley, and in a wood near the 



Druid's Temple, Park Place, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. 8. Near 



Quarry Wood. 



On the Moulsford Downs I found one specimen with a white flower, 



and another in which a two-lipped flower occurred ; that is, there were 



two ' bees ' in a single perianth. 



0. apifera is recorded from all the bordering counties. 



O. ARANiFERA, Huds. EL Angl. ed. 2, 392 (1778). Spider Orchis. 



O. insectifera, var. d. Linn. Sp. PL 949. Syme, E. B. i. 112, tt. 1469-70. Fl. 

 Oxf 298. 



