THE 0KCH13 FAMILY. 395 



2. Common Twatblade — {Listera ovdta.) 



Moist shady woods and meadows, common. Abundant about Red- 

 dish, Marple, Broadbottom, Ashley, Cotterill, &,c. Burley Hurst, 

 Mobberley. Slope above Mere Clough reservoir. Fl. May, June. 

 Curtis, i. 205 ; E. B. xxii. 1548 (both as Ophrys ovata). 



A singular and very pretty orchis, readily distinguished by the two large oval 

 leaves upon the otherwise naked stem, about four inches from the ground, and 

 the long and slender raceme of pure green flowers, the lip in two long, linear, 

 parallel lobes. 



3. Small Twayblade — {Listera cordata.) 



Hilly pastures. Stalybridge Brushes, Fo-edge, and similar localities, 

 but rather scarce. Fl. July. 



Curtis, iii. 539 ; E. B. v. 358 (as Ophrys cordata). 



4. Bikd's-nest Orchis — {Listera Nidus-avis.) 

 In a thicket opposite Cotterill Wood. (J. P.) Wood near Tint- 

 wistle. (Mr. Sidebotham.) Fl. May, June. 



Curtis, iii. 538; E. B. i. 48 (as Ophrys Nidus-avis) ; Baxter, v. 357. 

 Eesembles a withered plant, or an overblown Orobanche. The fibrous roots 

 are matted together like a bird's nest. 



5. Bboad-leayed Epipactis — {Epipactis latifolia.) 



W^oods and shady hedgebanks, rather uncommon. Abundant in 



the Strines and Reddish Valleys. Cheadle. Styal. Prestwich. 



(J. P.) Mobberley. (Mr. HoUand.) Ashley. (Mr. Hunt.) Fl. July, 



August. 



Curtis, iii. 510 ; E. B. iv. 269 (as Serdpias latifdlia). 



6. Helmet Orchis — {Orchis Morio.) 

 Meadows on the banks of rivers. Plentiful between Bowdon and 

 Cotterill, about Jackson's Boat, and in the Reddish Valley. Astley, 

 and near Winwick and Over Darwen, plentiful. (J. E.) FL May, 

 June. 



Curtis, i. 204; E. B. xxix. 2059. 



1. Crimson Meadow Orchis — {Orchis mdscula.) 

 Meadows and pastures near rivers, common. Abundant about 

 Ashley meadows, between Ashley and Cotterill, and in the Reddish 

 Valley. Flixton, on the banks of the Mersey. Fl. May, in company 

 with the cowslip. 



Curtis, i. 135; E. B. ix. 631. 

 A strikingly beautiful plant. 



