250 THE NATURALIST. 



CONIFEE^. 



Taxus baccata, L. Gordale ! 33. iv. v. 



Orchidace^. 



Neottia Nidus-avis, Eich. Gordale. 56. vi. vii. 



Epipactis ovalis, Bab. Clefts of rocks above Gordale ! Dr. Windsor. 

 " About the year 1810 I collected," says Dr. Windsor, "at the request 

 of Sir J. E. Smith, recent specimens of this plant for the inspection 

 of himself and Mr. Sowerby ; the former thought it might be the 

 parviflora of Ehrhart, but Mr. Sowerby informed me that he could 

 not decide upon its being a distinct species." What characters of 

 Ehrhart's parviflora Sir J. E. Smith saw in Dr. Windsor's specimens 

 I cannot tell, but except in trifling variations of the labellum and 

 lower leaves none of my Gordale specimens differ perceptibly from 

 accredited specimens of Babington's E. ovalis, J^Tany English botan- 

 ists have had an opportunity of satisfying themselves as to the real 

 nature of the Craven plant by means of Mr. Tatham's specimens. 

 There can be no doubt that it is E. ovalis. vii. 



E. pahtstris, Sw. Between Gordale and Malham Tarn, near Broad Scar ! 

 44. vii. viii. 



E. rubra, Sm. (Cephalanthera, Rich., Serapias, L.j Gordale, J. Nowell. 

 This station may be confidently set down as belonging to E. ovalis. 

 " In the New Botanist's Guide the name of E. rubra was applied 

 interrogatively to the Epipactis of Giggleswick, in Yorkshire, and the 

 Ormeshead, in Caernarvonshire; but E. ovalis is the plant of the 

 former locality, and probably of the latter also." Cybele Britannica, 

 ii. p. 421. A further notice in vol. iii. p. 379, confirms this state- 

 ment respecting the Welsh plant, which is now generally recognized 

 as E. ovalis. (Bab. Man., 5th ed., p. 323, Hooker and Arnott's Flora, 

 8th ed., p. 428). 3. 



Habenaria albida. Br. Not uncommon in the pastures about Malham ! 

 with Gymnadenia conopsea and Habenaria viridis. 37. vi. 



LlLIACE^. 



Allium oleraceum, L. b. carinatum, Sm. Rocks near Malham Tarn, Dr. 

 Windsor. Malham Cove ! J. Tatham. This vari'ety [^ complanatum 

 of Fries) is known by the uniformly thick, channelled, many-ribbed 

 leaf, and must not be confounded with A. carinatum, L. (sp. 426), 

 which has stamens twice as long as the perianth. A. carinatum, L. 



