ORCHIDACE^.. 187 



HABENARIA, R. Br. 



736. H. viridis, B. Br. Frog Orchis. 



Native ; in meadows aud hilly pastures, rather rare, and 



does not often occur in quantity. 

 G. Alveston, Herb. Powell. Filton Meads. Between 



Henbury and Patchway. Xailsworth. Pasture above 



Wotton-nnder-Edge. 

 S. In several fields between the Bridgwater road and 



Dundry Hill. Hutton. Mells. Portbuiy. Pastures 



on Mendip, near Cheddar. Near Bath ; Fl. Bathon. 



VI. VII. 



737. H. bifolia, B. Br. Lesser Butterfly Orchis. 



Native ; in moist open places, rare. Nearly all the records 

 purporting to relate to the distribution of this Orchid 

 in the Bristol district have been found to refer to 

 H. chlorantha. Eu-bifolia undoubtedly grows on the 

 southern peat moor, and in several localities nearer 

 Bristol, one of which is that happy hunting ground for 

 botanists — Filton Meads. 



738. H. chlorantha, Bab. Greater Butterfly Orchis. 

 Native ; in woods and shady places, frequent. 



G. Rarely on the wooded slope under Clifton Down 

 beyond the Great Quarry. Wood near Filton. Duchess 

 Woods, Stapleton. Woods above Wotton-under-Edge. 

 Abundant in woods near Patchway. 



S. Leigh Wood in several places, but always very spar- 

 ingly ; usually one plant only is to be seen on each 

 occasion. Bishport. Buckland Dinham. Chewton 

 Keynsham. Cougresbury. Shutshelf Wood near Ax- 

 bridge. Ebbor. Great Elm. Hutton. Limeridge 

 Wood near Tickenhara. Stockwood. Nightingale 

 Valley, Weston-in-Gordano. Wells. Yatton. V. VI. 



