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found it in various places between Goring and Cavyesham. It appears 
formerly to have been found in Berks along with O. militaris; but 
after searching most carefully for three seasons, I have been unable to 
find it on the south side of the Thames, so I fear it has become extinet 
there. It has been reported from near Dartford, Kent, but not on 
sufficient authority. 
England. Perennial. Early Summer. H 
Very similar to O. militaris, but I believe distinct from it. It has. 
a blunter spike, the helmet is paler or spotted with rose instead ‘of 
pale ashy purple, and the labellum has the lateral lobes similar in 
length and breadth to the segments of the terminal lobe, and crimson, 
In O. militaris the segments of the terminal lobe are considerabl 
shorter and broader than the lateral lobes, and the neck of the middle 
lobe, before it divides into two, is considerably broader in proportion. 
Towards Goring, O. Simia and O. militaris grow together; and there 
intermediate forms connecting the two occur, which I believe to be 
of hybrid origin. I have seen none of these intermediate forms near 
Pangbourne, where O. militaris alone grows; nor between Maple- 
durham and Cavesham, where O. Simia occurs without O. militaris. 
Monkey Orchis. 
SPECIES VII—ORCHIS MORIO. Linn. 
Pirate MCCCCLIV. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Hely. Vol. XIII. Tab. CCCLXTIIL. 
Billot, F). Gall. et Germ. Exsice. No. 172. 
Rootknobs undivided, globular or subglobular. Leaves elliptical- 
strapshaped, not spotted. Flowers in a rather lax blunt spike. Bracts 
nearly as long as the ovary, scarious, coloured, l-nerved. Sepals and 
lateral petals combined into an ascending subglobular compressed 
helmet, the sepals blunt, purple veined with green; labellum broader 
than long, with the sides more or less reflexed, purple, paler at the 
base, and spotted with darker purple, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes sub- 
quadrate, wedgeshaped, crenulated, the middle lobe scarcely longer 
than the lateral lobes, and about the same width, notched and more 
or less crenulate; spur cylindrical, nearly straight, truncate, ascending 
or horizontal, nearly as long as the ovary. 
In meadows and pastures. Common in the south of England, 
but becoming scarcer towards the north, and not extending to 
Scotland. Rather rare in Ireland, and chiefly found towards the east 
and middle. 
England, Ireland. Perennial. Late Spring, early Summer. 
