268 ORCHIDACE^. 



ORCHIDACE^. 

 ORCHIS, Linn. 



6ft3. O. Morio, L, Meadow Orchis. 



0. 9)i.foemina, C. B. P. (Blackst). 



Cyk Br, ii. 422 ; iii. 511. Curt. F. L. f. 3. 

 Damp meadows ; rather rare. P. May. 



1. About Harefield; Blackst. Fasc. 68. Pinner, abundant!; Melv. 76. 



Near Harefield Church ; Cole. On Ruislip Moor, plentiful. 



III. Roxeth ; Melv. 76. Bet. Harrow and Pinner, 1862. 



IV, Meadows opp. Swan Inn, bet, Hendon and Hampstead, E. H. Button; 



Coop. Supp. 1 1 . Plentiful in a meadow near Hendon ; Irv. MSS. 

 Near Mill Hill ; Michael Collinson MSS. Near Highgate Wood ; 

 Stanmore, 1827-30 ; Varenne. ; 

 First record: BlacJcstone, 1737. Noticed with white flowers at (I.) Hare- 

 field, by Blackstone ; and (IV.) Mill Hill, by Michael Collinson. 



644. O. mascula, L. Early Purple Orchis. 



Cynosorchis Morio, Lob. (Johns.). 0. morio mas fol. mactilatis, C. B. P. 



(Blackst). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 423. Curt. F. L. f. 2. Syme E. B. ix. t. 1455. 

 Meadows and woods ; rare. P. April — May. 



I. Harefield, frequent ; Blackst. Fasc. 67. Near Harefield Church ; Cole. 

 Ganett Wood, 1855 ; Phyt N. 8. i. 62. Old Park Wood. Copse 

 near Pinner Wood !, W, M. H. ; Melv. 97. 

 IV. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Eman. Side of wood behind ' Spaniards,' 

 Hampstead, 1821 ; Bennett {v. s.), and Irv. MSS. In many places 

 near Mill HiU ; Michael Collinson 3fSS. 

 First record : Blackstone, 1737. With white flowers at Mill Hill ; Michael 

 Collinson MSS, 



[645. O. purpurea, Huds. 



0. magna latis foliis galea fused vel nigricante, Chabr. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 424 ; iii. 511. Curt. P. L. f. 6. 

 Chalk banks ; very rare. P. May, June. 



L In the chalkpit near the paper mill at Harefield ; Blackst. Fasc. 67. 



Since Blaekstone's time it has been gathered frequently in . . . 



Middlesex ; Bicheno in Linn. Trans, xii. 30. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. Both Peter Collinson and his son 



Michael searched the chalkpit with great care, but could never discover 



this or 0. militaris, Jj. after the most diligent investigation; Peter 



and Michael Collinson's MSS. It is only certainly known now to occur 



in Kent,] 



