174 GUERNSEY. 
Orchis maculata, L. = Spotted Palmate Orchis. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Common in all districts.) This is the latest of the meadow 
orchids to flower. A form with purple flowers occurs at Grande 
Mare, though not commonly: it deserves further study, as perhaps 
it may prove be to a hybrid between the present species and 
O. latifolia. 
In his recently published Alora of Bournemouth the Rev. E. F. 
Linton describes a new species, allied to this, under the name of 
Orchis ericetorum. From O. maculata it is distinguished by its more 
slender habit, narrower leaves, even the lowest being more or less 
acuminate, and by the middle lobe of the lip being much smaller 
than the broad lateral lobes. It is widely distributed, and occurs as 
far south as Guernsey. Mr. Linton informs me that as a rule 
O. ericetorum is a plant of heathy, peaty districts, and that the 
Guernsey specimen in the Boswell herbarium (F. J. Hanbury) was 
gathered at Lancresse. 
Orchis latifolia, L. Broad-leaved Marsh Orchis. 
Native. First record: Babington, 1839. 
Common in the wet meadows about Grande Mare, and between 
Mont Saint and Richmond. Also found, but less plentifully, at the 
lower end of the Talbots Valley, and near Cobo, as well as in 
several parts of the Vale. This is the earliest of our meadow 
orchids, coming into flower about the middle of May. 
Orchis incarnata, L. Common Marsh Orchis. 
Native. First found: Andrews, 1899. 
Rare. This interesting addition to the somewhat scanty list 
of Guernsey orchids was discovered by Mr. Cecil Andrews, who 
found it both at Grande Mare and in wet meadows at Rocquaine. 
In this species the leaves are gradually narrowed from a broad base ; 
whereas in O. /atifolia, which it much resembles, the leaves are 
broadest at the middle, and their base narrow. 
(Orchis pyramidalis, L., the Pyramidal Orchis, occurs in Alderney.) 
Ophrys apifera, Huds. Bee Orchis. 
Native. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Very rare, and now almost extinct. I saw a plant or two in 
flower in 1889 in a sandy field at Portinfer, close to the sea; and 
the following year a few spikes of bloom in sandy fields on the other 
side of the coast road, but the plant is now probably lost at this 
last station, owing to building and cultivation. Fifteen or twenty 
years ago the Bee Orchis was so plentiful in this neighbourhood that 
I have heard of a handful or two of flowers being picked in an 
afternoon; but now most of the ground is covered with cottages and 
