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A List of Buckinghamshire Orchids. 
[The localities following the initial S are in South Bucks; those preceded 
by N are in the North of the county. The river Thame separates these 
divisions. ! following a locality, signifies that I have seen a specimen col- 
lected there. ] 
ORDER ORCHIDACEZ. 
Orouts Linn. 
0. Morio, L. Green-winged Orchis. S.—Not unfrequent in 
meadows and on grassy commons; Whittington Park; Wooburn , 
Denham; Drayton Beauchamp; Weston Turville; Dinton, &c. 
N.—Addington; Buckingham, &c. Flowers in May. 
. This speciés varies greatly in the colours of its flowers. I have found 
them white, flesh-coloured, and pale purple. 
O. mascula, L. arly Purple Orchis. S. and N.—Meadows, 
open places, and woods, frequent. Flowers in May. 
A very variable plant. On dry, exposed banks, as on Keep Hill, the spike 
is lax and few-flowered; in woods, it is often dense and many-flowered : the 
scent is equally variable, being in some specimens very agreeable, in others, 
growing in the same locality, extremely unpleasant. The absence of green 
veins from the petals and sepals, and the brighter colour of the blossoms, 
render this species readily distinguishable from 0. Morio. The Buckingham 
names for O. mascula are “ Ring-finger,” ‘‘ King-fingers,” and ‘ Cuckoos ;” 
the two former are at present unexplained; the latter refers to the ap- 
pearance of the plant in spring, when ‘the Cuckoo doth begin to sing his 
pleasant notes without stammering.”’ 
{ 0. purpurea, Huds. Lady Orchis. S.—Mr. T. P. Lucas re- 
corded this from Downley; Dane Garden Wood; and Fennell’s 
Wood ; a diligent search in these localities has only resuited in 
the discovery of 0. militaris, which was probably mistaken for 
this species. | ‘ 
O. militaris, L. Military Orchis. S.—‘‘ Marlow Wood in plenty, 
| Mr. Gotobed: Woods between High Wycombe and Great Marlow ; 
Mr. J. Rayer.” Botanists’ Guide, i. 89; ‘* Between Henley and 
Fawley; between High Wycombe and Hitchenden.” Lng. Bot. 
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