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well serve as a curious subject of enquiry as to how it 
came there, and may illustrate how easily a plant 
may become extinct in any given locality. 
. Listera ovata, Twayblade.—Common in our woods. 
nidus-avis, Bird’s-nest Orchis.—Common under the beeches 
in Oakley and other woods. Having taken up speci- 
mens of this plant, with their curious bunches of nest- 
like roots, I cannot at all agree that it is parasitic, as 
is usually supposed. 
. Neottia spiralis, Ladies’ Traces.—The only locality in which I have 
met with this plant, in Gloucestershire, is in a grass 
field on the south slope of Marl Hill, near Chelten- 
ham. This field, from its regular ridges, had evidently 
once been in tillage, and yet it seems an isolated 
example of a pasture with us containing this plant, 
which, at the time of my visit, some 15 years since, 
was very abundant in this habitat. 
Orchis Morio, Green-winged Meadow Orchis.—Too common in pas- 
tures, in which its great abundance may betoken 
poverty of soil, as it is usual in “cold hungry clays.” 
as mascula, Rarly purple Orchis.—Common to rough meadows 
and low thickets. 
. Orchis ustulata, Dwarf dark-winged O.—I have met with occasional 
examples on Sevenhampton Common, near Chelten- 
ham ; at Eyford, near Stow-on-the-Wold; and on the 
slope which descends from Dunsburn into Edgeworth 
valley. 
9 latifolia, Marsh O.—In damp marshy meadows, frequent. 
a maculata. Spotted O.—Common to woods and thickets. 
»  pyramidalis, Pyramidal O.—In Oakley and other Cotteswold 
woods and thickets. 
. Gymnadenia conopsea, Fragrant Gymnadenia.—Occasionally met with 
in Oakley, Uley, and other woods and thickets of the 
county, well distinguished by its lilac coloured flowers 
and fragrant scent. 
. Habenaria bifola, Butterfly Orchis—Common in the Cotteswold 
woods. This is also a highly fragrant species. 
¥3 viridis. Green H.—At Charlton, near Cheltenham, and 
Furzen Leaze, near Cirencester. 
. Herminium Monorchis, Green Musk Orchis.—This I have“only met 
with in one locality, namely, on the slope of Ravens- 
gate Hill, below Linover wood, where it forms a rounded 
bay, looking down ufon the village of Charlton. 
Ophrys apifera, Bee Orchis.—This beautiful specimen has been met 
with, more or less sparingly, in several habitats. I 
have gathered it on Painswick. Hill, on Leckhampton 
Hill, and very fine examples in Oakley Park. The 
most curious locality in which I have met with it is 
on a spoil heap thrown out in making the Thames 
and Severn Canal, by the Engine-house near Tetbury 
road Station. 
Ophrys muscifera, Fly O.—In Lineover Wood, Charlton Kings, and 
in the woods bounding the north side of Sapperton 
Valley, but only sparingly. 
Cirencester, 1855. 
