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recorded by liim as " S. ajjine, Schnizl.," in " Journ. Bot.," 

 vol. xxxix, August 1901, p. 273. See Spence, " Flora 

 Orcadensis," pp. 69 and 70 (1914). 



Orchis maculata, Linn., suhnp. ericetorum, Linton in 

 "Flora of Bournemouth," by Rev. E. F. Linton, p. 208 

 (1902). — Damp pasture, Midland Hill, Orphir, Mainland, 

 29th July 1876, H. H. Johnston; hillside and hilly pasture, 

 Hoy, 24th and 25th July 1877, respectively, H. H. Johnston ; 

 and heath, 220 feet above sea-level. South Dam, Hoy, 22nd 

 June and 3rd September 1914, H. H. Johnston (name 

 confirmed by E. F. Linton). Native and common at all 

 these stations. This subspecies is the commonest and 

 most widely distributed Orchis in Orkney, and it is the 

 only form of O. maculata, Linn., that I have found in 

 H. C. Watson's county No. Ill Orkney. My specimens, 

 collected in 1876 and 1877, were identified as " 0. maculata, 

 Linn." by the late Dr. J. T. I. B. Boswell, but he doubtfully 

 referred my specimen collected on 25th July 1877 to this 

 species. In the opinion of Dr. G. Claridge Druce, the 

 suhsp. ERICETORUM, Linton, is the true type of Orchis 

 maculata, Linn., " Species Plantarum." See " Bot. Exch. 

 Club Secretary's Report for 1914," pp. 99-105 (1915); and 

 ibid, for 1917, p. 165 (1918). The following notes were 

 made by me from living plants at South Dam, Hoy, on 

 22nd June 1914, viz. : — Stem solid. Leaves spotted dark 

 purple. Flowers faintly scented. Perianth ^ja^e lilac, with 

 dark crimson-purple streaks and spots on the two lateral 

 sepals and lip ; two lateral sepals iKitent ; middle sepal and 

 two petals connivent ; lip jiat, 3-lobed, with the middle 

 lobe s/ior^erand narroiver than the two lateral lobes, and 

 recurved. Three of the plants I found in Hoy, on 24th 

 July 1877, had ivhite flowers, but pale lilac is the usual 

 colour of the flowers in this Orchis in Orkney. 



JuNCUS BUFONius, Linn., var. b. fasciculatus (Bert.) 

 (name confirmed by Arthur Bennett, who remarks, " I think 

 so, but a poor state of it"). — Muddy and gravelly fore- 

 shore of a brackish water loch, 5 feet above sea-level, 

 Ayre Loch, Copinsa}^ 22nd August 1916, H. H. Johnston. 

 Native. Common. Plants in unripe fruit. A new 

 record for this variety for H. C. Watson's county No. 

 Ill Orkney. 



