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(2) A second form was also found near Winchester in June, 191 5, by the Rev. R. 

 Quirk (Text-fig. 10, B i and B 2) and described as follows^: "Tlie inflorescence is 

 more like viridis; the spur is short (5-6 mm. when fully developed, less in the younger 

 flowers); the labellum is shaped like that of viridis, and when first open, the rose- 

 purple coloration appears on the lateral lobes only, the rest of the labellum being a 

 delicate primrose-green, which gradually changes to rose-purple almost all over. The 

 tilt of the flowers is marked". 



From the accompanying figure it appears that the sepals are oblong, broad and 

 obtuse, the lateral spreading obliquely, the upper conniving with the petals to form 

 a hood, the lip is oblong, wedge-shaped, ending in three rounded teeth, without 

 side-lobes, and the spur is cylindrical, thick, curved forward with rounded end. This 

 form is much nearer to C. viride than the preceding one, especially in the sepals, the 

 more or less closed hood, the shape of the lip and the spur, all of which show clearly 

 the influence of the Caloglossum parent. Another form was found closely resembling 

 G. conopsea, except for the presence of the green colour, and also one in which the 

 labellum was almost undivided and green, though the spur remains long. It is possible 

 that these were crosses between a first generation hybrid and one or other of the 

 parents. 



(3) This remarkable form was found near Cressage, Salop, on June 26th, 1912, 

 growing in company with both parents, by the late Mr R. F, Burton of Longner 

 Hall, Salop, who transferred it to his garden. A pen-and-ink drawing of the 1916 

 spike of this plant, with front and side views of enlarged flowers, by Dr T. A. 

 Stephenson, appeared in the O.K. p. loi (1922) (Text-fig. 10, C i and C 2). In that 

 year's spike the sepals were pale green and obtuse, and the lip and petals rose-lilac. 

 PI. 29 shows the spike of July, 1919, which was only 6 cm. long, that of 1916 having 

 been 16 cm. in length and that of 191 7 i6| cm. The stem in the latter year reached 

 the extraordinary height of 74 cm. (2 ft. 5^ in.) which seems to have exhausted the 

 plant, for in 191 9 it was only 24 cm. tall, as received in a cut state. Its general 

 appearance was that of G. conopsea, and the great stature of the 191 7 plant made me 

 at first extremely sceptical of its hybrid origin. I was inclined to concur with Mr 

 Burton, who called it a spurless G. conopsea. On further study, however, the following 

 points appeared strongly to indicate the part-parentage of C. viride. (i) The pale 

 green sepals of the 1916 spike. Those of 1919 were pale rose, but in flowers wliich 

 opened in the house they were greenish. (2) The undivided lip, wedge-shaped at 

 base, fan-like at apex. In some flowers a slightly projecting acute tooth at the apex 

 of the lip was strongly recurved, making the lip look bi-lobed, whilst the shallow 

 rounded side-lobes pointed forwards, and were, together with the shape of the lip, 

 very suggestive of C. viride. (3) The spur was as small as in C. viride and of similar 



• Winchester Coll. N.H. Soc. Rep. p. 9 (191 3-1 5). 



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