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228 NEOTINEA INTACTA. 
fructifying cells, but they were too small and too rapid in their move- 
ments to be followed successfully with the microscope. 
In conclusion, then, may we not infer, if the columnar structure does 
not represent the antheridia, and the group of cells at the bottom of 
the conceptacle the female spores, at least that these papille contain 
the fructifying organs of Hildenbrandtia fluviatilis, in some form or an- 
other ? 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XX. 
Fig. 1. Hildenbrandtia fluviatilis, Breb.? with the scabrous appearance of the 
fructiferous (?) spots: greatly magnified. Fig. 2. Cells of the bottom of the cavity 
of conceptacle. Fig..3. The Mind of cells of the scabrous spots. Fig. 4. 
me, with three of the upper cells divided. Fig. 5. The cells of the thallus poy 
pode Fig. 6-9. The conceptacle in its different stages from its early o 
closed to its deciduous sta’ 
NEOTINEA INTACTA, Reichh, A RECENT ADDITION TO 
E BRITISH FLORA. 
By D. Moors, Ph.D., F.L.8. 
On the 27th of June I had the pleasure of submitting to the Royal 
Trish Academy Neotinea intacta, Reichb., an Orchid new to the British 
flora. This pretty little plant, hitherto only known from Greece, 
Malta, Madeira, Algiers, south of Germany, and Portugal, was disco- 
vered by Miss More, the sister of that eminent British botanist Mr. A. 
G. More. She found it early in May, growing in calcareous pastures, at 
Castle Taylor, county of Galway, Ireland. After making myself pretty 
certain of the species, I sent a specimen to Professor Reichenbach, of 
Hamburg, and in a letter dated June 20, he informs me that the new 
Trish Orchid “is indeed Neotinea intacta." An excellent figure of the 
wild plant will be found in Reichenbach’s Icones Flor. Germanice, 
vol. 13-14, t. 500; and a cultivated specimen is figured by Lindley in 
the ‘ Botanical Register,’ t. 1525, under the name of Aceras secundiflora. 
In the dry state the plant looks very much like Habenaria albida, and it 
would be well worth while to inquire whether it has ever been passed 
over elsewhere as that species. 
Miss More may be justly proud of her discovery, one of the most 
important made for many years. It is a highly interesting addition. 
It is well known that in the south-western counties of Ireland several 
