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Vect.). Between Shanklin and Gc-dshill ? Mr. J. Woods, jun. in 

 Bot. Guide, but whether this plant be intended or rather E. (Cepha- 

 lanthera) grandiflora or E. ensifolia, all of which have successively 

 borne the name of Serapis longifolia, under which it is there men- 

 tioned, I am unable to say. Sowley Pond, near Lymington ; Mr. R. 

 JefFord '.! Otterborne, in plenty ; Miss A. M. Yonge. Warnford 

 Moor ; Rev. E. M. Sladen. These are the only stations known to 

 me as yet for this very pretty species in our county. 



Cephalanthera grandiflora ( Epipactis grandiflora) . Common in 

 woods, groves, and bushy, shady places, in various parts of the hilly 

 and chalky districts of mainland Hants, in the eastern and central 

 portion of the county ; extremely rare in the Isle of Wight. A soli- 

 tary specimen in flower, June 8th, 1844, in the thickest part of the 

 wood called the Hummet, at Calborne New Barn ; all attempts to 

 find more have been fruitless, though often made since. Several spe- 

 cimens found in full flower, June 8th, 1848, under hazels and beeches 

 in a small hollow or ravine on the east side of Carisbrooke Castle 

 Hill ; Miss Dennett !!! This fine species doubtless exists in other 

 parts of the island, but must still be, like Habenaria viridis, an ex- 

 tremely rare inhabitant here. In Bordean Hanger, with the follow- 

 ing, in considerable plenty, and in woods about Langrish and Bordean 

 generally. Abundant in Avington Woods (in the long southern ride, 

 &c). Murdon Woods, as well as in other woods in that vicinity 

 (Winton); Dr. A. D. White !!! who tells me it is common in the 

 great belts and clumps of fir plantation so frequent on the downs 

 around Winchester. Wood near Upham (by Bishop's Waltham) with 

 C. ensifolia; Id. and Miss L. Minchin. Warnford; Rev. E. M. 

 Sladen. Holt Wood ; Rev. Messrs. Gamier and Poulter in Hamp. 

 Repos. (Serapias grandiflora). Highclere Park ; Anon. Cat. of the 

 Pis. of Newbury. Woods at the Grange, near Ringwood ; Mr. 

 Ingram. Selborne Hanger and Selborne Park, common in the latter; 

 Professor Bell !!! In great abundance and of magnificent growth in 

 a young plantation at Westbury House, West Meon ; the Miss Sib- 

 leys ; some of the specimens here are nearly two feet in height, form- 

 ing clumps, many stems springing from one root (a rare thing in 

 British Orchidaceae), making a beautiful appearance !!! I found it ap- 

 parently frequent in Paruell or Parnholt Wood, near Farley, May 

 26th, 1849. Miss G. E. Kilderbee finds the flowers of this and C. 

 ensifolia powerfully fragrant, like tuberose.* I once thought I per- 



* Sir J, E. Smith says they are " perfectly inodorous at all times." — Engl. Fl. iv. 

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