154 Botany. 



1433. SPIRANTHES spiralis, Koch. (AUTUMNALIS, R.), LADY'S 

 TRESSES, 8 9, P. Downs, chalk-pits, old pastures ; freq. 



1. Until '03 plentiful in meadow opposite the "Fox," 



Keston, now being covered with cottages and 

 gardens. W.H.G. 



2. " Prof. F. Darwin told me that in his youth he found 



it in the meadows at Lullingstone." W.H.G. 

 a. Sandpits between Greenwich and Woolwich, Dartford 

 Heath, 1836. 



(400) CEPHALANTHERA, R. A degraded Epipactis (Darwin) ; 

 pollen germinates in situ, fertilising its own stigma. 

 (Darwin, Orchids, p. 80). 



1439. C. longifolia, Fritsch, 1888 (ENSIFOLIA, R.), 56, P. Woods 



on the chalk ; very rare ; probably extinct in the district. 



a. Fakeham (Falkham ?) Wood, 1821. Graves. 



1440. C. grandiflora, Gray (FALLENS, R.), 6, P. Woods on the 



chalk ; frequent in district 2. 



1. Coppices between Down and Farnborough, '02. 



W.H.G. 



2. Beech wood, Polhill, '03. W.H.G. 



3. Meenfield Wood, near Shoreham, '05. W.H.G. 



4. Pretty frequent at Farnborough, '94. Spooner, 



5. Cudham, '95. Kennard. 



6. Wood in chalk-pit, Lullingstone, '06. R.H.C. 



7. Near Lodge, Holwood Park, '06. L.C.C. 

 a. First record, 1671 : near Greenhithe. 



(401). EPIPACTIS, Adans. 



1441. E. latifolia, All. 78, P. Frequent in woods on the chalk 



which have recently been cleared of undergrowth. Wasp 

 flower (Darwin), but really very few insect visitors. 

 ; 1. Meenfield Wood, near Shoreham, '02. W.H.G. 

 ' 2. Down, Darwin (still there, H. & M.) ; probably 



extinct, '07. W.H.G. 



3. Woods between Shorne and Cobham. Dod. 

 a. First record, 1597 : Southfleet. 



1442. E. media, Fries. 8, P. Woods ; fairly frequent. 



1. Woods S. of Knockholt Beeches. Cole. 



2. Woods on the Downs near Trottescliffe. M. 



3. Woods above Hailing. Dod and M. 



4. Wood near Skid Hill between the Salt Box, Westerham 



Road, Cudham and Fairchild, '03. W.H.G. 



