158 Botany. 



1463. HERMINIUM monorchis, Br. (MusK ORCHID), 67, P. 



Grassy banks and downs on the chalk ; rare. Probably 

 a moth flower ; no honey, but sweet scented at night ; 

 G. Darwin and Mueller, however, found it visited during 

 the day by ichneumons and small beetles, which carried 

 away the pollinia. 



1. About the foot of Darwin's bank, near Down, '06. 



W.H.G. 



2. Fairly pi. in lower part of Chevening Park, '06. 



W.H.G. 



3. Chalk pit, Morant's Court; Hill. Reeves. 



4. W. of Otford. M. 



a. First record, 1666 : Gad's Hill. 



1464. GYMNADENIA conopsea, Br. (HABENARIA, B. & H.), 



SCENTED O. 6 7, P. Chalky downs, banks, pits, rarely 

 in marshy places ; common in district 2. There are two 

 forms of fls. : 1). Red fls., butterfly-pollinated, and 2). 

 white fls., moth-pollinated. 



1. Darwin's Orchid bank, '08. W.H.G. 



2. Bank below E. side of Polhill, '05. W.H.G. 



a. Bogs and old pastures between Northfleet and the 

 Thames, 1666. 



(406) HABENARIA, Willd. 



1468. H. bifolia, Br. 6 7, P. Heaths, copses, singularly rare in 



the district. Moth fls., sweet-scented in the evening. 



1. Copse above Hailing. M. and Dod. 



2. Otford, abundant. Holmes. 



3. Downs above Paddlesworth, near Snodland. H. 



1469. H. montana, D. & S. (under BIFOLIA as CHLOROLEUCA, 



Rid., B. & H.), 5 6, P. Common in recently cut woods 

 on a moist calcareous soil. 



1 Woods and chalky hillsides between Cudham and 

 Brasted, '06. W.H.G. 



a. Charlton Wood, 1763. 



b. First record, 1597 : Southfleet. 



ALLIANCE II. SCITAMINE^]. 



Four Natural Orders are included in this alliance, of which, 

 however, we have no representatives. They form a remarkable 



