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736. H. viridis, R. Br. Frog Orchis. 



Native ; in meadows and hilly pastures, rather rare, and 



does not often occur in quantity. 

 G. Alveston, Herb. Powell. Filton Meads. Between 



Henbury and Patchway. Nails worth. Pasture above 



Wotton-under-Edge. 

 S. In several fields between the Bridgwater road and 



Dundry Hill. Hutton. Mells. Portbury. Pastures 



on Mendip, near Cheddar. Near Bath ; Fl. Batlwn. 



VI. VII. 



737. H. bifolia, R. Br. Lesser Butterfly Orchis. 



Native ; in moist open places, rare. Nearly all the records 

 purporting to relate to the distribution of this Orchid 

 in the Bristol district have been found to refer to 

 H. chlorantha. Eu-bifolia undoubtedly grows on the 

 southern peat moor, and in several localities nearer 

 Bristol, one of which is that happy hunting ground for 

 botanists Filton Meads. 



738. H. Chlorantha, Bab. Greater Butterfly Orchis. 

 Native ; in woods and shady places, frequent. 



G. Rarely on the wooded slope under Clifton Down 

 beyond the Great Quarry. Wood near Filton. Duchess 

 Woods, Stapleton. Woods above Wotton-under-Edge. 

 Abundant in woods near Patchway. 



S. Leigh Wood in several places, but always very spar- 

 ingly ; usually one plant only is to be seen on each 

 occasion. Bishport. Buckland Dinham. Chewton 

 Keynsham. Congresbury. Shutshelf Wood near Ax- 

 bridge. Ebbor. Great Elm. Hutton. Limeridge 

 Wood near Tickeuham. Stockwood. Nightingale 

 Valley, Weston-in-Gordano. Wells. Yatton. V. VI. 



