Peel: The Orchids of the Upper Hodder Valley. 3x 
but the difficulty is to satisfactorily make out the exact 
alliance.—F.A.L. ]. 
GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA. (a) In hayfields, mostly on lime- 
stone; spike and stem short; flowers sometimes pure 
white ; flowers June—early July. 
(0) In bogs, taller and finer; spike reaching six inches 
or more in length; flowers larger, horizontal, then tilted 
sideways, purple pink ; sepals spreading ; petals converg- 
ing; lip with three blunt even lobes, unspotted; spur 
very long and slender, curved; bracts as long as the 
ovary inconspicuous ; upper leaves bractlike ; lower in- 
creasing in size, lanceolate, unspotted, straight, concave ; 
concave at tips. [This cross-pollinates with any other 
swamp pasture orchis there may be.—F.A.L.] 
Both forms are sweet. scented. 
GYMNADENIA ALBIDA. July, 1912. Two localities only. (1) 
limestone hayfield, dry, with H. chlorantha and G. conop- 
sea form (a) Eight plants. 
(2) Sandstone, hayfield, wet, with H. chlorantha and 
O. rvecurva. Two plants. Of one of these Mr. Lees 
writes, “The largest specimen I ever saw, and perfectly 
distinctive.’ 
[Lhe grand ascertained fact, of recent proof, is that 
close allies will hybridise (more or less efficiently marry), 
through the agency of insects, and afford us a not inexact 
parallel to the alliances of the human race. . G. 
conopsea is known to cross-pollen with G. albida and Hab. 
viridis, and I think it not unlikely that another year this 
hybrid, G. Schweinfurthii Heg. may be found in Bowland 
asin Scotland. The full germen’d specimens sent, seem to 
hint at pure breed, or only just enough refreshing stimulus 
to strengthen the strain of vegetative vigour.—F.A.L.] 
HABENARIA VIRIDIS. One locality only, and there very scarce. 
A dry limestone pasture near Newton, in rg1r and 1g712. 
Previously found by the Rev. Wm. Crombie. 
HABENARIA BIFOLIA. A damp meadow on Yoredale about 
600 ft. One plant only, 1912. Differs from the next in 
the smaller size, smaller and greener flowers, straighter 
spur, more narrow sepals, parallel anther cells and more 
compact and even spike. 
HABENARIA CHLORANTHA. In three localities (a) on limestone, 
dry, fairly plentiful; (+) on Yoredale, damp, rare; (c) 
sandstone, damp, uncommon. 
LISTERA CORDATA. Bog on Waddington Fell, 1,100 ft. 
LIsTERA OVATA. Very common; often extremely fine. 
EPIPACTIS PALUSTRIS. One locality only, a bog on limestone 
(or a glacial clay containing many limestone boulders), 
about 450 ft. with Menyanthes and G. conopsea. 
1913 Jan. 1. 
