l68 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



1273. O. maculata. Spotted orchis. Damp woods and 



pastures, common. I may mention, for the sake of the 

 less experienced botanists, that it is not safe to put 

 down every orchis that has spotted leaves under this 

 species. The name is a misleading one, as the spotted 

 orchis may occasionally be found with unspotted 

 leaves, and species 1263, 1271, and 1272 with spotted 

 leaves; 1 271 very rarely. 



1274. Gymnadenia conopsea. Fragrant orchis. Fields, 



especially on limestone, not uncommon. Marfield, 

 Masham ; near Clotherhohiie ; Thieves' Gill ; field 

 near Mackershaw (very large and fine). 



1276. Habenaria viridis. Frog orchis. Sloping fields, not 

 uncommon, but easily overlooked, owing to its 

 insignificant appearance. Quarry moor ; field next 

 Mackershaw wood ; hilly pastures above Masham, &c. 



1278. H. chlorantha. Large butterfly orchis. Moist past- 

 ures and copses, not common. Woods near Masham, 

 in small quantity ; field near Mackershaw wood. 



1281. Ophrys apifera. Bee orchis. Fields on limestone, 

 pretty common, but often not flowering ; it has a habit 

 of flowering sparingly one year, abundantly the next, 

 and then hardly flowering at all for the next year or 

 two. This has often been remarked upon (see Science 

 Gossip for November and December, 1880, and 

 January, 1881). Abundant near Ripon in 1879, hardly 

 to be found 1880 and 1881. 



1283. O. muscifera. Fly orchis. Damp woods and fields 



on limestone, and generally in very small quantity. 

 Mackershaw ; woods near Masham ; Newby district 

 (Lees, 1. c.) ; Belmonde wood, Knaresborough 

 (Baines). 



1284. Spiranthes autumnalis. Lady's tresses. Dry 



calcareous places, local. Is found in plenty at Quarry 



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