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found it in various places between Goring and Cavesham. It appears 

 formerly to have been found in Berks along with 0. militaris ; but 

 after searching most carefully for three seasons, I have been unable to 

 find it on the south side of tlie Tliames, so I fear it has become extinct 

 there. It has been reported from near Dartford, Kent, but not on 

 sufficient authority. 



England. Perennial. Early Summer. 



Very similar to 0. militaris, but I believe distinct from it. It has 

 a blunter spike, the helmet is paler or spotted with rose instead of 

 pale ashy purple, and the labellum has the lateral lobes similar in 

 length and breadth to the segments of the terminal lobe, and crimson. 

 In 0. militaris the segments of the terminal lobe are considerably 

 shorter and broader than the lateral lobes, and the neck of the middle 

 lobe, before it divides into two, is considerably broader in proportion. 



Towards Goring, 0. Simla and 0. militaris grow together ; and there 

 intermediate forms connecting the two occur, which I believe to be 

 of hybrid origin. I have seen none of these intermediate forms near 

 Pangbourne, where 0. militaris alone grows ; nor between Maple- 

 durham and Cavesham, where 0. Simla occurs without 0. militaris. 



Monkey Orchis. 



SPECIES VII.— ORCHIS MO RIO. 'Linn. 



Plate MCCCCLIV. 



iLeicli. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIII. Tab. CCCLXIII. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 172. 



Rootknobs undivided, globular or subglobular. Leaves elliptical- 

 strapshaped, not spotted. Flowers in a rather lax blunt spike. Bracts 

 nearly as long as the ovary, scarious, coloured, 1-nerved. Sepals and 

 lateral petals combined into an ascending subglobular compressed 

 helmet, the sepals blunt, purple veined with green ; labellum broader 

 than long, with the sides more or less reflexed, purple, paler at the 

 base, and spotted with darker purple, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes sub- 

 quadrate, wedgeshaped, crenulated, the middle lobe scarcely longer 

 than the lateral lobes, and about the same width, notched and more 

 or less crenulate ; spur cylindrical, nearly straight, truncate, ascending 

 or horizontal, nearly as long as the ovary. 



In meadows and pastures. Common m the south of England, 

 but becoming scarcer towards the north, and not extending to 

 Scotland. Rather rare in Ireland, and chiefly found towards the east 

 and middle. 



England, Ireland. Perennial. Late Spring, early Summer 



