414 73. ORCHIDACEyE. 



Ascends to 50 yards, less or more. 



Range of mean annual temperature (about) 51 — 50. 



Native. Uliginal } Discovered by Mr. Janson, in 

 August, 1840, "near Lyndhurst" or "between Lyndhurst 

 and Christchurch," in the New Forest, Hampshire. I am 

 not aware of its discovery in any second locality in Eng- 

 land ; but it occurs in Jersey, according to Babington. 



1035. Spiranthes cernua. Rich. 



Hibernian. This, the Neottia gemmipara of Smith, had 

 been known several years as a very local plant of Ireland, 

 not identified with any described species. In a paper pub- 

 lished in the Linnean Transactions, vol. 19, Mr. C. C. 

 Babington stated its identity with the Ophrys cernua of 

 Linnaeus ; which, however, I am informed by Sir William 

 Hooker, was a view first suggested to Mr. Babington by 

 Sir William himself, when he showed Drummond's speci- 

 mens to that gentleman at Kew. But it is a matter of less 

 moment to the botanical world, from whose mind the idea 

 of this identity really originated, than the establishing 

 of it as a fact, which Mr. Babington has done, apparently, 

 on full and careful comparison of the plants and their 

 descriptions. 



1036. Neottia Nidus-avis, Rich. -<- /^.///^. S/e^. 



Area 1 5 3 4 5 6 7 8 * 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. 



South limit in Somerset, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Kent. C^^i^f*^ 



North limit in Moray, Forfar, Argyle. 



Estimate of provinces 16. Estimate of counties 50. 



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