418 73. ORCHIDACE^. 



to be E. ovalis ; which I think is the case also with one 

 sent to me from Norfolk, by Miss Bell. Mr. James Back- 

 house has reported E. ovalis in Westmoreland ; as, indeed, 

 had been before done by Mr. Crowe, in English Flora. 

 Perhaps the Epipactis of the Ormeshead, recorded by the 

 Rev, A. Bloxam and the late Mr. J. E. Bowman, in the 

 New Botanist's Guide, may likewise be referred to E. ova- 

 lis. Assuming these suggestions correct, E. ovalis occurs 

 in provinces 4, 7, 10, 12, 17 ; and may be expected in 

 others. It may also rise above 200 yards of elevation in 

 Yorkshire. The E. media (or purpurata) has been reported 

 in Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Herts, Essex, Bedford, North- 

 ampton, Worcester, Salop, Derby, York, Cumberland, and 

 Linlithgow; that is, in provinces 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14. 

 But it is very dubious whether the E. purpurata (of Smith) 

 is correctly referred to the E. media (of Fries) in Babing- 

 ton's Manual ; on which, see the remarks in Flora Hert- 

 fordiensis, p. 295. 



1040. Epipactis paldstris, Sw. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 * 14 15 16. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in the Isle of Skye (Lightfoot), Fife. 



Estimate of provinces 15. Estimate of counties 50. 



Latitude 50 — 58. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Superagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 46. 



Native. Uliginal. A scarce plant in Scotland, and not 

 at all common in England. It is already recorded from 

 40 counties, and may likely occur in some few others, but 



