424 73. ORCHIDACEiE. 



1048. Orchis ustulata, Linn. 



Area 12345**89 10 11 [12]. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Durham, Lancaster. [Cumberland }~\ 



Estimate of provinces 9. Estimate of counties 30. 



Latitude 50 — 55. English type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in Peninsula or Channel. 



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. 



Native. Pascual. Three localities for this species, in 

 the county of Cumberland, are copied into the Botanigt's 

 Guide ; but as they stand upon old and not safe authority, 

 without subsequent verification, it seems better to exclude 

 the liake province fi'om the area, at least for the present. 



1049. Orchis militaris, Linn. 



1049, b. Orchis fusca, Jacy. /^ /^r/./// ^ . CV/ 



1049, c. Orchis macra. Lindl. 



Area *[2j3. 



South limit in Berks, Siwjccx , Kent. 



North limit in Oxon, Bucks, Herts, Middlesex. 



Estimate of provinces 2. Estimate of counties 7. 



Latitude 51 — 52. Germanic t^pe of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagi-arian — zone. 



Descends to the coast level, or nearly so, in Thames. 



Ascends to 100 yards, more or less, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 49 — 48. 



Native. Sylvestral, Pascual. Whether one, two, or 



