428 73. ORCHIDACE^. 



1053. Orchis MACULATA, Z«««. "^ ^^ ^'^/i^ ^/^ 



Area general. 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight. Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Hebrides, ^^^ "fe" 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 82. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British type of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Midarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 1000 yai'ds, in the East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 37. 



Native. Paludal, Ericetal, &c. The most widely dis- 

 tributed species of the genus in Britain ; and though much 

 less plentiful than O. Morio or O. mascula in the southern 

 provinces, it is probably the commonest of the species in a 

 general view of Britain. It is not named in the lists of 

 plants for Orkney or the Isle of Man, but may be the spe- 

 cies entered as " O. Morio" in Lowe's list of Orkney plants. 



1054. Gymnadenia Conopsea, Br. 



Area general ? 



South limit in Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Shetland, Orkney, Caithness. 



Estimate of provinces 18. Estimate of counties 75. 



Latitude 50 — 61. British tj^pe of distribution. 



A. A. regions. Inferagrarian — Inferarctic zones. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 700 yards, in the East Highlands. 



Range of mean annual temperature 52 — 40. 



Native. Pratal, Ericetal, &c. I am obliged to give the 



