436 73. ORCHIDACE.E. 



1062. Ophrys muscifera, Huds. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 .* 7 8 * 10 11 12. 



South limit in Somerset, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in North Lancaster, Westmoreland, Durham. 



Estimate of provinces 10. Estimate of counties 30. 



Latitude 50 — 55. Germanic type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian — Midagrarian zones. 



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



Ascends to 100 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. 



Native. Sylvestral, Pascual. In refening this species 

 to the Germanic type of distribution, we are met with the 

 exceptional case of a few decidedly western localities, as 

 well as several sub-westem. For instance, two localities 

 are mentioned in the Flora of Anglesea (Welsh Botano- 

 logy), and these appear to be the only habitats in Wales. 

 It is found in some counties of the Severn province, al- 

 though more sparingly than the O. apifera. In the Penin- 

 sula, it would seem to be limited to Somerset. Some veri- 

 fication of the Lake province would be satisfactory ; while 

 the species is not so unlikely to be found there as to war- 

 rant the rejection of the authorities on which it has been 

 recorded for that province. 



1063. Malaxis paludosa, Sw. 



Area 1 2 3 4 5 * 7 * 9 10 11 12 13 * 15 16 17. 

 South limit in Devon, Hants, Sussex, Kent. 

 North limit in Sutherland, Ross. 

 Estimate of provinces 15. Estimate of counties 40. 

 Latitude 50 — 59. British type of distribution. 



