268 OECHIDACE^. 



OECHIDACE^. 

 ORCHIS, Linn. 



fi%3. O. Morio, L. Meadow Orchis. 



0. m.foimina, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 422 ; iii. 511. Curt. F. L. f. 3. 

 Damp meadows ; rather rare. P. May. 



1. About Harefield; Blackst. Fasc. 68. Pinner, abundant!; Melv. 76. 



Near Harefield Church ; Cole. On Ruislip Moor, plentiful. 



III. Eoxeth ; Mdv. 76. Bet. Harrow and Pinner, 1862. 



IV. Meadows opp. Swan Inn, bet Hendon and Hampstead, E. H. Button ; 



Coop. Supp. 11. Plentiful in a meadow near Hendon; Irv. MSS. 

 Near Mill Hill ; Michael Collinson MSB. Near Highgate Wood ; 

 Stanmore, 1827-30 ; Varennc. ; 

 First record : BlacJcstone, 1737. Noticed with white flowers &t {1.) 'Ea.ve- 

 field, by Blackstoiie ; and (IV.) Mill Hill, by Michael Collinson. 



&&4. O. mascula, L. Early Purple Orchis. 



CynosoTchis Mario, Loh. (Johns.). 0. morio mas fol. maculatis, C. B. P. 



(Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 423. Curt P. L. f. 2. Syme E. B. ix. t. 1455. 

 Meadows and woods ; rare. P. April — May. 



I. Harefield, frequent ; Blackst. Fasc. 67. Near Harefield Church ; Cole. 

 Ganett Wood, 1855 ; Phyt. N. 8. i. 62. Old Park Wood. Copse 

 near Pinner Wood !, W. M. H. ; Melv. 97. 

 rV. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Enum. Side of wood behind ' Spaniards,' 

 Hampstead, 1821 ; Bennett (v. s.), and Irv. MSS. In many places . 

 near Mill HiU ; Michael Collinson MSS. 

 First record: Blackstoiie, 11^1. With, white flowers ai'MWRi^l.; Michael 

 Collinson MSS. 



£6ft5« O. purpurea, Huds. 



0. magna latis foliis gcdea fusca vcl nigricante, Chahr. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 424 ; iii. 511. Ciirt. F. L. f. 6. 



Chalk banks ; very rare. P. May, June. 



1. In the chalkpit near the paper mill at Harefield ; Blackst. Fasc. 67- 



Since Blackstone's time it has been gathered frequently in . . . 



Middlesex ; Bickeno in Linn. Trans, xii. 30. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. Both Peter Collinson and his son 

 Michael searched the chalkpit with great care, but could never discover 

 this or 0. militaris,~L. after the most diligent investigation; Peter 

 and Michael Collinson's MSS. It is only certainly known now to occur 

 in Kent.] 



