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[646. O. militaris, ' L.' Jacq. 



0. latifol. hiunte cuciillo major, Inst. R. H. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 424. Pyme E. B. is. t. 1452. 



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



1. In the chalkpit near the paper mill atHarefield, plentifully ; BlacJcst. 



Fasc. 67. 

 Not found since. (See 645, 0. purpurea.) Bicheno {Linn. Trans. 

 xii. 32) suspected Blackstone's plant to be his ' 0. militaris ' = 0. 

 Simla, Lam. {Si/me E. B. ix. t. 1453), only certainly known to grow in 

 Berks and Oxford ; but as the present species occiirs in Bucks, and has 

 also been found near Rickmansworth (Fl. Herts. 286) it is probable 

 that it was the plant gathered in Middlesex.] 



[647. O. ustulata, L. 



0. sive CynosorcMs minor pannonica, Ger. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 424. Syme E. B. ix. t. 1460. 



Chalk banks ; very rare. P. May. 



1. In Harefield chalkpit, sparingly ; Blaclcst. Fasc. 69. 



No other record. Michael CoUinson says in his MSS. that he ' never 

 found this sort ; ' but there is no reason to suppose Blackstone mis- 

 taken.] 



648. O. maculata, L. Spotted Hand Orchis. 



Palma Christi fcemina (Ger.). Scrapias fcemina pratcnsis. Lob. and 8. can- 

 dido fl. mx>nt. macidatis fol., Lob. (Johns.). 0. palmata pratends ma- 

 culata, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 428 ; iii. 512. Syme E. B. ix. t. 1459. 



"Wet heaths, woods, and meadows ; rather common. P. May, June. 



I. Harefield chalkpit, plentifully ; Blackst. Fasc. 68. Harrow Weald 

 Common ! ; Melv. 76. Stanmore Heath, abundant. 



III. Harrow Grove ; Melv. 76. Drilling Ground, Hounslow. 



IV. Hampstead Wood; Ger. 170. Wood beyond the 'Spaniards;' /»•'.'. 



MSS. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Enmn. Ibid. 1815 ; Herb. G. ^ R. 

 Stanmore ; Varenne. Harrow Park ; Mdv. 76. Bentley Priory 

 Meadows. Scratch Wood. 

 V. Wood right hand of canal a mile beyond Brentford ; Hemsley. 

 VI. The Alders Wood, Whetstone. Edmonton. 

 VII. [Margin of the pond in the Vale of Health; Irv. MSS.'\ 



First record: Gerarde, 1597. 



649. O. incarnata, L. 



Palma Christi mas (Ger.). 0. palmata pratensis latifdia longis calcaribus, 



C. B. P. (Blackst.). 0. latifuUa (Curt., Forst.). 

 Curt. F. L. f. 5. 



Damp meadows ; veiy rare. P. May, June. 

 I. Harefield, plentifully ; Blackst. Fasc. 68. 



