176 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Scampton to collect all the grasses he can find, “ among which 
tribe I doubt not but you may make some discoveries.’’ Another 
list of plants sent by Scampton, undated but probably of this 
period, with letters partly undecipherable, is in 3340 ff. 204 sqq. 
Petiver urged Scampton to continue to send plants, a ier a 
“retalliation” in kind—to “retalliate” in this sen 
common expression with Petiver—is promised. Most of me hari 
however are concerned with insects, chiefly butterflies and 
beetles, with which Scampton seems to have teen well oo one 
anized “amongst t aoe ns ak-Moors in Dethyabie” whence 
Beane who styles him an “ ingenious botanist,” Bs $ a moss 
of his finding hitherto <inetsoattioel (Mus. Pet. n. 74)—apparently 
Grimmia aquatica; as well as further north, jor Petiver fiers to 
this I think was accidental. Although none are of later date 
than 1698, he was probably alive when the Concordia was 
published in 1716. 
SHORT NOTES. 
Orc PRETERMISSA Druce.—In the Proceedings of the 
Ashivsload Natural History Society of Oxfordshire ae Bos: 
(pp. 30-3 he yrs: figures and describes under this n 
orchis allied latifolia and O. incarnata but cloacae? By 
him distinct Poi both: Of this Latin and English spac oe 
are given, the latter of which is here transcribed :—‘ Root tw 
palmate tubers, with long abot rootlets. Stem hollow, 6-18 
inches. aves normally linear-lanc., narrowing from a broad 
base to the hooded apex, pac gradually, sometimes unequally, 
and sometimes somewhat broader in the middle; yellowish green, 
Bracts often coloured, as long as or longer than flowers. 
Flowers conspicuous, of various shades of rose- purple, reddish, or 
dark crimson purple, in a more or less lax cylindric or conical 
spike. Lip broad (as broad as long), flat, more or less distinctly 
three lobed, the central lobe smaller, and slightly longer, as long 
or slightly shorter than the lateral lobe, the sides not reflexed, 
marked with s spots, lines, or blotches of a darker colour, or more 
rarely in a, Sy tiontes pete with defined margins. Viewed from 
in front the flow ook broad and showy. Upon petals con- 
verging into a hood. Upper sepals usually gicssrtat paler, 
divaricate. Spur shorter than ovary, shes cylindric. Flower- 
ing usually 10n14 bye ia later than incarna 
