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meadows towards the High Force. Range of elevation, 150-400 

 yards. 



8. OPHRYS, L. 



1. 0. apifera, Huds. Native. Xerophilous. English type. 



Area D. Range 1. 



Scattered very sparingly over the Magnesian Limestone in 

 Durham. It has been gathered at Roker Gill, Marsden, E.y- 

 hope, Byers Quarry near Whitburn ; and also by Miss Hancock 

 near the Tees at Middleton-one-Row. 



2. 0. muscifera, Huds. Native. Xerophilous. English 



type. Area D. Range 1. 



Scattered like the preceding amongst the Magnesian Lime- 

 stone. Has been gathered in Dalton Dene, Hawthorn Dene, 

 Castle Eden Dene, Horden Dene, and by the Tees at Dinsdale 

 and Middleton-one-Row. 



9. MALAXIS, Siv. 



1. M. paludosa, Sw. Native. British type. Area N. D. 

 Range 1, 2. 



G-athered by John Thompson in Muckle Moss near Bardon 

 Mills, and seen once on Dryderdale Moor above Shull near Wol- 

 singham by "W. Backhouse. In the Tees district there is a well- 

 established station, first discovered by John Binks about the 

 beginning of the century in a moist hollow on the banks of the 

 Egglesburn near the Manor Gill lead mine on Eglestone Moor. 

 Range of altitude, 150-500 yards. 



10. CYPRIPEDIUM, L. 



1. C. calceolus, L. Native. Intermediate type. Area D. 

 Range 1. 



Once plentiful in Castle Eden Dene, but now, we fear, nearly 

 extirpated. First mentioned in Stephen Robson's Flora, pub- 

 lished in 1777. 



