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quite small quantity, 
and plenty of O. pur- 
purella, as well as Q. 
praetermissa v. pulchella, Druce. What rules out O. latifolia is the 
very stout spur, which is also of a strong purple tint, darker a little 
than the rest of the flower, which is not usual. The spur of O. 
latifolia is paler and more slender. O. purpurella, Stephenson, and O. 
pulchella, Druce, are very closely related, and as both were present, one 
could not possibly decide which was the parent in a case where the hybrid 
had unspotted leaves. It may be said that O. purpurella is normally dwarf, 
with leaves very finely spotted, and O. pulchella normally stouter and taller, 
and always with leaves unspotted ; but the flowers are very much alike. 
occupies a larger proportionate area of the lip, which would also probably 
be streaked, rather than spotted. 
(2). Gymnadenia conopsea X Orchis purpurella, Stephenson. This 
hybrid has not been hitherto described. Of the first type, three plants were 
found growing together, 
the tallest about 2 dm. 
high. The whole plant 
was yellowish - green, 
with narrow, unspotted 
leaves. The flowers were 
larger than those of 
Gymnadenia conopsea, 
but the general habit and 
the purple tint were very 
suggestive of a rather 
coarse specimen of that 
plant. The lip was dis- 
tinctly trilobed, with a 
small, regular centre 
lobe, and a regular 
pattern of broken lines, 
the spur very long and 
stout, and the flowers 
strongly scented. 
Besides Gymnadenia 
conopsea, the other 
plants on the ground 
which might be involved 
were Orchis latifolia, in 
