APRIL, 1922. ] THE ORCHID REVIEW. tor 
HYBRIDS OF GYMNADENIA CONOPSEA AND 
CCGLOGLOSSUM VIRIDE. 
By REV. T. STEPHENSON, D.D., AND MR. T. A. STEPHENSON, M.Sc. 
HIS exceedingly interesting hybrid has not been reported hitherto om 
the Continent; but several specimens have been found near 
Winchester, belonging to two main types, whilst a third”type, undescribed 
up till now, has been found in Salop by the late Mr. R. F. Burton. Of this 
last type a pen and ink drawing is here reproduced, with outline sketches 
showing the chief features of the flowers of the three types. 
The hybrid was first found near Winchester by Mr. Jackson, in 1909, 
and is described in the report of the Winchester College Natural History 
Society, 1909-11, pp. 5, 6, under the name Gymplatanthera Jacksonii, by 
Rey. R. Quirk, who has done much good work on the Winchester Orchids. 
Of this plant a plate is given in the report for 1912-13, from a drawing by 
Miss Corfe, which is also reproduced in the report of the Botanical 
Exchange Club, 1917, pl. 12. Of this type several specimens have been 
found. A second type is described in the Wincheseter report, 1913-16, pp. 
9, 10, and a plate given from a drawing by Miss Corfe, which also appears 
in the report of the Botanical Exchange Club, 1917, as pl. 148. 
In June 1916, a beautiful plant was sent to us by Mr. R. F. Burton, of 
Longner Hall, Salop, which he described as a spurless Gymnadenia conopsea. 
To us it seemed that Cceloglossum viride must enter into the parentage of 
the plant, and we wrote to enquire if that species grew in the vicinity from 
which the hybrid was taken. We found that this was the case. A brief 
description of the three types is here appended. 
Form A. The first type is described as being about two parts 
Gymnadeni conopsea to one of Cceloglossum viride. It is shorter than the 
average Scented Orchis, and with more leaf-like bracts. The flower is pink 
or purplish, tinged especially towards the margins with green. From the 
plate it would appear that the sepals were darker than the petals. The 
shape of the lip is much nearer Gymanadenia conopsea than the other 
parent, and the spur is very long and slender, certainly more than twice the 
length of the ovary, as seen in the plate, though it is described in the text 
as being shorter than in Gymnadenia conopsea. Probably the flower is 
scented, though this is not mentioned. The outline (enlarged) of this type is 
given as fig. A, a rough copy of the plate taken from Miss Corfe’s drawing. 
The upper petals and sepals are not hooded, but open, thus diverging in 
type from both parents. 
Form B. This is much nearer to Coeloglossum viride. The flower ts 
more of the shape of the latter, and the tints, in comparision with form A, 
being generally reversed, the centre beitig greenish and the margins rose~ 
