142 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Sept.-Oct., 1919- 
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E BRITISH NATURAL HYBRID ORCHIDS. 
N a paper on “ Hybrids among British Phanerogams,” which appeared in 
the Jourual of Botany in 1907, the Rev. E. F. Linton gave an enumera- 
tion of the British Hybrid Orchids known to him, these being eleven in 
number, as follows :—Epipactis atrorubens x latifolia, Orchis incarnata X 
latifolia, Orchis latifolia x maculata, Orchis latifolia x ericetorum, Orchis 
maculata X MHabenaria conopsea, Orchis ericetorum x Habenaria 
conopsea, Habenaria albida X conopsea, Ophrys apifera x arachnites, 
Ophrys apifera X aranifera, Ophrys arachnites x aranifera, and Ophrys 
’ aranifera X muscifera. Localities were given in most cases, but not the 
names of the hybrids, and after some remarks on fertility among cultivated 
Orchids generally, Mr. Linton observed : “1 have no evidence to show that 
British hybrids are fertile; as a rule they have only been found very 
sparsely, and the natural inference would be that they do.not reproduce 
themselves.” He also remarked that he grew a plant of H. albida xX 
conopsea and flowered it for three years, and noted that it matured no 
capsule, from which sterility might be inferred, or the absence of the right 
moth. One other British hybrid appears to have been overlooked, namely, 
Habenaria bifolia x Orchis maculata, which was recorded at pp. 134, 135 
of our fifth volume. Several others have since been recorded, and it may be 
interesting to give a briefaccount of them, under their modern names, with 
notes of localities and other details. We have, however, omitted such of the 
extra-British references as may be found in the Index Kewensis, as otherwise 
they would have been unduly numerous. 
EpipacTis SCHMAEHOUSENL, Richter (atrorubens xX latifolia),—One 
plant found on limestone near Tongue, W. Sutherland, in 1900, with the 
parents, by the Rev. E. S. Marshall ( Journ. Bot., 1907, p. 298). Originally 
recorded from Russia, in 1874, by Schmalhousen. According to Focke, it 
also occurs in Germany where the parents grow together, and we have 
further evidence to record as to its occurence in Britain under similar 
circumstances. 
OpHRys BoTTeroni, Chodat (apifera x arachnites).—Downs above 
Folkestone, where the parents occur together in good quantity (Hanb. & 
Marsh. Fl. Kent, p. 333). Originally observed by G. E. Smith, who in 
1829 remarked (Cat. Pl. S. Kent, p. 57), “O. arachnites and apifera, by a 
commixture of pollen, produce a great variety of character.” ©. Botteronii 
was described in 1887, from plants found near Bienne, Switzerland. 
OpHRyYs ASCHERSONI, Nanteuil (arachnites Xx aranifera).—Downs 
between Newington and Lyminge, Mr. Lee (G. E. SMnth, 1, ¢.. pe 57) too 
