Malaxis.] OECHIDE^. 335 



OEDEE LXV.— OECHIDE^. 



MALAXIS Swartz. 



1. M. paludosa Swartz. — Bog Orchis. 



Districts I. — III. IV. V. VI. — VIII. — X. — XII. 

 Lat. 51f°-55i° Erom South to JSTortli. Type, British (?). 



Spongy bbgs, chiefly in mountain districts ; rare and local. Fl. 

 July-September. 



I. Lough Curralee, MagiUicuddy's Eeeks : Mart 1882. Side of 

 Caragh river near Bealalaw Bridge ; near Cahirciveen, and south of 

 Dereen, Kerry; R. W. S. Eoot of MuUaghanattitt mountain, 

 Glenoar, Kerry, 1885; iV. C. In a marsh between Priest Leap 

 mountain and Ashgrove, 1805 : Mack. liar. Between Inchigeela 

 and Macroom (J. Sullivan) : Cyl. — III. On the wet hills about Old 

 Lochlin, Co. Carlow {Mr. BrinUey) : Terwpleton MS. — IV. Above 

 the waterfall at Powerscourt, and at Tittour and Sugar Loaf 

 mountain : MacJc. Cat. Turfy bogs near the mines of Ballymuxtagh : 

 Ir. Flor. Abundant on a bog between Lough Dan and the road tO' 

 Eoundwood, Wicklow {Moore) ; in Glencree ( V. A. Smith) : Cyh, 

 Upper Lough Bray, 1870 ; JBmrt. — V. Marshy places about Kelly's 

 Glen, Eiver Dodder, 1814 : Templeton MS. On Glendhu mountain, 

 Co. Dublin, 1884-94; N.C. Above GlencuUen, Bridge, 1894; 

 Br. Leitch. Bog two miles south of Thomastown, Kildare : Praeger 

 i8g'j. — VT. In a marshy place near Lisdoonvama, Clare {Rev. T. 

 Warren) : Cyh. In a wet bog above Lough Derg, south of 

 "Woodford ; Mart. — VIII. In Galway [probably near Eoundstone] ;. 

 McAlla : Merl. T. C. B. Base of Cam Seefin, Lough Corrib {J. A. 

 AvMey) : Ir. Nat. i8g^. — ^X. Montiaghs bogs {Mr. Myndman) : 

 Flor. Ulst. — XII. Eoimd on marshy ground ascending Slieve Nanee, 

 1809: Templeton MS. Eathlin Island {Miss Gage): Flor. Vlst. 

 On an elevated bog above Dunloy, Antrim {Moore) : Cyh. Ifear 

 Lough Naroon, two miles south-west of Dunloy, and sparingly on 

 Fair Head, Antrim {Stewwrt) : Flor. N.-'E. 



Erom near sea-level in Clare to 1000 ft. in Antrim {Cyh.); to 

 1300 ft. in Dublin (iV. C). 



Eirst found in Ireland by the Eev. Mr. BrinHey, in county 

 Callow, before 1805. 



