344 OECHIDE^. lOrehis. 



Sparingly at MagteragaU quarries near Lisbum {Praeger): 

 B. W. F. C. Proc. i8go-i. 



Sea-level to 600 ft. in Dublin {N. C.) ; but usually lowland. 



2. 0. Morio Linn. — Green-winged Orchis. 



Districts — II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 



Lat. 52J°-53i°. Middle Ireland. Type, Englisb. 



Meadows and pastures ; ratter rare. Fl. May-June. 



II. Holy Cross; Camus Bridge; Twoford Bridge; and about 

 Golden by tbe Suir in Tipperary : Hmrt iSSj a. Very abundant 

 about Pethard, Tipperary, 1897;. Praeger. —111. Castle Inch; 

 Freshford; Kilmanagb, &c., in Kilkenny {Pev. S. Madden): Cyl. 

 Near tbe junction of tbe Nore and Erkiaa ; and by tbe Barrow near 

 Two Mile Bridge, Queen's Co. : Hwrt 1885 ^ 1885 8. Near the 

 Barrow below Athy, Queen's Co. ; P. W. S.—IN. Baltinglass, 

 "Wicklow [T. Chandlee) ; roadside half-way between Voodenbridge 

 and Aughrim^ "Wictlow {Moore) : Cyl. By the Slaney near 

 Enniscorthy, and by its tributary the Bann ia Wexford; Sart. 

 BaUyhyland, ■Wexford: Moffat i88g. — V. In profusion at Bal- 

 dnmunond ; Portrane ; Grlenasmole, &c. ; frequent in Co. Dubhn : 

 N. C. i8gs °" Straflan, Eoldare {J. Douglas) : Cyl. Punchestown, 

 Kildare ; Mrs. Shaw. At Killencoole, Louth : Praeger iSg'j. — 

 VI. Near Portumna: Serl. Mackay. Abundant on the " Eskers," 

 near BaUinasloe : Foot 186^. — ^VII. Near Templemore, Tipperary : 

 Sa/rt 188^ a. Bjlmaglish and Knock Eyon, Westmeath : Zevinge 

 i8g4. — VIII. Between Clifden and Eoundstone {Prof. Melville) : 

 Cyl. Eoot of Urrisbeg mountain, Eoundstone ( W. T. Dyer) : 

 Ree. Add. — IX. On the "Eskers," near Athlone, in Roscommon : 

 Foot 1865. 



Sea-level to 1000 ft. in Dublin {N. C). 



Scarcer in the "West than in the East, and apparently quite 

 absent from the North and South. 



3. 0. mascula Linn. — Early Purple Orchis. 



Districts I. IL III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51i-°-55J°- Thi-oughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Moist pastures, woods, and banks ; frequent. Fl,. April-May. 



Sea-level in Derry and in Kerry. To 1100 ft. in Deny 

 {Moore MS.). 



