is.} OECHIDE^. 345 



4. 0. incarnata Linn. — Marsh Orchis. 



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



Lat. 51i°-56i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Boggy places, wet meadows, sand-hiUs, &c. ; frequent. Fl. 

 June-Jidy. 



Sea-level to 700 ft. in Derry {Cyl.). To 1000 ft. in Mayo 

 {Swrt). 



Far. ANGTJSTiPoiii Bab. — XII. Sparingly on Camgaver HUl, 

 Down {Stewart) : Flor. N.-E. 



Trustworthy recent records of 0. incarnata exist for Districts I. 

 IV. V. VI. VII. IX. X. XI. and XII. For the remaining 

 three districts, records are availahle only for 0. latifolia in the 

 aggregate sense. These it has been considered advisable to refer to 

 0. incarnata, since restricted 0. latifolia has not yet been satis- 

 factorily shown to occur in Ireland. 



5. 0. maculata Linn. — Spotted Orchis. 



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



Lat. 51i°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Heaths, banks, pastures, woods, &c. ; common. Fl. June-July. 



Sea-level in Donegal and in S. Cork. To 1960 ft. in Donegal 

 {Flor. Ulst.) ; to 2100 ft. inLeitrim {B.^V.) ; to 2400 ft. in Mayo, 

 and to 2800 ft. in Kerry {Sort). 



The commonest of the Dish orchids. 



OPHEYS Linn. 



1. 0. apifera Huds. — Bee Orchis. 



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



Lat. 51|-°-54i°- South and Middle. Type, English-Grermanic. 



Lowland. Pastures, drift banks, sand-hills, &c. ; rather rare. 

 II,. June-July. Caloioole A. 



I. lifear Castlefi-eke {Rev. J. Stopford); near Bandon {R. L. 

 Alhrnan); near Blackrook: Allin's Cork. Crosshaven, Co. Cork 

 R. W. 8. — II. Abundant on the clayey grounds about Toughal 

 Wade Ra/r. Near Toughal ( C. Longfield) ; Little Island ( Carroll) 

 Grreat Island : Allin's Corh. "Within 100 yards of the gate of New 

 Geneva, Co. "Waterford {Br. Ba/rker) : Templeton MS. Abundant 

 near CappocLuin, "Waterford, 1894; Miss M. Chearnley. — III. By 



