60 FLOTtA OF JERSEY. 



Orchidacese. 



1. Opheys L. 



1. O. APIFEEA Huds. 



Native. Dry sandy places. Very rare. June, July. 



Sands of St. Ouen's Bay. June, 1902. 

 Guernsey (rare, and apparently doomed). Normandy. 



2. Orchis L. 



1. 0. MoBio L. 



Native. Damp meadows and hillsides. Very local. April 

 to June. 



St. Ouen's Pond (abundant). The Quenvais. Portelet Bay. 

 Guernsey (very rare). Prance. 



The colour varies from a livid purple to cream colour. In 

 an abnormal specimen from the Quenvais the torsion of the 

 pedicel characteristic of the Order was absent, the flowers 

 were consequently inverted, with the labellum uppermost. 



2. 0. MASOULA L. 



Native. Hillsides and thickets. Very local and rare. May. 

 Rozel. J. Piquet sp. ! La Saline, St. John's (one plant, 

 1901). The Quenvais, near the Eifle Range, very sparingly. 

 1901. 

 Guernsey (rather rare). Sark. France. 



3. 0. LAxiFLOHA Lam. 



Native. Damp meadows. Locally a,bundant. May, June. 



St. Ouen's Pond. Grand Val. Samares Meadows. 

 Guernsey. Normandy. W. France. 



The colour is remarkably uniform and constant. 



4. 0. LATIFOLIA L. 



Native. Damp meadows. Locally common. May, June. 



St. Ouen's Pond. Pont Marquet. Samares Meadows. 

 Guernsey. Alderney (rare). France. 



Variable in colour. Mr. J. Piquet records 0. inoarnata L. 

 (" Wet meadows : rare.") 



5. O. maculata L. 



Native. Damp meadows. Bather common. May, June. 



St. Ouen's Pond. Giffard Bay. Bouley Bay. Grand Xa\. 

 Grouville. Samaras. 

 Guernsey (common). France. 



The colour varies from a deep rose to pure white. 



