Malazxis.] ORCHIDE 4. 273 
ORCHIDE &. 
MALAXIS Swartz. 
M. paludosa Swartz. Bog Orchis. 
Districts I. — II IV. — ~— ~— — — 
Native. Spongy bogs and wet turfy places. Rare and local. 
Peren. July—September. 
I. In a marsh between Priest’s Leap Mountain and Ash- 
grove, on the Kenmare side: Mackay Rar. 1806. In a wet 
hollow near the summit of Ballaghscart Pass between 
Glanmore valley and Adrigole, 1894.—III. Sparingly in a 
couple of spots near the Holy Well at the foot of Knockna- 
dobar Mountain north of Cahersiveen, 1896: R.W.S.— 
IV. In small quantity by Lough Curraley, Beenbane, Reeks : 
Hart 1882, and in 1887: R.W.S. Near the foot of Mullagha- 
nattin Mountain, Glencar, 1885 (Colgan), and rather spar- 
ingly on the wet slopes of the Glencar River below Bealalaw 
bridge, 1887 (R.W.S.) Cyb. 1898. 
Ranges from 150 feet in Glencar, &c. (R.IV.S.), to about 
800 feet on the Reeks (Hart), and to 900 feet at Ballaghscart 
(R.W.S.). 
First record in 1806: Mackay Rar. 
This little Orchid is very irregular in its appearances, not 
a trace of the plant being found one year where it was fairly 
plentiful a year or two previously. It is easy to overlook 
owing both to its small size and inconspicuous colour and 
will, no doubt, be found to have a much wider range in the 
south of the county than the above records would indicate. 
NEOTTIA Adans. 
N. Nidus-avis Rich. Bird’s-nest Orchis. 
Districts I. — — — — VWI. — — IX. 
Native. Woods and shady places. Very rare. Peren. 
June—July. 
I. Uragh wood by Lough Inchiquin, Cloonee : Hart 1885.— 
VI. Rather frequent about Killarney, as in several spots by 
the roadside both north and south of the entrance to Torc 
Waterfall, 1887-1914 ; rather frequent in Muckross demesne 
and about the Middle Lake, 1901-12; on Ross Island: 
R.W.S. 1888, &c. ; sparingly in the Woodlawn House shrub- 
beries, 1909-12._IX. Sparingly in the wood near Tarbert 
House: R.W.S. 1891, and in 1913: Phillips. 
First record in 1885: Hart, Proc. R.I.A. 
Like Malaxis this species appears to vary greatly in 
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