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Baxter says, ‘A living specimen agreed precisely with the above de- 
peription of Dr. Lindley’s.’ 
Notices of O. Simia occurring in Oxford may be found in almost all 
botanical works. 
Mr. Pamplin informs me, ‘ This plant, as well as militaris, was tolerably 
plentiful about Whitchurch till 1837. About 1838 or 1839, when going 
over the ground late in the summer, I was grieved and horrified to see the 
steep slopes pared and burnt in order to enrich the land with the ashes, 
and so I actually witnessed the roasting alive of both Soldier and Monkey 
Orchis.’ Whitchurch, 1881, see Rep. of Rec. Club, 1881. Druce. 
The plant has now become exceedingly scarce, not so much from the 
depredation of collectors, as from the fondness of rabbits for it and changes 
brought about by agriculture. This year, 1885, one specimen flowered, 
but it was small and nibbled by slugs. Sima flowers a full week earlier 
than militaris, and, despite the intermediate forms that occur, they are in 
my opinion distinct, but the decrease of both species has prevented me 
from examining a large series. Where Simia alone occurred, i.e. at some 
distance from militaris, it appeared constant. In «a locality where both 
species were present in a rather limited area, Simia became somewhat 
changed in the direction of militaris. This intermediate form may be the 
Simio-militaris of G. Grenier. Mr. Nicholson informed me he examined 
a large series of both plants in France and found they were completely 
joined by intermediates. The types when seen separately are very dis- 
similar. 
Since writing this I see that Dr. Boswell in H. Bot. says that ‘ towards 
Goring both species grow together and intermediates occur, which I 
believe are of hybrid origin. I have seen none of these intermediates near 
Pangbourne, where O. militaris alone grows; nor between Maple Durham 
and Caversham, where Q. Simia occurs without militaris.’ 
Berks. Streatley, Pangbourne; Iam afraid extinct here; Isaw a barren 
plant in 1878. Merrett’s Wallingford plants I should think belong 
to militaris and Habenaria viridis. The latter has been usually 
referred to Aceras. Kent, 
O. ustulata, LD. Dwarf Orchis. 
Top. Bot. 388. Syme, E. B. ix. 93.1450. Nym. 691. 
Native. Pascual. Dry, chalky, and limestone pastures. Very rare. 
P. June-July. 
First record, 0. sive Cynosorchis minor pannonica, Ger. Bobart, 1699. 
3. Swere. King’s Mill Valley, T. Brayne MSS. 1820. 
5. Isis. Southcomb near Chipping Norton, T. Bees. Burford Downs, 
Sib. 
7. Thames. Thames side near Reading plentifully, Bobart. Cavers- 
"ham Hill in plenty, about half-a-mile west of Caversham Church, 
