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326 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1006. 
DISCOVERY OF GOODYERA REPENS IN NORFOLK. 
A VERY interesting note by Mr. W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., Keeper of the 
Herbarium, appears in a recent issue of the Kew Bulletin (p. 293), and may 
be reproduced here :— 
“The Rev. Guy Halliday, of Bowhill, Bradninch, Devon, recently sent 
to Kewa specimen of an Orchid which he had collected near Holt, in 
North Norfolk, requesting its name. It proved to be Goodyera repens, 
and, in reponse to our request, he communicated the following particulars. 
Cycling to Holt, and botanizing by the way, he and his wife came toa 
pond witha pine-wood and heather adjoining. They strayed some hundred 
yards into the wood and had turned to go back when Mr. Halliday’s eye 
fell upon an Orchid. This was carelessly pulled up under the impression 
that it was Spiranthes autumnalis, aud a hasty search was made for more, 
but unsuccessfully. Subsequent examination convinced him that it was not 
a Spiranthes; he thought it must be Goodyera, and to make sure he sent it 
to Kew. 
“ Until 1885 there was no convincing record of an English station for 
this plant, but in Baker’s Flora of the Lake District it is recorded, on the 
authority of Dr. F. A, Lees, from a fir plantation between Penrith and 
Carlisle. In 1888, Mr. J. J. Marshall (Fourn. Bot., p. 379), recorded the 
discovery of several plants in Houghton Wood, near Market Weighton, 
S.E. Yorkshire. Now comes this one from Holt. The question arises, 
how did the Goodyera reach these modern pine-woods? This suggests 
another question, were the young pines brought from the forests of 
Scotland and seeds or roots with them » Possibly seed may have been 
conveyed by birds or intentionally sown by man. Whatever the history 
may be, it is almost certain that the Goodyera did not exist in these 
localities before the pines were planted. _A similar isolated locality for this 
plant was pointed out to Mr. Bean by Mr. Maurice de Vilmorin, at Les 
Barres. This is also in a young pine-wood. ; 
“* Goodyera repens is one of the most widely distributed of Orchids, 
occuring all round the northern hemisphere. The specimen from Norfolk 
has been deposited in the Kew Herbarium on indefinite loan.—W. B. H.” 
Dr. Rendle points out that there are earlier records. In the Journal of 
Botany for 1902, p. 325, Mr. F. C. J. Spurrell writes :—“ GooDYERA REPENS 
IN NORFOLK.—I found this in poor condition two years ago on pit 
Common, Norfolk; and lately in abundance in pine woods in the parish oo 
Bodham, in the same county. The two places are some four or five miles 
apart, with a low watershed between. The plant grows amongst the heath 
and ling which covers the poor, sandy soil of the district.”’ 
