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5. North-east District. Roundway Down near Devizes. "Mar- 

 tinsell Hill/' Flor. Marlb. Stem 4 to 5 inches high. Lip white, 

 with purple spots, while the rest of the flower is a dark, dingy- 

 purple. Leaves lanceolate, acute. 



4. O. maculata, (Linn.) spotted palmate Orchis. Engl. Bot. t. 632. 

 Reich Icones, xiii. 407. 



Locality. Damp woods and pastures. P. El. May, June. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Recorded in all the Districts. A foot high, slender. 

 Stem usually solid. Leaves white or pale purple, more or less spotted 

 or streaked, especially the lip. Spur rather slender. 



5. O. latifolia, (Linn.) broad-leaved or marsh Orchis. Engl. Bot. 

 Suppl. t, 2973. Reich Icones, xiii. 402. 



Locality. Marshes and moist meadows. P. Fl. May, June, 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the Districts, but locally distributed. 

 Stem usually hollow. Flowers varying from pale rose-colour to 

 crimson and deep purple, the lip dotted and marked with purple lines. 

 This species is known by its slightly lobed lip, with reflexed sides, 

 and by the bracteas, which are leafy and longer than the germen. 

 O. incarnata (Linn.), Reich Icones, xiii. 397, O. latifolia, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 2308, Curt. ii. 184, comes very near to the present species, 

 (O. latifolia) from which it differs in the leaves, being usually more 

 lanceolate, broadest near the base, acute, slightly hooded at the apex, 

 unspotted, blunt. Flowers usually very pale purple with darker 

 lines. This form has been observed in the neighbourhood of Marl- 

 borough, and will doubtless prove to be not uncommon in other 

 parts of the county, when attention has once been directed to it. 

 The younger Reichenbach describes the testa of the seeds as differing 

 from that of O. latifolia. 



6. O. pyramidalis, (Linn.) pyramidal Orchis. Engl. Bot. t. 110. 

 Locality. On downs, banks, and borders of fields, on chalky and 



limestone soils. P. Fl. July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Not infrequent 

 throughout the Districts. Leaves very much acuminated, rather 

 glossy, without spots. Flowers crowded, and forming at first a dense 

 pyramidal spike ; usually of a bright purplish rose-colour, rarely 

 white. This latter variety I have sometimes met with on our 

 " Downs/-' 



