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C eratophyllum demersum L. Pond, Little Malvern, Worcester, 

 v.-c. 37, August 25, 1914. Teste C. E. Moss — i.e., specimens from 

 the same pond were passed. Dr Moss has not seen tliese individual 

 examples. — Coll. E. F. Towndrow ; comm. S. H. Bigkham. 



Epipactis palustris Crantz, var. ericetorum Asch. &l Grabn. 

 Sandhills, Ainsdale, S. Lanes., v.-c. 59, July 5, 1914. — W. G. Travis. 

 " In my opinion, merely a state due to environment." — J. Oryer. 

 "Approaching Helleborine palustris, var. ericetorum (A. & G.) Druce, 

 but more luxuriant than the specimen I gathered there in 1911, and 

 with narrower leaves." — G. C. Druce. 



Orchis incarnata L. Damp flats. Sands of Barry, v.-c. 90, 

 June 13, 1914. — R. & M. Corstorphine. "Yes, a small form." — 

 E. S. Marshall. 



Orchis praetermissa Druce. [Ref. No. 643.] Meadows, Henny, 

 N. Essex, v.-c. 19, July 2, 1914. Flowers varying from pale 

 rose-purple to deep purple ; lip almost flat, varying somewhat in 

 markings and shape, but always as broad as long. Many of the 

 bracts are coloured. Despite every care, I was unable to preserve the 

 colour of the flowers. — G C. Brown. " In Gibbons Brook, Kent, at 

 Cray, in Mid- West Yorks, and near Silverdale, in Lancashire, I have 

 found every shade of colour in the flowers of different specimens from 

 light flesh colour to 'dark crimson purple,' and apart from the shade 

 of colour I find no distinguishing character whereby they can be 

 separated. In these three stations the plants with different shades of 

 colour bloom at the same time. The sides of the lip in every instance 

 were reflexed, and so they are in this specimen. I should call it 

 Orchis incarnata L." — J. Cryer. "As I have not yet seen the 

 description, these specimens are very welcome. For many years I 

 have believed that our incarnata included two or more species. As 

 far as one can judge from dried material, this is what Max Schulze 

 {Orchidaceen Deutschlands und der Schweiz, tab. 19) figures as 

 0. incarnata L. — not the Linnean plant. I have found it in several 

 southern and eastern counties." — E. S. Marshall. "The middle 

 lobe of labellum is longer than in the type, and suggests the presence 

 of maculata. I should like to see it in the fresh state." — G. C. Druce. 



Acer as anthropophora Br. Calcareous pastures, near Barnack, 

 Northants, v.-c. 32, May 30, 1914. The stems of most of the specimens 

 gathered had been withered by very late frosts. It is rather curious 

 that the orchis should have been surprisingly abundant this year. — 

 G. Chester. Also from chalk downs, Reigate, Surrey, May 31, 1913. — 

 C. E. Salmon. 



Ophrys apifera Huds. Clay soil, railway cutting, Saham Toney, 

 v.-c. 28, June 24, 1914. — F. Robinson. 



