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The Irish Naturalist, 
September, 
NOTES. 
BOTANY. 
Orchis pyramidalis and Ophrys apifera in Co. Fermanagh. 
In the middle of last Jul}^ when spending a few days in the vicinity of 
Buniskillen, 1 had the pleasure of finding the above two Orchids on the 
south side of Lower Lough Krne, between the entrance to Ely Lodge and 
Blaney Post Office. Ophrys apifera was very sparingly distributed, single 
plants being only found at long distances apart, except in one spot 
where a small colony of about six were found growing close together. 
Orchis pyrainidalis was even more limited in quantity, only a few single 
plants growing at long intervals apart. 
N. CarroThers. 
Belfast. 
Orchis pyramidalis in Down and Antrim. 
The occurrence of Orchis pyramidalis as a native in Co. Down was ad- 
mitted by Mr. R. LI Praeger, in Irish Topographical Botany, when he 
inserted it on the strength of Mr. S. A. Stewart's finding of two speci- 
mens at Ballyholme, in [873. Mr. Praeger himself, in 1902, found it in 
fair abundance at Killard Point, and one plant on a slope by the road- 
side east of Murphystown. On Saturday, July 21, I got a solitary plant 
on the sand-hills, a short distance west of Rathniullan Point. In the 
immediate vicinity no more plants could be seen, but no special search 
over the district was made. I did not see it at Murphystown, nor could 
I turn it up at Killard Point, on the occasion of a visit a fortnight earlier, 
although at the latter station Habenaria viridis grew plentifully. Orchis 
pyratiiidalis I again turned up on the evening of July 23, this time on the 
old chalk quarry spoil-bank at Cave Hill, overlooking the city of Belfast. 
As before, I only met with one plant, and stumbled across it when search- 
ing for Orobanche rubra, which I found in fair abundance at the same place. 
This appears to be the second record of the Pyramidal Orchis from County 
Antrim : the first being that of Mr. Praeger, in 1888, his locality being 
also a quarry spoil-bank, at Magheragall, near Lisburn. It may be in- 
cidentally remarked that Geranitini pratensc occurs by the margins of the 
disused tramway leading from tlie Cave Hill quarries, and even over the 
old spoil-heaps, where it seems to be firmly established. This year man)' 
of the plants have flowered ; and it is an interesting question how it 
obtained its foothold at this station, as it does not exist in any of the 
gardens in the neighbourhood. Its discovery at Cave Hill quarries was 
made last year by Mr. H. L. Orr. 
W. J. C. TOMWNSON. 
Belfast. 
