50 Petty : Some Plants of Silverdale , West Lancashire. 



Epipactis palustris Crantz. Found by Mr. Wilson in the area. 

 Orchis Morio L. Found by Mr. Wilson. 

 Orchis mascula L. Near the Tarn. 



Orchis latifolia L. 1883. Rep. Bot. Rec. Club, 1 881-2, 249. 

 Near Hawes W T ater, A. Wilson. 



Orchis maculata L. Common near Wood Well. 



Ophrys apifera Huds. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. Said to grow 

 in several places about Silverdale, but I have not seen it, 

 C. J. Ashfield. 



Ophrys muscifera Huds. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. In wood, 

 left-hand side of road, station to village, not unfrequent, 

 C. J. Ashfield. Used also to be found in Eaves W 7 ood and 

 on Castlebarrow, now gone. 



Habenaria conopsea Benth. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. Pastures, 

 frequent, C. J. Ashfield. Silverdale, frequent, A. W. Near 

 the Tarn, and on road-sides, as well as in fields. 



Habenaria viridis R.Br. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. Hill-sides 

 below ' The Trough, ' Trowbarrow, abundant, C. J. Ashfield. 

 1887. Rep. Bot. Rec. Club, 1884-5-6. Silverdale, frequent, 

 A. Wilson. Ascending from pastures, just above shore 

 level. 



Habenaria bifolia R.Br. 1864. Bot. Chron., 75. Rather 

 frequent, C. J. Ashfield. Frequent, A. W. Ascending 

 from pastures just above shore level. 



Yar. chlorantha Bab. In the pastures above shore and on 

 common near Challan Hall. 



Iris Pseudacorus L. Wet field and ditch, side of line, between 

 level-crossing and Slack Wood Farm ; also ditch near The 

 Pool. 



Narcissus Pseudonarcissus L. Near Silverdale, A. W. 



Tamus communis L. Eaves Wood, and many hedges. 



Poiygonatum officinale All. A few plants in Waterslack 

 Woods. Ashfield's locality in Bot. Chron. — Middlebarrow 

 Wood — is in Westmorland. 



Convallaria majalis L. Castlebarrow ; W T aterslack and Hagg- 

 Woods. Mr. Wilson's locality — near Leighton Beck — is 

 outside my area. .« 



Allium ursinum L. Eaves Wood and others. 



Scilla festalis Salisb. Eaves and other woods. 



Naturalist. 



