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APPENDIX II. 
//. ver lie il lata Presl var. pomeranica (Rchb.) Druce ; pale 
green I. 4 — 6 in a whorl linear acuminate 1 — 2 mm. diam., with 
projecting teeth and with 2 minute scales fringed with 5 — 7 
linear papillae at the base on the upper side. — J. of B. lii., 257, 
t. 534 : 1914.— Esthwaite water, Lanes. E. 
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la. Orchis ericetorum (Linton) ; 0. maculata L. emend., 
Druce 1915 ; stem 10 — 18 cm. solid, /. lanceol. narrow strongly 
heeled and folded usually acute and spotted, spil/e densely 
broadly pyramidal lengthening after flowering, bracts usually 
pur])lish shorter than the conspicuous fli, lip broad pale with 
faintish usually dotted markings, lateral lobes large flat middle 
lobe small narrow, spur slender not enlarged upwards. — 
Peaty acid soils. P. VL-VIII. E.S.I. 
76. 0. Fuchsii Druce ; 0. macidata " type " Webster, Linton 
etc. ; stem 15 — 60 cm. solid, louver I. ovate to ellijdic, keeled 
but flattened obtuse or acutate upper ones narrower smaller 
somcA'hat acute, all usually strongly black-purple-spotted, 
spike usually dense cylindric, bracts usually green shorter 
to somewhat longer than the fl., lip distinctly or obscurely 
marked with dark purple lines and spots, middle lobe longer 
and somewhat larger than the straight or rounded lateral 
lobes, spur stouter and enlarged upwards. — /3. OUvellyi (Druce) ; 
stem 20 — 35 cm. slender, I. oval-lanc. unsjwtted, fl. usually 
smaller pure white. — Continuous series of forms transitional 
to sp. la occur where both are preseiit, which are considered 
to be hybrids. — Damp stiff" basic soils ; fi. Antrim Clare T.yrone', 
? Sutherland. P. VI.-VIIL E.S.I. 
8a. 0. latifolia L. emend. i Druce 1914; as on p. 400, but 
stem 15 — 60 cm., I. obtuse broad and flat greyish or bluish 
green vnth chocolate green-centred s/'Ots, spike rather dense 
cylindric or conical, lip broader than long, usually with 
symmetric lines. — Apparently only occurring among lb and 9a 
and probably a hybrid. 
8b. 0. purpurella Stepheiison ; mo.ture tubers long tapering, 
stem only 10 — 15 cm. more than half solid, I. keeled lanceol. 
witli small spots sometimes only at apex, spilce 3 — 5 cm., fl. (a) 
bright red, or (iS) duller purple, lip rhomboid not reflexed 
subentire acute (a) or sometimes with slight middle lobe (^). — 
a. — Marshes and damp meadows (? of hyljrid origin) ; tt, 
Aberystwyth ; /3, N. England and Scotland. E.S. 
9a. 0. prcetermissa Druce ; stem hollow 15 — 45 cm., /. lin.- 
lanc. erect or ascending usually narrowed from a broad base 
