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KXHIIUTJON MKKTING, 19;-)2 
K. brevipila liuriuit & Grenili. J do not recall having seen specimens 
like it before, though I have not made any extensive search since 1 
collected it, nor does it seem to be a described British plant. It seems 
clearly to belong to Pugsley’s Series Lutifoliae of which the only mark- 
edly hairy members are E. camphdlae Pugsl., E. eurycarpa Pugsl. and 
E. rhuiiiica Pugsl., with none of which does it agree though it is per- 
haps nearest to the last which has only been found on Rhum. 
There are three possibilities : — 
1. That the plant is an undescribed species. 
2. That it is best regarded as a hairy variety of E. micrantha Reichb. 
.‘3. That it is a hybrid between E. micrantha and some other species. 
If the last hypothesis is correct, the hairs suggest that the second 
parent is E. curia Fries, which I did not find in the area; my time there 
was, however, limited. Also against this view is the fact that the E. 
micrantha, which grew with it, was all purple-flowered. A hybrid 
between these two species is reported from Sweden. 
The choice between the first two suggestions is largely a matter of 
opinion and further investigation is needed before deciding between 
them. 
T should be grateful if anyone who may have collected similar plants 
would let me see them. 
E. F. Warburg. 
Autogamous EPIPACTIS in Britain and Scandinavia 
The autogamous (self-fertilized) Epipactis have not been studied on 
the Continent as thoroughly as they have in Britain. Consequently 
their geographical ranges are not very clearly known. The recognition 
of E. leptochila (Godf.) Godf. and E. phylla/nthes G. E. Sm. in Denmark 
this year has extended the known ranges of these two species consider- 
ably. (E. leptochila has been recorded from Denmark by Nannfeldt 
(1946, Bot. yot., 1-28), but the specimen concerned proved to be K. 
phyllanthes.) In addition, a third species, the correct name for which 
is still in doubt, occurs in Scandinavia and probably southwards. E. 
(Jvnensis (T. & T. A. Steph.) Godf., on the other hand, is recorded from 
the coasts of the Irish Sea, the Channel, and the Baltic, but has not so 
far been found in Holland or Denmark where it might be expected. 
The exhibit showed specimens of the four species mentioned from 
Britain and Denmark as far as they occur in those countries, and also 
distribution maps. 
D. P. Young. 
A further account of the various exhibits displayed may be found 
in Nature, 171, 335-337 (1953). 
