Localities. — I n shady woods, especially Beech, on a chalky or loamy soil. — 
Oxfordsh. Woods near Mapledurham ; and Straw Hall : Mr. A. R. Ilmr. Tar 
Wood; and Stokenchurch Woods: Dr. S ibthoup. Plentiful in Stokenchureh 
Woods, in 1839: W. II. Baxter. Blenheim Park Plantations; and Bladon 
Heath: G. Coles, Esq. — Berkshire ; In Barley Wood near Oxford: Mr. 
James Benwell, and W. B. In a wood near Outnnor Hill: N. B. Young, 
Esq. Beech woods about Hurley: Sir J. E. Sain it. Plentiful in Beech woods 
between Pangbourn and Reading: 1839, W. 11. Baxter. Stieatley Wood: 
H. Woollcomre, Esq. — Beds. Clapham Park Wood; and Hostler’s Wood, 
Chilton Green, near Dunstable: Rev. C. Aiibot. — Bucks; Marlow Wood; 
and wood near Temple-house: B. G. — Beech Woods between Aylesbury, 
Tring, and Wendover: Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. — Cambridgesh. Madingley 
W'ood ; and Hall Wood: Rev. R. Belhan. — Cumberland ; Brtckham Wood: 
Mr. Woodward. — Derbysh. Walk by the river, near Wdlersley : Mrs. Hard- 
castle, in Mr. A. Jewitt’s Madlock Companion.— Devon ; Woodbury Hill : 
Rev. J. Jervis. Ugbrooke Park: Mr. Jacob. — Dorset ; In the Chase, a little 
to the East of Rushmore Lodge ; and Little Wood atChettle: Rev. Mr. Chaf- 
fin. — Durham; Castle Eden and Hawthorn Denes, and Whorl-ton-haugh 
Wood, Cocken : N. J. Winch, Esq. — Essex; On Epping Forest, not far from 
the gate of a wood, called the Sale, near the Hale End; on a hill called the 
Hawk; and in a wood on Laindon Hills: B. G. — Gloucestersh. Dowdesrvcll 
Wood, near Cheltenham: E. F. Witts, Esq. — Hants; Near Petersfield : Mr. 
W. Pamplin, jun. In Holt and Wickham Woods : Dr. Pui.tfney. Selborne, 
in the Long Lith under the shady beeches among the dead leaves; in Great 
Dorton among the bushes; and on the Hanger, plentifully: Rev. G. White. — 
Kent; A bout Maidstone ; rn Roehill ; Woods about Chariton ; near the little 
brook by the High Rocks, Tunbridge, towards Rusthall Common; and in a 
wood between Alkham and Ewel Minnis: B. G. Woods near Bexley, and 
Hartford : Mr. Graves. In a copse, near Sandling Lodge : Mr. W. Hutchin- 
son. — Lancash. About Newton Cartmel : B. G. — Middlesex ; In White Heath 
Wood, Harefield: It. G. — Norfolk; About Heyden ; Gawdv Hall Wood at 
Harleston: B. G. — Northamptunsh. In Rockingham Forest, Wansford: Land. 
El. —Northumberland ; In Capheaton and Wallington Woods: Miss Emma 
'J in vh.yan. In Willimoteswick Dene and near Wardrew : M. J. Thompson. 
In Twizell Woods : Miss Forster. — Notts ; Woiksop Manor: H. Biowf.i.l, 
Esq. — Shropsh. Benthale Hedge, near Coalport: H. Biowf.i.l, Esq. — Somer- 
set ; In a wood above the Bradford road ; in Friary Wood at Hinton Abbey; 
Smallcomhe Wood ; in Wollev and Hampton Woods ; Rudloe; and Claverlon 
Wood : FI. Bath. — Suffolk ; In Sir C. Davers’ Wood, called the Pink ; and in 
woods at Great and Little Saxham ; Rushbrook; Parham; and Onehouse: 
B. G .— Surrey ; In Norbury Paik near Croydon : and on Ranmer Common : 
B. G. In Gallon Park: A. Irvine. Forest Hill Wood, Peckham : Mr. W. 
Christy. Woods at Fuller’s Earth Pits, at Nutfield, and in the copse by 
Wray Common : G. Luxfoiid. — Sussex ; New Timber Woods, Danny Woods, 
Hurst Pierpoint, near the pond: B. G.— Warwicksh. Ragley Woods; Over- 
sley Wood; and Middleton Woods: Rev. Mr. Brie. — Westmoreland ; Buck- 
ham Wood near Lowther; and near Honey-bee-yate by Kendal: B. G. — 
Worcestersh. In a copse at Kemsey : Dr. Streeten. — Yorksh. In many parts 
of the County. — In WALES, SCOTLAND, andlRELAND, but rather rare. 
Perennial. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root of numerous, crowded, tufted, simple, thick, cylindrical, brownish, 
fleshy fibres. Stem solitary, from a foot to 18 inches high, upright, simple, an- 
gular, hollow’, without leaves, but furnished with a few membranous, alternate, 
loose sheaths. Flowers numerous, brown, in an oblong, rather lax spike. 
Sepals and Petals loosely connivent into a globe, somewhat membranous. Lip 
longer than the petals, of a deeper colour; concave at the base; cloven at the 
extremity into 2 blunt, rounded, widely-spreading lobes. Column elongated, 
semicylindrical, without any hood. Anther terminal, egg-shaped, hemispheri- 
cal at the back; a little concave in front, with 2 close, strap-shaped, parallel 
cells, depositing the yellow, oblong, farinaceous pollen-masses on the back of 
the oblong upper lip of the stigma (f. 2, a.), the under lip (f. 2, 6.) of which is 
short and rounded. Capsule egg-shaped, ribbed, glandulose. 
The whole plant is of a brown or pallid hue, a colour which is peculiar to para- 
sitical plants in general. In habit it is closely connected with Orobanche, Lathreea, 
and Monotropa (t. 275) ; but whether it be truly parasitic, or nourished by de- 
cayed leaves and bark (among which its roots are imbedded), seems questionable. 
A very correct and beautiful portrait of this plant was given by Mr. Curtis, in his 
“ British Entomology,” about four or five years ago. The accompanying plate is 
from a specimen picked in Stokenchureh Woods, by my son, W. II. Baxter, 
Curator of the Itoyal Horticultural and Botanical Gardens, Bath. 
