Hay's Syn. — Kent; At Greenhithe and Nortlifleet, with Orchis fusca : J. 
Sih-rard, Esq. in Ray’s Syn. On chalky banks near Faversham, common : 
E. Jacob, Esq. 1777. In the same place, 1838: Mr. W. Pam pun, jun., and 
Mr. M. H. Cowell. Pastures at Dartford : Mr. J. Woods, jun. Bank west- 
ward of Crabbe : L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. In Bocton church-yard: Jacob. On 
sand hills below Southend, near the mouth of the Thames, plentiful, with 
Ophrys aranifera, 1838: His Grace the AncHBisnop of Dublin. Chalk 
Downs around Stowting: Rev. R. Price. Near Sittinabourne : Sm. PI. of 
S. Kent. White-hill, Selling : Mr. M. H. Cowell *. On both sides the road 
on the chalk-banks between Dartford and Greenstreet Green : Mr. Watson, in 
Blackst. Sp. Bat. On Gtavesend chalk-cliffs, plentifully; Blackstone, in 
Sp. Bot. Finsbury: Hooker, in N. B. G. — Near Cuxton and Cobham ; on 
the hills overlooking the valley of the Medway on each side the river, plentifully : 
Mr. W. Pamplin, jun., who informs me, that he finds it a pretty general plant, 
upon chalky banks and slopes skirting woods, throughout the county. — Middle- 
sex ; About Harefield: FI. Metr. — Norfolk ; At Ashwelthorpe, near Norwich : 
Mr. Crow. At Forncet : Mr. Joseph Fox. At Braeon Ash, and Tacolnstone : 
Gough’s Camden. In a dry pit at the end of Mr. W right’s Garden at Mend- 
ham : Rev. H. Tii.ney. — Suffolk ; Found by Mr. Dale in an old gravel-pit at 
Dalington near Sudbury : Ray. Little Saxham, and Hnwsted : Sir T. G. Cul- 
lum. Blackenham, near Ipswich: Rev. W. Kirby.— In and about a chalk-pit 
at Ickworth, near Bury, among grass, copiously : Sir J. E. Smith. One speci- 
men found near Bungay : Mr. D. Stock, in N. B. G. — Surrey ; Near Leather- 
head : Mr. W. Curtis. Chalk-pit near Cheam : Mr. T. F. Forster, jun. In 
Langley field between Croomhurst and Selsden ; and in a lane leading from 
Sinitham Bottom to Saunderstead. Box-hill; field behind Juniper Hill: N. J. 
Winch, Esq. in N. B. G. — Dorking ; between Mickleham and Box-hill ; and in 
old stone-pits east of Guildford, plentifully : Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June. 
Root of 2 egg-shaped, woolly knobs, and several woolly radicles. 
Stem solitary, upright, from 10 to 15 inches high, firm, smooth, 
cylindrical at the base, somewhat angular upwards. Root-leaves 
4 or 5, sheathing the stem at the base, smooth, spreading, spear- 
shaped, varying in breadth. Stem-leaves 1 or 2, small, upright, 
closely embracing the stem. Spike long, cylindrical, of many, 
rather crowded, Jlowers. Bracteas (see fig. 4.) membranous, spear- 
shaped, finely tapering at the summit, about half as long as the 
germen, which is sessile, oblong, green, and somewhat twisted. 
Sepals egg-shaped, converging so as to form a hood ; greenish, 
with purple lines, and edges. Petals strap-shaped, concealed within 
the sepals. Lip or Nectary (fig. 2.) longer than the germen, hang- 
ing down, yellowish, occasionally tipped with brown, or dark red, 
or sometimes wholly of a reddish-brown ; divided into 3, strap- 
shaped, segments, the two side ones somewhat diverging, the middle 
one about twice as long, and cloven halfway down into two pointed, 
rather spreading, lobes. 
A curious and interesting plant, native of the more southern parts of Europe, and 
England. The lip is so divided as to bear some similitude to the effigy of a man, 
whence its name, Man-orchis ; old authors, in their figures of it, have improved on 
this resemblance, at the expence of truth. See Rudbeck, Parkinson, and others. 
The flowers of this plant have generally been described as being scentless, but 
the Rev. G. E. Smith, who has paid much attention to the British Orchide®, ob- 
serves, in his interesting Catalogue of the rare or remarkable Plants of South 
Kent, that they emit a fragrance more aromatic, but less sweet, than those of the 
honey-suckle ; this scent is strongest in the evening, and is then not pleasant. 
I am indebted to Gillow Simpson, Esq. for the specimen from which the draw- 
ing, for the accompanying plate, was made. My kind friend, Mr. W. Pamplin, 
jun. has also furnished me with several fine specimens, collected in the vicinity of 
Faversham ; and informs me, that he had received, amongst a large collection of 
dried plants, “ Aceras anthropophora," collected by M. Nic. Bove, in North 
Africa, not far from Algiers, in 1837. 
* Mr. Cowell has nearly ready for publication, “ A Floral Guide for Faversham 
and the contiguous parts of Kent.” 
