. Field and woodland plants. ack,berrylike cone, about athud of an inch in dia-meter. The Juniperflowers dming May andJune. Passing now to theOrchidacece we have tonote two species, thefirst of which is the Au-tumnal Ladys Tresses{Spiranihes cmtumnalis),a moderately commonplant on the dry downsof South Britain, flower-ing from August toOctober. It has two orthree thick, oval tubers;and a slender stem,from four to eightinches high, withsheathing, acute radical leaves, foiur or five in number, are about an inch long, ovate, sharp, and form atuft by the side of the stem. The flowers ar
. Field and woodland plants. ack,berrylike cone, about athud of an inch in dia-meter. The Juniperflowers dming May andJune. Passing now to theOrchidacece we have tonote two species, thefirst of which is the Au-tumnal Ladys Tresses{Spiranihes cmtumnalis),a moderately commonplant on the dry downsof South Britain, flower-ing from August toOctober. It has two orthree thick, oval tubers;and a slender stem,from four to eightinches high, withsheathing, acute radical leaves, foiur or five in number, are about an inch long, ovate, sharp, and form atuft by the side of the stem. The flowers are small, white, scented,and form a single, spii-al line on the stem ; but wliile each floweris turned to one side, its bract is erect on the other side of the sepals and petals are much ahke. The upper sepals are joinedto the petals, and the lateral ones curve over the base of the lip ofthe corolla. The other plant of this order is the very common SpottedPalmate Orchis {Orchis maculata), abundant on the moist heaths. The Butchers Broom, in Fruit. 278 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS and coiumons of most parts of Britain, tiouering from June toAugust. Its root has two or three flattened tubers with long,finger-Uke lobes ; and the stem is solid, erect, from six inches to more than a foot high. Theleaves are ovate below, narrowabove, and usually markedwith many dark spots. Thespike of flowers is dense,oblong or pyramidal in form,and two or three inches the base of each flower isa bi-act usually shorter thanthe ovary. The flowers arepale purple, lilac, or (occa-sionally) white, and aregenerally conspicuouslymarked with uregular Unesand spots of a deeper sepals are spreading,about a quarter of an inchlong ; and the petals arearched over the Up is broad, deeply three-lobed, more or less toothed,cither flat or with the laterallobes sUghtly turned spm- is slender and alittle shorter than the Orchis is represented onFig. 6 of Plate VI. O
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