ORCHID FAMILY 



THE FLOWERS: small, in a loose spike, which is one to 

 three inches long, and usually much twisted; lip with a 

 wavy margin, usually thick and greenish in the middle. 



THE FRUIT: a capsule. 



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This, the third of the Spiranthes group, is the most 

 closely allied with the Beckii; it also grows in the dry 

 soil of the Commons. It is a very slender plant, to be 

 identified by its lip being green above, with white margin, 

 and if one does pull it up by the "clusters of thickened 

 roots." 



Three other members of the Orchid Family have been 

 reported 



