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ORDER : ORCHIDALES. 



Family : Orchidaceae. Example : Spotted Orchis. 



(7) The spotted Orchis {Orchis maculata, L.), which flowers early, in damp 

 grassy ground, will serve as an example of a still higher specialisation of 



Fig. 459. 

 Whole plant of Orchis maculata, including the swollen myeorhizic roots. (After Figuier.) 



the flower for cross-pollination by insect-agency, which characterises the 

 Orchidaceae. The plant is perennial, and in summer is seen to consist of an 



