vi FAMILIAR WILT) FLOWERS. 



HOLLY, ILEX AQUlFOUUM. Nat. Ord., Aquifoliaceai. Calyx four- 

 toothed. Corolla regular, monopetalous, white, four-lobed, rotate. 

 Stamens four, alternate with corolla-lobes and inserted on corolla. 

 Stigmas four, sessile. Fruit, a scarlet berry, containing four seeds. 

 Flowers in dense clusters in the leaf -axils. Leaves coriaceous, rigid, 

 alternate, evergreen, stalked, shiny, the upper ones sometimes entire 

 and flat, but typically much waved in outline and bordered with strong 

 prickly teeth. A freely-branching shrub or small tree. Bark smooth 

 and greyish. Woods and hedgerows. Flowers in May and June. 



PRIVET, i.rarsTRUM rCLGARE. Nat. Ord., Oleacecc. Calyx per- 

 sistent, four-toothed. Corolla regular, white, four-lobed, tubular at 

 base. Stamens two, inserted at base of corolla. Ovary two-celled, 

 each cell two-seeded. Fruit a fleshy globular, black, shining berry. 

 Inflorescence compact, paniculate, at ends of branches. Leaves nearly 

 evergreen, lanceolate, entire, on short stalks, opposite, exstipulate. 

 Branches long, slender, cylindrical, tough, smooth, pliant. A shrub. 

 In woods and hedges. Flowers during June and July. 



SPOTTED ORCHIS, ORCHIS MACULATA. Nat. Ord., OrcUd- 

 acece. Perianth of six segments, superior, irregular, spurred at base of 

 lip. Lip irregularly three-lobed, spotted. Stamen and pistil combined 

 in column, in axis of flower. Anther two-celled. Ovary inferior, one- 

 celled. Capsule three-valved. Inflorescence terminal, densely spicate, 

 bracts shorter than the flowers. Stem leafy at base, often a foot or 

 so in height, but very variable. Leaves ovate and lanceolate, entire, 

 parallel-nerved, more or less marked with dark purple blotches. Tubers 

 flattened, lobed. Perennial. Flowers in June and July. Pasture 

 lands. 



PINK CAMPION, i.vruxrs DTURXA. Nat. Ord., Caryophyl- 

 lacefE. Calyx monophyllous, tubular, five-toothed, swollen after flower- 

 ing. Corolla of five petals, lamina spreading, pink, two-cleft, scentless, 

 having small two-notched scale at base. Flowers dioecious. Stamens 

 ten, hypogynous. Styles five, linear, stigmatic throughout their length. 

 Capsule globular, ten-toothed, many-seeded. Leaves opposite, entire, 



