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solitary, drooping, white, the inner segments much the shorter 

 and tipped with green. — Meadows and thickets. Fl. February. 



(97) Leucojum. Snowflake. 

 L. sestivum : bulbous ; leaves broadly linear ; flowers several, 

 elevated on a scape, drooping, the segments nearly equal, white, 

 with slight greenish tips. — Moist meadows. Fl. May. 



(98) Neottia. 

 N. Nidus-avis : leafless, the stems clothed with pale brown 

 scales; flowers in a dense terminal spike, dingy-brown. — 

 Shady woods. — Fl. May, June. 



(99) Orchis. 

 * Spur very short, reduced to a small pouch. 

 O. ustulata : tuberous, the tubers entire ; leaves lanceolate ; 

 spike dense, 1-2 inches long ; flowers small, the lip not longer 

 than the sepals, white with purple spots, three-lobed, the mid- 

 dle lobe deeply bifid. — Chalky downs. Fl. May, June. 



** Spiir lengthened, varying from the half to the whole length 

 of the ovary. 



t Tubers not divided. 



O. Morio : leaves lanceolate ; flowers few in a loose spike, 

 the sepals purple, all converging; lip longer, broadly and 

 shortly three-lobed, pinkish-purple, paler in the centre, with 

 dark spots ; spur nearly as long as the ovary. — Meadows and 

 pastures. Fl. May, June. 



O. militaris : leaves broadly oval to oblong ; flowers in a 

 dense oblong spike; the sepals purple, all converging; lip 

 longer, pale-coloured, spotted with purple, three-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes small, the middle one larger, two-cleft; spur 



