KEY TO PLATE VII. 



No. ij 

 (Rhinantnii* 



Rattle 

 ist* GaMi, 



rfl A fc -^ 



a. Vertical section of flower. 

 t>, Oyary, style, afed-wgrna. 

 t, Capsule, cut open, to show- 

 seeds, d, Rootstock, with /> 

 rootlets attached to rootlets 

 j of grass, e, Part of plant, 

 showing flowers and capsules 

 -wiUf bracts. 



NO. - ^w-cxj 



(Pnuulk vmlguris, L.} 



a, Vertical section of corolla. 



b, Calyx, with stigma, and 

 styfe projecting/ .c,. Nutlet. 

 d, Nutlet, cut open. <?, Up- 

 per part of plalnV showing 

 stem - leaves, bracts, and 

 spike, with the overlapping 



bracts and flowers. 



{Orchis taasctifcr L.) 

 a, Section o/ .flower, '-show- 

 ing twisted ovaiy, spur, and 

 exposing the pollinia and ros- 

 tellum. b, Leaf, showing 

 characteristic spots, c, Scape 

 and inflorescence, showing 

 the form of the lower (really 

 upper) lip and the lateral 

 lobes and upper (i 

 lower) lip. 



No. 4. Spotted Or 



(Orchis maculata, 



Oj Front view of flower, showing mark- 

 ings. <*, Section of flower, showing pol- 

 Imia and rostellum. c t Tubers and scape 

 with leaves, d, Scape, with bracts and 



V >-^rfc> 



ko. $. Pntpte Crocus 

 \C*vus offictoalis, Huds.) 



. magnified. 6, Ca 

 _&, with sheaths and leases. 

 t, with tenf-sheaths and two/ flowers, 

 nd stigmas projectir 



