MAY FLOWERS. 55 



Very Large. Yellow, with Brown. 



Lady's-slipper Orchis. Diam. 2J in. ; sepals 3, and 

 petals 2 deep rich brown, and lip petal yellow, 1 J in., large, 

 inflated ; leaves oblong, ribbed ; woods ; 12-18 in. 

 (R.) 1138 



Medium. 



Clove-scented Broom-rape. Diam. nearly f in. ; length 

 1 in. ; flowers in a loose spike, yellowish red-brown or 

 brownish -purple ; a leafless parasite ; sepals 4, bifid ; 

 corolla lipped ; stamens 4 ; hedges ; 6-12 in. (R.) 870 



Fly Orchis. Diam. f in. ; flowers distant, in a spike ; 

 sepals 3, yellowish-green ; petals 3, unequal, lip petal 

 bright red-brown with a blue patch ; leaves few, linear- 

 oblong ; pastures ; erect, 6-12 in. (L.) 1135 



Great Broom-rape. Diam. \ in. ; length in. ; flowers 

 lipped, yellow and purplish -brown ; sepals 4, each 1-3- 

 nerved, long ; corolla gaping, 2-lipped ; stamens 4 ; stem 

 brown, without green leaves ; copses ; 1-1J ft. (L.) 869 



Very Small. 



Pale Brown. 



Great Hairy Wood-rush. Diam. nearly J in. ; leaves 

 mostly radical, about 8 in. long, J in. broad, with few long 

 hairs ; flowers many in a large cyme ; sepals with petals 

 6 ; stamens 6 ; woods ; 10-24 in. (c.) 1219 



Medium. Pa/e Pinkish. 



Water-violet. Diam. nearly f in. ; leaves finely 

 divided, under water ; flowers in whorls on an erect, 

 leafless stalk, centre yellow ; calyx 5-cleft ; petals 5, 

 joined ; stamens 5 ; pools ; floating. (L.) 970 



Small. 



Sandwort-like Claytonia. Diam. f in. ; root leaves 

 ovate pointed ; stem leaves roundish, sessile ; stem 

 brittle ; flowers in cymes ; sepals 2 ; petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; 

 waste places ; 6-15 in. (L.) 448 



