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Large. Red Purple. 



Purple Goafs-beard or Salsify. Florets all strap-shaped, 

 in heads 1 in. diameter ; long bracts round the head, about 

 10 ; leaves long, tapering to an acute point ; flower stalk 

 swollen upwards ; moist meadows ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 608 



Medium. 



Monkey Orchis. Diam. in. ; flowers lipped ; lip petal 

 with 4 deep segments, white and crimson-purple ; 3 sepals 

 and other 2 petals, pale purple-spotted ; leaves large, oblong, 

 smooth, unspotted ; chalk hills ; 1-1J ft. (R.) 1117 



Loose-flowered Orchis. Diam. in. ; leaves not 

 spotted, lanceolate ; spike of lipped flowers loose ; flowers 

 bright red-purple, lip 3-lobed, side lobes very large ; sepals 

 3 ; petals 3 ; Hartlepool, Channel Islands ; 1-2 ft. (R.) 1118 



Military Orchis. Diam. f in. ; leaves large, oblong, 

 smooth, unspotted ; 3 sepals and 2 petals, purple ; lip pale 

 and dotted, with 4 lobes ; chalk hills ; 12-18 in. (R.) 1116 



Marsh Orchis. Diam. f in. ; leaves usually spotted, 

 smooth, lanceolate ; flowers in a dense spike, dull purple ; 

 lip spotted, hardly 3-lobed ; meadows ; 1-3 ft. (L.) 1119 



Alpine Barrenwort. Diam. J in. ; sepals 4 ; petals 4 ; 

 each with a scale at the base ; stamens 4 ; stem-leaf 

 solitary, but consisting of 9 (3 ternate) heart-shaped 

 leaflets ; woods ; 6-12 in. 39 



Green-winged Meadow Orchis. Diam. J in. ; leaves 

 small and narrow, smooth, not spotted ; sepals 3, side 

 ones with greenish veins ; petals 3, lip 3-lobed, spotted ; 

 stem erect ; pastures ; 6-12 in. (L.) 1112 



Common Vetch. Diam. nearly J in. ; length f in. ; 

 flowers nearly sessile, in pairs, pale purplish and crimson- 

 purple ; calyx 5- toothed ; petals 5, unequal ; leaflets 

 5-6 pairs, and a tendril ; fields ; 6-24 in. (c.) 347 



Small. 



Alpine Erinus. Diam. f in. ; sepals 5 ; corolla 5- 

 lobed, nearly regular ; stamens 4 ; leaves spoon-shaped, 

 I in., crenate at the end ; flowers in a raceme ; moun- 

 tains ; 3-6 in. (R.A.) 837 



