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purple : the leaves are long, blunt, fleshy, and spotted with dark 

 brownish purple : if the plant be dug up, it will be found to 

 possess 2 fat tuberous roots, besides several others more fibrous 

 in character. 



138. Scented Orchis, Habenaria conopsea, Orchis family. 



138. Scented Orchis. 



The stem is 9 to 12 ins. high, and bears a spike of lilac-coloured 

 flowers : the flower has a long delicate spur and a small lip : 

 the leaves are long and pointed : the flowers, which appear in 

 early summer, are very fragrant : common on moist heaths and 

 hilly roadsides. 



PURPLE FLOWEBS, 139-163 



A. Leaves compound, deeply cut, or lobed . . 139-150 



B. Leaves quite simple, at most toothed . . 151-163 



139. Heartsease, Pansy, Viola tricolor. Violet family. The 

 stem is weak, and rambles in the coarse grass of the pastures 

 and wayside banks, where the plant commonly occurs : the 

 leaves are ovate and bluntly serrate, but as they are provided 

 with very large, deeply cut stipules, the effect is that of a much 

 divided leaf: the flowers are large, and occur singly on long 

 stalks in the leaf axils : the lower petal is spurred : the dominant 



