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THE MILITAR1S, OR MAN-FLOWER. 



This curious plant, called the Militaris, or 

 Man Orchis, has erect flower-stalks, eight or 

 ten inches high, terminated by a loose spike of 

 ash-coloured and reddish flowers. The struc- 

 ture of this flower exhibits the figure of a naked 

 man; and is often of different colours in the 

 same flower, as ash-colour, red, brown, and 

 dark striped. This plant flourishes in various 

 parts of Europe and Asia; and grows in our 

 country spontaneously, and in great abundance. 



REMARKABLE SHELL, CALLED THE ADMIRAL. 



In Conchology, the Admiral is the name of a 

 beautiful shell of the volute kind, much admired 

 by the curious. 



There are four species of this shell, viz. the 

 Grand Admiral, the Vice Admiral, the Orange 

 Admiral, and the Extra Admiral. The first is 

 extremely beautiful, of an elegant white enamel, 

 variegated with bands of yellow, which repre- 

 sent, in some measure, the colours of the flags 

 in men-of-war. It is of a very curious shape, 

 and finely turned about the head, the clavicle 



