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2. H. chlorantha (great _B.) Similar situations to the last. 

 Much taller and stouter than the last, which it greatly resembles, 

 and of which it is most probably but a luxuriant variety, the 

 chief difference, except that of size, being that in this the anther 

 is more dilated at the base than it is in H. bifolia. Wood on the 

 Newton road. (Orchis bifolia, E. B. t. 22.) P. vi. vn. 



OPHRYS. OPHRYS. 



O. apifera (Bee-Ophrys.} On limestone pastures and chalky 

 soils. Root-knobs roundish, undivided. Stem from 12 to 18 

 inches high ; leaves broad. Flowers few, large, and distant, re- 

 sembling somewhat a bee upon the wing ; lip swelling, 5-lobed, 

 the 2 lower ones prominent and with a hairy base, the interme- 

 diate ones reflexed. Sepals whitish or greenish, tinged with pink ; 

 lip velvety, rich brown variegated with yellow ; anther lengthened 

 out, terminating in a hooked point. Daddyhole Plain, on the 

 slope leading to the Quarry. Babbicombe Down. Berry Head. 

 (E. B. t. 383.) P. vi. vn. 



ORD. XC. IBIDACEJE. 



IRIS. IRIS, FLOWER-DE-LUCE. 



1. I. Pseudacorus (yellow water Iris, or Cornflag.) In 

 watery places, wet meadows, and woods. Root large ; stem 

 roundish ; leaves long and sword-shaped. Flowers large, bright 

 yellow ; stigmas 3-parted, having the appearance of petals, cover- 

 ing the stamens ; seed-vessel oblong, 3-cornered. Very common. 

 Torre Abbey meadow. Paignton. Forde bog. Kingskerswell, 

 etc. (E. B. t. 578.) P. vi. vn. 



2. I. foetidissima (stinking Iris.} In woods and on hedge- 

 banks. Stem flattened ; leaves sword- shaped, narrower than those 

 of I. Pseudacorus, yielding a fetid odour when bruised. Flowers 

 of a dull pale blue, petals narrow ; seed-vessel large, containing, 

 when ripe, numerous bright red seeds. Very abundant in all our 

 lanes, and in every wood and thicket. (E. B. t. 596.) P. vi. vn. 



TRICHONEMA. TRICHONEMA. 



T. Columns (Columna?s Trichonema.) In sandy places. 

 Root bulbous ; plant 3 or 4 inches high ; leaves slender and 



