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material and bearing a bud. In the spring the bud grows into a 

 foliage and flowering shoot, which forms a few absorbent roots 



*H 6 



FIG. 92. Spotted Orchis, i, Complete plant early in the season showing the origin 

 of the new tuber ; 2, portion of stem of inflorescence with a bract in the axil of 

 which a flower, seen from behind, stands ; 3, flower seen from in front ; 4, the pair 

 of pollinia, magnified ; 5, point of a pencil depressing the rostellum, and coming 

 in contact with the sticky discs ; 6, movements of the pollinia, removed on 

 the pencil. (After Schumann.) 



at the base of the stem. Preparations are at once begun for the 

 continuance of the plant in the following season by the enlarge- 



