152 : FLOWERING PLANTS 
The herbaceous undergrowth was luxuriant, consisting of about 
. fifty species, the most interesting of which were Belladonna, Fly 
Orchis, Spotted Orchis, Cephalanthera, Hound’s- tongue, Large 
Willow-herb, Rock-rose, St. John’s Wort, Enchanter’s — 
Wild Strawberry. 
An opportunity of observing the growth on humus occurred. On 
a small trunk of a cut-down tree, covered with leaf-mould and 
shaded by a Mountain Ash, the following were found: Mosses and 
Lichens in abundance, Strawberry, Geum, St. John’s Wort, Ger- 
mander Speedwell, Chickweed, and this in an area of about 2 square 
feet. 
