The Lily Tribe

Garlic (Allium ursinum).—On road to Baddesley.

Crow G. (A. vineale).—Chalk ridges, if not destroyed by waterworks.

Flag (Iris pseudacorus).—Itchen banks.

Stinking F. (I. fætidissima).—Not common, but in two copses, one at Cranbury and the other on the north of King’s Lane.

Daffodil (Narcissus Pseudonarcissus).—Dell Copse, which it covers with the glory of the “dancing daffodil”; also plantation near Romsey Road.

Black Bryony (Tamus communis).—Wreaths of shiny leaves.

Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum multiflorum).—Cranbury Wood.

Butcher’s Broom (Ruscus aculeatus).—Otterbourne Hill.

Bluebell (Hyacinthus nonscriptus).—Masses in the woods.

Woodrush (Luzula sylvatica).—Graceful brown blossoms.

Pyramidal Orchis (Orchis pyramidalis).—Chalk-pit by Sparrow Grove.

Fool’s O. (O. Morio).—Cranbury.

Purple O. (O. mascula).—Local name, Dead Man’s Fingers.

Romsey O. (O. incarnata).—Itchen meadows.

Broad-leaved O. (O. latifolia).—Itchen meadows.

Spotted O. (O maculata).

Dwarf O. (O. ustulata).—Downs by South Lynch.

Sweet O. (Gymnadenia conopsea).—Itchen meadows.

Butterfly O. (Habenaria bifolia).—Sparrow Grove.

Bee O. (Ophrys apifera).—Railway banks and South Lynch.

Fly O. (O. muscifera).—South Lynch Down.

Lady’s Tresses (Spiranthes autumnalis).—Cranbury lawn, but fitful in appearing.

Twayblade (Listera ovata).—In hedges and woods.

Bird’s-Nest Orchis (L. Nidus-avis).—Only under beeches.

Helleborine (Epipactis latifolia).—Here and there in hedges.

(E. grandiflora).—Under beeches.

(E. palustris).—Chalk-pit.