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. faetidissima).--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).--Ma.s.ses 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.

b.u.t.tERFLY 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.

h.e.l.lEBORINE (Epipactis latifolia).--Here and there in hedges.

(E. grandiflora).--Under beeches.

(E. pal.u.s.tris).--Chalk-pit.

REEDS

BOGRUSH (L. campestris).--Little rush.

(L. pilosa).--Ampfield Wood.

RUSH (Juncus conglomeratus).--The days of rush-lights are gone by, but rush-baskets for flowers and helmets are made by the children, and the white pith, when pressed, is made up into devices.

(F. effusus) (F. glaucus) All in Itchen meadows.

(F. acutiflorus) (F. squamosus)

BEAKRUSH (Rhynchospora fusca).

SINGLE BULRUSH (Scirpus lacustris).

(S. sylvatica).--Marsh near Baddesley Road.

(S. setaceus).

COTTON GRa.s.s (Eriophorum angustifolium).--The soft cottony or silky heads are beautiful on the Itchen roads.

SEDGES (Carex pulicaris).

(C. acuta).--Copses.

(C. paniculata).--Itchen Ca.n.a.l.

(C. riparia).--Dell Copse.

STAR SEDGE (C. stellulata).--Copses.

(C. verna).

(C. acuta).--A lovely black and yellow fringe to the Itchen Ca.n.a.l.

(C. pallescens).--Damp places.

(C. paludosa).--Banks of Itchen Ca.n.a.l.

(C. sylvatica).--Cranbury.

(C. remota).--Boyatt Lane.

GRa.s.sES

SWEET MEADOW GRa.s.s (Anthoxanthum odoratum).

CANARY G. (Phalaris canariensis).--A stray.

FOXTAIL G. (Alopecurus pratensis).

(A. agrestis).

(A. geniculatus).

CAT-TAIL G. (Phleum pratense).