XXII. AUTUMN IN THE WOODS 331 XXIII. PARASITIC PLANTS 340 XXIV. CARNIVOROUS PLANTS 350 LIST OF FLOWERS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR HABITATS AND HABITS 359 LIST OF FLOWERS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDERS AND GENERA 373 GLOSSARIAL INDEX 381 COLOURED PLATES I. SPRING FLOWERS OF THE WOODS _Frontispiece_ 1. Green Hellebore 2. Plantain-leaved Leopard's-Bane 3. Lady's Slipper 4. Sand Garlic 5. Wild Hyacinth 6. Wood Melic Grass II. FLOWERS OF THE WOODS _To face p._ 130 1. Great Valerian 2. Foxglove 3. Succory-leaved Hawk's-beard 4. Nettle-leaved Bell-flower 5. Broad-leaved Helleborine 6. Hairy Brome-grass III. FLOWERS OF THE WAYSIDE _To face p._ 150 1. Round-leaved Crane's-bill 2. Black Horehound 3. Evergreen Alkanet 4. Bristly Ox-tongue 5. Red Bartsia 6. Annual Meadow Grass 7. Hemlock Stork's-bill IV. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD _To face p._ 210 1. Rough Cock's-foot Grass 2. Lucerne 3. Crimson Clover 4. Blue-Bottle 5. Common Vetch 6. Meadow Clary V. FLOWERS OF BOGS AND MARSHES _To face p._ 236 1. Marsh Gentian 2. Marsh Marigold 3. Marsh Orchis 4. Marsh Mallow 5. Marsh Vetchling 6. Marsh St. John's-wort 7. Bog Pimpernel VI. FLOWERS OF DOWN, HEATH, AND MOOR _To face p._ 256 1. Musk Thistle 2. Clustered Bell-flower 3. Spiny Rest Harrow 4. Hairy Hawkbit 5. Sheep's-bit 6. Spotted Orchis 7. Heath Rush VII. FLOWERS OF THE CORN-FIELD _To face p._ 280 1. Long Smooth-headed Poppy 2. Field Scabious 3. Corn Cockle 4. Corn Marigold 5. Flax 6. Corn Pheasant's-eye VIII. FLOWERS OF CHALKY SOILS _To face p._ 296 1. Red Valerian 2. Narrow-leaved Flax 3. Tufted Horse-shoe Vetch 4. Spiked Speedwell 5. Pasque Flower 6. Bee Orchis 7. Yellow Oat Grass _Erratum._--On Plate VI, _for_ 'Spring Rest Harrow' _read_ 'Spiny Rest Harrow.' LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL CHARACTERS OF PLANTS PAGE Forms of Roots 2 Running underground stem of Solomon's Seal 4 Arrangement of Leaves 5 Leaf of Pansy with two large Stipules 5 Margins of Leaves 6 Various Forms of Simple Leaves 7