Dipsacus pilosus, small teasel, -- in the Short and Long Lith.
Lathyrus sylvestris, narrow-leaved, or wild lathyrus, -- in the
bushes at the foot of the Short Lith, near the path.
Ophrys spiralis, ladies' traces, -- in the Long Lith, and towards the
south-corner of the common.
Ophrys nidus avis, birds' nest ophrys, -- in the Long Lith under the
shady beeches among the dead leaves; in Great Dorton among the
bushes, and on the Hanger plentifully.
Serapias latifolia, helleborine, -- in the High-wood under the shady
beeches.
Daphne laureola, spurge laurel, -- in Selborne Hanger and the
High-wood.
Daphne mezereum, the mezereon, -- in Selborne Hanger among the
shrubs at the south-east end above the cottages.
Lycoperdon tuber, truffles, -- in the Hanger and High-wood.
Sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder, walwort, or danewort, -- among the
rubbish and ruined foundations of the Priory.
Of all the propensities of plants none seem more strange than their
different periods of blossoming. Some produce their flowers in the
winter, or very first dawnings of spring; many when the spring is
established; some at midsummer, and some not till autumn.
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