

THE JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY 

 NATURAL SCIENCE: 



TBJi: JOURNAL OF 



The Postal Microscopical Society, 



OCTOBER, 1887. 



Xinaria C^mbalaria, 



By R. H. Moore. 



Plates 21, 22, 23. 



HIS charming little wild plant is, in the botanical 

 world, one of Nature's most prolific gifts. It is so 

 small that busy men pass it by unheeded, although 

 perhaps unconsciously their eyes are often soothed 

 and pleased by its picturesque beauty. Many an 

 ugly corner and staring wall is relieved by its dark- 

 green leaves and trailing branches. It festoons the 

 ruined arcK and wreathes the bare stones with its 

 luxuriant tapestry of foliage, through which, at 

 numerous points, its pale but pretty purple flowers struggle into 

 sunshine. 



It is a native of Italy ; but having been introduced into Eng- 

 land, it seems — in certain localities at least — to flourish anywhere 

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