MEADOW-BEAUTY 



and, although it rarely adorns the roadway, it gives 

 a rosy bloom to swamp lands that is seen from afar. 



The calyx at fruiting time develops into a most 

 exquisite, tiny, urn-shaped form. 



Meadow-Beauty. Rhexia Virginica 



In the pine-barrens and sandy swamps of New Jer- 

 sey and Delaware the Awn-Petaled Meadow-Beauty, 

 Rhexia aristosa is an abundant species. Its leaves 

 are three-nerved instead of five; the rounded petals 

 are obtusely pointed, with a minute awn or bristle 

 at the apex; the anthers are linear and minutely 

 spurred at the back. The general effect of the flowers 

 is the same in both species. 



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