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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



S. psittacina ( Fla. ) 

 Droscra rotiindifoUa (Fhi.) 

 D. filifonnis, var traceyi ( Ala. ) 

 Dionaca uiuscipula (Carolina) 

 Silenc caroliniana 

 Sedum tcrnatum 

 Heuchera sp. 

 Rub us hispida 

 Epiyaca repens 

 Gaidtheria procuinbens 

 Viola lanceolata 

 Rhexia virginica 

 R. niariana 

 Chimaphila uiacutata, 

 C. umbcllata 



Kaliiti la ti folia (seedlings) 



Cayliissacia brachycera ( from 

 primitive Penna. plant) 



/ 'acciiiiuiii sp. 



OxycoCiiis uiacrocarpiis 



S abba Ha sp. 



Gentiana crinita 



Dasystepliana andreivsii 



Menyanthes trifoliata 



Mitchella repens 



Houstonia cocrulca 



Shortia galacifolia 



lonactis linarifoliiis 



? Coreopsis sp. (adventive 

 seedling from Fla.) 



BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS III. 



By WiLLAKD N. Clutk. 



rr^HE whole subject of i)laiit growth seems an inscrutable 

 •'- mvsterv to the average individual. He is wont to imagine 

 that plants si)ring out of the earth nuich as wool grows on a 

 sheep, entirelv overlooking the fact that i)lants arc living 

 things derived from pre-existing individuals and therefore 

 more or less related and not the product of natures vagaries. 

 It is a common failing for him to regard any unusual flower 

 he encounters as the only one of its kind or, if instead of a 

 single plant, a colony is discovered, he is disposed to insist 

 that his is the only place in the world where the plant grows. 



