84 FLORA HISTORICA. 



Tliis flower should be viewed through a micro- 

 scope to have its individual beauties duly appre- 

 ciated. As it does not appear in the hieroglyphics 

 of floral language, w^e have presumed, from its. 

 hardiness, and its resistance to the threatening 

 storms and cutting blasts from the ocean, and the 

 boisterous winds of the mountains, to make it the 

 emblem of dauntlessness. 



