GEUM, 



ALBUM Avens 



GERANIUM, 



PUSiLLUM Small Craneshill 



MACULATUM Large Craneshill 



I'he long fruit bearing beak resembling the bill 

 of cranes. 



^^prungel, the German scholar, first noted the 

 close relation as to form between flowers and 

 insects. Others have noted the number of 

 species of insects is related to the number of 

 species of plants, each shaping those of the 

 oiher. 



GILLENiA, 



TRiF'oi.iATA Indian Physic 



GOODYERA— ORCHIS, 



REPK-VS Rattlsnake Plantain 



PUBESCENS Rattlesnake Plantain 



TESSELivATA Rattlesnake Plantain 



GRATIOLA, 



ViRuiNiANA Hedge Hyssop 



HAMAMELIS, 



ViRGiNiCA Witch Hazel 



The polygamous showy flowers come out late in 

 autumn, maturing the next summer its torpedo 

 shaped seeds, which it expels with remarkable 

 force to a distance of forty feet. It has lately 

 been discovered that the pollen after germi- 

 nating upon the stigma, with comparative 

 rapidity until winter, when the upper part of 

 the pistil dies and the pollen tube passes the 

 winter in that part of the pistil which has a 

 protective covering of hairs. In the spring the 

 pollen tube resumes its growth and perfects 

 fertilization of the plant. 



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