io8 II.OWJ'.RS Ol- THl'. CORNI-IKI.DS 



sessed several j^ood seeds, some (nily 13; l)iil 105 lar^e capsules 

 were produced when uncovered. 



The few capsules formed when ihe ];lani is covereil uj) arc; due to 

 curiintj UJ) of the petals when the stigma is covered with pollen. 

 The flowers are \isited by Plitsia, and by Humble-bees, and R/iiiioia 

 rostrala. 



The ])lant is not frequently visited, but when insects do visit it the 

 llower withers. hor the secretion ot llie nectar certain atmospheric 

 conditions are needed, and insects perceive it by the odour. There is 

 a lip-like valve in the stiij^matic cavity by which j)ollination is facilitated 

 in / '. tricolor, but not in this plant, tlie openini^' of the stigma Jackintr 

 the llj). and it is cur\ed inwai'ds. 1 lu; plant is self-pcjUinated soon 

 after the llower opens. The pollen L^rains are 4- or 5-sided [)risms. 



The plant is dispersed by its own peculiar device, the valves of the 

 capsule openincr and e.xpellintr the seeds, when dry, by an e.xplosive 

 motion due to the shrivellini,; or drying' up to which the parts are 

 subjected. 



Heart's Ease is a sand plant, \\hith is especially characteristic of 

 sandy formations, and requires a sand soil, or sandy loam, or alluvium. 



The Queen of SjDain Fritillary. and a Fly, Lauscania aciKea. feed on 

 it, also the Hifjh Brown Fritillary. 



The specific name arvcnsis was bestowed by Linna;us to indicate 

 its predilection for arable oround. 



The names given to V. tricolor apply to this plant — Beedy's Eyes, 

 Bleeding Heart, Buttery-entry, Call-me-to-you. Cat's-faces, Cull-me- 

 to-you, Face-and-Hood, Fancy Flamy, Garden Gate, Godfathers and 

 Godmothers, Heart's Ease, Heart seed. Herb Trinity, Jack-behind- 

 the-garden-gate, Jump-up-and-kiss-me, Kiss-me, Kitty-Run-the-Streets, 

 Leap-up-and-kiss-me, Live- (and Love-) -in- Idleness, Love-true, Meet- 

 her-i'-th'-entry Kiss-her-i'-the-Buttery, Monkey's Face, Pance, Step- 

 mother, Three Faces in a Hood, Two-Faces-Under-the-Sun. 



Flam\- was the name given because its colours are like the flame 

 in wood. Herb Trinity is given because of the three colours of the 

 flower. Shakespeare uses the name Love-in-idleness. 



Maidens call it Love-in-idleness. 



Midsiimmer-Nighfs Dream. 



Miss Alcott, in Little Woiiicii. has the following: — 

 The story of panzy — how the stepmother leaf sat up in her green chair in purple and 

 gold; how the two own children in gay yellow had each its little seat, while the step- 

 children in dull colours both sat on one small stool, and the poor little father in his red 

 nightcap was kept out of sight in the middle of the flower. 



