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4. Lonicera. Wild honeysuckles. — Of these we have several 

 species. I will only enumerate a few of them : First and most common 

 is Lonicera parviflora with greenish-yellow, tinged with purple 

 flowers; leaves smooth oblong, pale bluish green; glaucous under- 

 neath. The flowers are small and sometimes cinnamon colored. 

 Lonecera flava, or "yellow honeysuckle," has leaves glaucous on 

 both sides, and the yellow flower has a slender tube, and scarcely 

 protuberant gibbons at the base. Lonicera ciliaia has greenish- 

 yellow flowers, funnel shaped, about three-quarters of an inch 

 long; berries red. Most of the native honeysuckles of Minnesota 

 are eminently worthy of cultivation. 



5. Delphinium azureum. — Michaux. There is but one 

 larkspur indigenous to our state. No one can fail to recognize 

 it, with its sky-blue or whitish flower, a very beautiful flower. 



6. Rudbeckia hirta — Linneus. Thi3 is the rough cone-flower, 

 and one of the first of the larger composite flowers to grace our 

 landscape. Although some botanists place its flowering time in 

 August, it is much earlier in Minnesota, and appears by the fif- 

 teenth of July. Its dark purple center and bright yellow 

 petals distinguishes it from other flowers. 



7. Chrysopsis villosa — Nuttall. This is the golden aster, and 

 the only chrysopsis that grows here. It makes its appearance in 

 abundance about the middle of June. Flowers, bright yellow; 

 the upper leaves are stiff, hairy; the stem and lower leaves are 

 less so, having long silky hairs intermixed; plant about one foot 

 high; rays about twenty-five; heads large and numerous. 



8. Pentstemon grandiflorus — Frazer. The "large-flower pent- 

 stemon" is a fine showy flower, which is oblong bellshaped, pale 

 purple, two inches long, calyx five parted, corolla faintly two-lipped 

 the upper lip two-lobed, the lower three lobed or cleft, stamens 

 four with a fifth sterile filament, which is not bearded as in other 

 species of this genus. The whole plant is entirely smooth and 

 pale green, leaves thick, rounded, the upper ones clasping. 

 Flowers in June. It was very abundant in 1852 on the bluffs and 

 grounds that are now occupied by the state university buildings. 



9. Cypripedium. Venus slipper or lady slipper. Everybody 

 knows and admires this plant. It is not necessary to describe it 



10. Platanthea dilatata. — Lindley. Northern White Orchis. 

 With the rich fragrance of a pink, and its beautiful spike of deli- 

 cate, little odd-shaped flowers it is one of the most beautiful nat- 

 ives. It has a long spike of white flowers. It is found in moist 

 lands and swamps. 



In similar localities the Northern Green Orchis, P. Hyperborea, 

 is found. It closely resembles the white one except as to fragrance 

 and color, having green flowers and no fragrance. 



10. Sarracenia purpurea — Linneus. A remarkable plant, with 

 leaves like diminutive pitchers and a flower that can be better seen 

 than described, called the "pitcher plant" or "huntsman's cup." 

 The style is very peculiar, in a double sense. Botanists tell us that 

 it is expanded at the summit into a very broad and petal-like five 

 angular, five rayed, umbrella shaped body. The leaf, which is a 

 tube partly filled with water, will enable any one to recognize it. 



