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the whitlow grass, which is not really a grass, but a 

 miniature plant, seldom more than three inches high, 

 and sometimes so small that it only occupies a space 

 that might be covered by a shilling. 



WHITLOW GRASS. RUE-LEAVED SAXIFRAGE. 



On a tiny central stalk it bears a few white flowers, 

 which droop gracefully when the air is moist ; the 

 petals quickly fall away, and then small oval seed 

 vessels appear ; these, when mature, shed off two 

 outer husks, leaving a white membrane which divides 

 the seed vessel, just as one sees it in the seed vessel 

 of the common honesty. 



