swithin's tide. 199 



JULY 17. St. Marcellina, virgin, a.d. 397. 

 St. Alexius, confessor in 5th cent. 

 SS. Spiratus, &c. martyrs. 

 St. Ennodius, bishop, 521. 

 St. Leo IV. pope, 855. 

 St. Turninijs of Ireland, 8th cent. 

 >S'^. Osmund of Salisbury. — Engl. Cal- 



Obs. St. i\Iarce!lina was the eldest sister of St, Ambrose. She 

 was a lady of exemplary piety, and addicted to the severest mortifi' 

 cations of herself, particularly fasting, so much so that her brother 

 advised her to moderate her austerities. See St. Ambrose de 

 Virgin, lib. iii. 1 . 



St. Alexius is a perfect model of the most generous contempt of 

 the world. The day before his intended marriage he left his country 

 in disguise, and resided in a hut, embracing extreme poverty ; after 

 some time, being discovered to be a stranger of distinction, he returned 

 home as a poor pilgrim, and lived unknown in his father's house, 

 bearing the ill treatment of the servants with the greatest patience : 

 a little before lie died he discovered himself by a letter to his pa- 

 rents. His body was found in 1216 at Rome on the Aventiu Hill. 



Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus still full fl. 

 Betony Betunica officinalis fl. 

 Lavender Lavandula spica fl. 

 Northern Wolfsbane Aconitum septrionale fl. 

 Sulphur Larkspur Delphinium ochroleucum fl. 

 Silvervvced Potentilla argenfca full fl. 

 Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla repens fl. 

 Forster's Sedum Sedum Forsterianum full fl. 

 Field Sowthistle Sonclius arvensis full fl. 

 Alpine Apargia Apargia Taraxaci fl. 

 Forster's Hawkweed Hieracium Forsteri fl. 

 Villous Hawkweed Hieracium villosum fl. 



Numberless syngenecious plants, forming the nineteenth class 

 of Linnaeus, begin now to blow in great quantities ; they constitute 

 the prevailing Flora of the late summer and autumn, as liliaceous 

 plants did of the spring and early summer. The syngenecious 

 plants are apt to be despised as not possessing the variety and 

 beauty which belongs to other orders. We have always devoted 

 much attention to them, and have found a pleasure in disclosing 

 their intricate peculiarities. 



