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distance a peacli-tree in blossom, except Fig. hi. 



that the color of the flowers is less delicate. 

 The leaves, which are large and cordate, 

 do not a])pear as early as the blossoms. 

 The beautiful aspect of the tree attracts in- 

 sects. A botanist"^ says, " I have often ob- 

 served hundreds of the common humble- 

 bees lying dead imder these trees while in 

 flower." This is not the only example of 

 fatal consequences which result from trust- 

 ing too much to external appearances ! This 

 tree is not improperly called Judas' tree. 



a. The rue {Ruia) is an exotic, which gives name to one of Jussieu's natural or- 

 ders called Rutacece; these plants have a monosepalous calyx; five petals, alter- 

 nating with the lobes of the calyx; the germ is large and superior. (See Fig. 141, a.) 



h. At h, Fig. 141, is a -representation of the flower of the Saxifraga, one species of 

 which is called beefsteak-gerayiium; its leaves are roundish and hairy; it sends 

 forth creeping shoots. The Saxifracacece natural order contains many genera. 



217. This class and order presents us with the Wifitergreen 

 tribe, which are classed among the heath-like plants {Ericacece^ 

 see i[ 208) ; they are shrubby, with monopetalous, bell-form 

 corollas, and evergreen leaves. In shady woods, where the 

 soil is loose and rich, w^e find, in June and July, the spicy win- 

 tergreen {GaiiltJieria)^ a perennial plant which grows to the 

 hight of eight or ten inches ; the pleasant taste of the leaves 

 and fruit of this plant is well known to the children of this 

 country ; the drooping blossom is very delicate and beautiful, 

 consisting of a bell-form corolla (not unlike the lily of the val- 

 ley), the color of which is tinged with pink. Those who have 

 enjoyed eating the fruit and leaves of the wintergreen may 

 experience a delight which the pleasure of sense cannot af- 

 ford, w^hen, in their botanical rambles in the woods, they 

 may chance to meet with this plant in blossom, with its 

 little flowers just peeping out from a bed of dry leaves ; the 

 pleasure of viewing a beautiful object may then beimited with 

 the intellectual gratification of tracing those characters which 

 give it a definite place in scientific arrangement. Among the 

 winter^^!-v.'en tribe are two genera, Pyrola and Chimaphila, 

 which by some botanists have been included under one ; but 

 they appear to be sufliciently distinct from each other to con- 

 stitute a separate genus. These plants were classed by Lin- 

 naeus in the natural order Bicorncs^ or two horns, alluding to 

 the^ two protuberances like straight horns which appear on 

 their anthers. 



218. A great proportion of the plants in the first order of 



* W. p. C. Barton, 

 u. Natural ©rder Rutacese— ft. Saxifraga.— 217. Wintergreen tribe.— 218. Monotropa, or InJian-pipc. 



