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ily. In parts of New England they grow in profusion, while in 

 Arkansas the plant is said to be a great favorite with the deer, 

 hence one of its common names. The flower has been likened 

 to a scarlet evening primrose, and there is certainly a suggestion 

 of the evening primrose in the four-rounded, slightly heart-shaped 

 petals. The protruding stamens, with their long yellow anthers, 

 are conspicuous. 



Of the plant in the late year Thoreau writes : - " The scarlet 

 leaves and stems of the rhexia, sometime out of flower, make al- 

 most as bright a patch in the meadows now as the flowers did. 

 Its seed-vessels are perfect little cream-pitchers of graceful form." 



LOPSEED. 



Phryma Leptostachya. Vervain Family. 



Two to three feet high ; with slender, branching stems. Leaves. Op- 

 posite ; oval ; coarsely toothed ; the lower long-stemmed. Flowers. Pinkish; 

 small, in long, slender terminal spikes. Calyx. Two-lipped ; the upper lip 

 of three sharp teeth ; the lower shorter, twice toothed. Corolla. Two-lipped; 

 upper lip small, notched ; the lower much larger ; three-lobed. Stamens. 

 Four ; in two pairs of unequal length ; within corolla. Pistil. One ; with 

 a slender style and two-lobed stigma. 



Very noticeable in summer in somewhat open woods are the 

 slender, branching clusters made up of the small pink flowers of 

 the lopseed. 



Later the hooked, slender teeth of the ribbed calyx close 

 about the one-seeded fruit. The branching fruit-clusters then 

 make this plant almost as conspicuous as during its flowering 

 season. 



SEA PINK. 



Sabbatia stellaris. Gentian Family. 



; Stem. Slender ; loosely branched. Leaves. Opposite ; oblong to lance- 

 shaped ; the upper narrowly linear. Flowers. Large ; deep pure pink to 

 almost white. Calyx. Usually five-parted ; the lobes long and slender. 

 Corolla. Usually five-parted ; conspicuously marked with red and yellow 

 in the centre. Stamens. Usually five. Pistil. One, with two-cleft style. 



The advancing year has few fairer sights to show us than a 

 salt meadow flushed with these radiant blossoms. They are so 



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