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garis,) now droops its head. The leaves are of 

 a very unctuous nature, and are used to coao-u- 

 late milk. The Laplanders and Swedes pour 

 the milk, warm from the cow, or the reindeer, 

 on these leaves, which gives to it the consistency 

 of cream. They then strain it, and keep it for 

 several days, when it acquires that acidity 

 which seems very agreeahle to the natives of the 

 northern lands. One spoonful of this substance 

 will have the same effect on a fresh quantity of 

 milk ; and thus this plant, which is very plen- 

 tiful in these cold climates, is also very valu- 

 able to those who reside in them. The butter- 

 wort is more common in the north than in the 

 south of England. 



The large flowered species {Pinguicula yran- 

 difiora) blossoms in May, on marshy grounds, 

 but is better known as a garden flower. " Few 

 plants," says Dr. Hooker, "can exhibit a more 

 beautiful appearance early in the year than a 

 cluster of Finguicula grandijlora, blossoming 

 under the shelter of a common frame. It is 

 a mass of large deep and rich purple-coloured 

 flowers ; well contrasted by the pale, but bright 

 tint of its leaves." A writer in the " Magazine 

 of Natural History" says of the common but- 

 tervfort, (Pinguicu/avulgai'is,) that, upon pulling 

 up the plant from the earth somewhat roughly, 

 " the flower-stalk, previously erect, began to 

 bend itself backwards, and formed a more or 

 less perfect segment of a circle. So also, if 

 the specimen is ])laced in a botanical box, it 

 will soon be found that the leaves have curled 



