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showy flowers. Zauschneria is a genus of handsome herbs, native of 

 California, with flowers strikingly similar to those of Fuchsia. The 

 Clarkias * of California are proverbially beautiful. The Willow Herb 

 (Epildbium augusti folium), with its showy spike of blue-purple flow- 

 ers, is a tall, familiar object in the New England wilds. The Enchant- 

 er's Nightshades (Circsea) are pretty little herbs of our damp woods, 

 always welcome to the botanist for the charming simplicity of the 

 flowers, being 2-parted throughout. 



Scientific Terms in XXXI and XXXII : Adventitious. Cap- 

 itate. Bepand. Slip. 



XXXIII. SWEET CICELY. 



Description. The Cicelys grow wild from Canada to 

 Carolina, and westward to Oregon. Their favorite haunts 

 are in damp, rocky woods. If there be a vein of water a 

 rivulet half hidden under decaying leaves, oozing along 

 among stones and tangled roots, there will the Cicelys stand 

 luxuriating in the rich mold in company with Toothroots, 

 Trilliums, White Violets and other plants which bloom in 

 May and June. 



Analysis. In the ffioot, Sweet Cicely possesses qualities 

 which make it favorably known. It is perennial, enduring 

 the frosts of many winters. It consists of a short body or 

 axis soon dividing into several long, descending branches, all 

 rather fleshy, sweet-scented when bruised, and with a spicy, 

 anise-like flavor. It is esteemed in medicine as a tonic and 

 expectorant. 



The Stem, generally branching, arises 2 to 3 feet. The 

 internodes are hollow, straight, uncommonly long, and mi- 

 nutely pubescent. 



* Named for Capt. Clark of the famous Lewis & Clark's expedition, which made 

 the first exploration of the Pacific Coast (1804). (See Barnes's Hundred Years of 

 American Independence, p. 361.) 



