ADDITIONAL SPECIES. 279 



TRIENTALIS. 



1. T. europaa, stem simple, slender, round, reddish, 4-6 inches 

 high ; leaves chiefly clustered at the top, obovate, pointed, taper- 

 ing to a stalk at the base, obscurely crenate, light green tinged 

 with brown, veined, the veins anastomosing at about a line from 

 the margin ; flowers 1 or 2, each raised from the bosom of the 

 leaves on a slender stalk, cernuous in the bud, white tinged with 

 pink, star-like, the petals 6 or 7, and the stamens and the calyx- 

 segments corresponding in their numbers. 



Hob. On the wooded and rocky hill above Hepburn, at 

 Chillingham, plentiful ; and on Hedge-hope, about half- 

 way to the summit. June. 7/ 



" Inter omnes, quos vidi flores, omnium simplicissimus, sen 

 rectius, maxime sequalis est flos hie gratissimus : calyx 

 enim, corolla et stamina pari modo divisa sunt, figura gau- 

 dent simplicissima, et corolla, quod curiosum, omnino 

 plana absque notabili tubo." " Nescio quoenam gratia 

 floris adeo percellat oculos, ut fere effascinare videatur 

 visu contemplatorem suum ; forte a symmetria, pulchritu- 

 dinis omnis matre !" LINNJEUS. It was after a long walk 

 in company with my friend Mr WILLIAM BAIRD, that I 

 first saw this flower, which LINNAEUS has praised not 

 higher than its elegance and simplicity deserves, if I am 

 to judge by my own feelings on the occasion, feelings 

 which may be thought childish and extravagant, and yet 

 which many a wandering botanist, I trust, has experienced. 



' ' A little while I stood, 

 Breathing with such suppression of the heart 

 As joy delights in; and with wise restraint 

 Voluptuous, fearless of a rival, eyed 

 The banquet, or beneath the trees I sate 

 Among the flowers, and with the flowers I play'd !" 



ADOXA. 



] . A. Moschatellina, smooth, 3 or 4 inches high ; leaves twice 

 ternate, unequally lobed ; flowers pale green, 5 in a head, 4 form- 

 ing a cube and 1 terminal, erect Tuberous Mosclmtell. 



Hab. Damp shaded places. In the wood above the Re- 

 treat, Berwickshire, abundant. April. I/. 



" The flowers have an evident musky smell in the evening 



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