66 BOTANY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 



L. SONG OF THE POLYANDRIAN TRIBES. 



Chief of our tribes to thee we bring 

 Meet offering for a sylvan king, 



As thy royal diadem ; 

 The Clematis is wrested for thee, 



Enriched with many a ruby gem, 

 From the glowing Peony. 



Her gift the assure Pasque-flower sends 

 A blossom fit for courtly bowers ; 



Her aid the bright Papaver lends, 

 And blends it with her scarlet flowers. 



And golden Caltha cups we bring, 

 To pledge thee in the flowing tide, 



And Ldllies from the crystal spring, 

 And Larkspur from the mountain side; 



Chief of varied tribes to thee 



We bring our gifts on bended knee. 



SIXTH CONVERSATION. 



E. We have now arrived at the Class Didy- 

 namia, so named from two Greek words mean- 

 ing two powers. The flowers in it contain lour 

 stamens, two of which are much longer than 

 the others, and hence the name of the class, 

 arising from the idea of their being more power 

 ful. Botanists consider the inequality of the 



