ii2 PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL. 



have also quite a vixenish look which would lead one to sup- 

 pose, in spite of their pure whiteness, that they are rather fond 

 of having their own way, and are not too amiable in seeing that 

 their wishes secure attention. 



Chelbne Lybni. (Plate Z/77.) 



Is the lovely purple species of turtle-head of the south which 

 blooms until the early autumn. The accompanying illustration 

 will serve to readily distinguish it from the C. glabra. 



HEDGE-HYSSOP. (Plate LIV.) 



Gr at tola aiirea. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Figivort. Golden. Scentless. Mostly east anjl south. All summer. 



Flowers : growing at the end of, and along the flower-stalks. Calyx : of five 

 sepals with a pair of bractlets underneath. Corolla: tubular; two-lipped; the 

 upper lip two-cleft; the under one three-cleft. Stamens: two only that have 

 anthers; included. Pistil: one. Leaves: opposite; small; linear; entire. 

 Stem : leafy. 



It is not until we examine this little flower closely that we 

 realise its two-lipped formation. At a glance we are rather in- 

 clined to think it funnel-form with an unequally lobed border. 

 The plant' is small and insignificant. It is found mostly in wet, 

 sometimes sandy, soil. 



MEADOW BEAUTY. DEER GRASS. (Plate L K) 

 Rhexia Virginica. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Melastoma. Magenta fink. Scentless. Common north. Summer and early autumn. 



Flowers: large; solitary, or clustered. Calyx: urn-shaped; four-cleft and 

 turning dull red later in the season. Stamens : eight, with long, graceful, curv- 

 ing anthers. ' "Pistil : one. Leaves : opposite ; lanceolate; sessile ; ribbed; finely 

 toothed and hairy. Stem : six to twelve inches high ; square. 



In beauty few of our meadow flowers can compare with this 

 one, which is truly a belle among all others. Perhaps its com- 

 panions smile a little and shrug their shoulders at its having 

 the same delicacy and grace of a tropical, carefully tended 

 plant. But it is one that should never be taken away from the 



