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antly in its tufted heads, and when picked will remain fresh in 

 water for a long time. How often it has been the fate of these 

 leaves to be tossed in a bottle with a little alcohol ; and after- 

 wards as perfume to have added to the charms of a village 

 belle. Oswego tea, Plate LXII. 



BITTER-BLOOn. ROSE-PINK. 



Sabbatta angularis. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Gentian. Rose pink. Scentless. New York southward July, August. 



and westward 



Flowers : large; growing in panicled clusters. Calyx: of five linear sepals. 

 Corolla: five-parted. Stamens: five. Pistil: one; style, two-cleft. Leaves: 

 opposite ; ovate ; clasping at the base ; rather heart-shaped. Stem : four- 

 angled; much branched at the top. 



Growing abundantly in the rich soil of the thickets these 

 bright, rosy blossoms appeal to us as very beautiful. There is, 

 however, a straight laced, angular expression about their petals 

 which may have been the cause of their choosing a dwelling so 

 far away from their charming relatives of the swamps. S. stel- 

 laris, S. dodecandra and S. campanulata, page 72, (Plate XXXI.) 



STIFF GENTIAN. FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN. 



Gentidna quinqitefblia. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Gentian. Blue. Scentless. North and west, south- September. 



ward to P'lorida. 



flowers : growing in panicles at the summit of the stem and branches. Ca- 

 lyx : of five, linear lobes. Corolla : funnel-form ; with five lobes, terminat- 

 ing in a little point or bristle. Stamens : five. Pistil : one; stigmas, two. 

 Leaves: opposite ; ovate; slightly heart-shaped at the base ; clasping. Stem: 

 slender ; branching. 



We always welcome any one of the gentians with pleasure ; 

 for they are a family of rare taste and beauty. How bright and 

 cheery they look to us in the late season, when the slight chill 

 in the air begins to remind us that the summer has passed. 

 They then seem to spring up and say, " No, not yet." 



G. quinquefqlia resembles somewhat the closed gentian in its 

 manner of growth ; but it has opened its lobes a little way and 



