250 PLANTS GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. 



This interesting plant is found in great abundance in the 

 sandy soil of New Jersey. The arrangement of the flowers 

 makes them appear as though they had assembled in court to 

 pronounce judgment on some unhappy creature and that they 

 had just opened their mouths to snap out a most unfavourable 

 verdict. One instinctively hopes that Master Bee has not been 

 shirking his duty, for they have a very angry, spiteful expres- 

 sion. The floral bracts of rich colouring form an exquisite 

 setting for their assemblage. 



CAROLINA CALAfllNT (Plate CXXX.) 



Calamintha Caroliniana. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Mint. Purple^ or white spotted Fragrant. Florida to August, September, 

 with, a darker shade. N. Carolina. 



Flowers ; growing in cymes of six flowers in the axils of the leaves. Calyx : 

 tubular; two-lipped. Corolla : long ; two-lipped; the upper lip notched at the 

 apex; the lower one three-lobed. Stamens: four; curving inward. Pistil: 

 one. Leaves: opposite ; oblong, narrowing into a slender petiole ; pubesce'nt ; 

 smaller leaves also clustered in the axils. Stem : erect; branching ; leafy. 



Calamintha, meaning in Greek beautiful mint, well expresses 

 this member of the genus. It range is unfortunately limited, 

 but it can be known by the illustration. 



PAINTED CUP. 



Casttlleja coccinea. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Figwort. Yellow -with vermilion Scentless. Eastern and June, 



floral leaves. middle states. 



Flowers: terminal; growing in a short spike. Calyx: four-cleft; yellow. 

 Corolla : tubular; two-lipped ; the upper lip long, erect ; the under one shorter 

 and three-lobed. Stamens: four, unequal. Pistil: one. Leaves : those of the 

 stem unequally divided into three, pointed lobes; those near the flower cut 

 into three bract-like lobes that are vermilion in colour and appear like the 

 blossoms. Stem : one foot high ; hairy. 



" Now if thou art a poet, tell me not 

 That these bright chalices were tinted thus 

 To hold the dew for fairies, when they meet 

 On moonlight evenings in the hazel bowers, 

 And dance till they are thirsty." 



BRYANT. 





