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scorpioides), Plate V., Fig. 3, a lovely blue 

 flower, which is one of the prettiest of its 

 family, and might be the very plant which 

 led to the unhappy tragedy which gives 

 these flowers their name. 



The most distinguished moor plants are 

 the heaths. I have chosen as a specimen 

 the Fine-leaved Heath (Erica cinerea), some- 

 times called Cat Heather, Plate V., Fig. 6. 

 It has crimson flowers and fine leaves 

 arranged in threes. The white variety of 

 this plant brings luck to the finder. 



Descending now to the coast, we find 

 on stony hillsides the Bock Cistus, or Rock 

 Rose (Helianthemum chamsecistus), Plate V., 

 Fig. 9. It is not a true rose. The flowers are 

 yellow, very fragile, and show only in bright 

 sunlight. There is something about the petals 

 which makes this plant quite unlike any of 

 the many yellow flowers which we have. It is 

 of a satiny texture. A rose-coloured variety, 

 a native of Palestine, has been deemed to be 

 the floral emblem of the Rose of Sharon. 

 But most of our memories of the seaside 

 are bound up with the Sea-Pink, or Thrift 

 (Statice maritima), Plate V., Fig. 10. It is 



