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stout rootstock, more leafy stem, exserted stamens, and rounded 

 corolla lobes." It is a pretty feature of the swamps and is also 

 found along slow streams. 



LIZARD'S TAIL. {Plate XIX.) 



Sauriirus cerniius. 



Flowers : crowded in a tail-like, curving spike. Stamens: six to seven. 

 Pistils: three, or four, united at the base. Leaves : alternate; ua petioles; cor- 

 date. Stem : square ; jointed. 



The lizard's tail bears a strange, incomplete flower. It is said 

 to be naked because it has dispensed with, or never possessed, 

 either calyx or corolla. The delicate organs of the flower, 

 therefore, are without any proper envelope to afford them pro- 

 tection. We are mostly attracted to the plant by its fragrance, 

 which is its chief charm, though when growing in masses it 

 beautifies our swamps in midsummer. 



WILD HONEYSUCKLE. PINXTER FLOWER. PINK 

 AZALEA. {Plate XX, Frontispiece) 

 Azalea nudifibra. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



II filth. Rose, or pinkish red. Faintly fragrant. Maine, southward May. 



along the coast. 



Flowers: clustered; developed with, or slightly before, the leaves. Calyx: 

 of five small teeth. Corolla: funnel-form, with five recurved lobes. Stamens: 

 five ; exserted. Pistil : one, protruding with a black stigma. Leaves: ellipti- 

 cal ; entire ; in terminal groups. A shrub three to six feet high; branching, 



leafy. 



WHITE SWAMP HONEYSUCKLE. CLAMMY AZALEA. 



{Plate XXI.) 

 Azalea viscbsa. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Heath. White, tinged with pink. Very fragrant. Maine, southward June, July. 



along the coast. 



Flowers : clustered ; coming into blossom after the leaves. Calyx : of five 

 small lobes. Corolla: tubular, clammy and hairy; with five recurved, deeply 



