198 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 



Although not a common plant, we are sometimes so fortunate 

 as to find the beard's tongue on rocky hillsides, or in the wood 

 borders. Its beard is even handsomer than that of the western 

 variety. 



P. Newberryi (Plate CIV) is a pretty variety that is found 

 growing on rocks in the far west. It is clearly presented by 

 the illustration. 



CULVER'S ROOT. 



Septdndra Virginica. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Figtvort. White. Scentless. Vertnont westward June-September. 



and southward. 



Flowers : growing in terminal, dense, spike-like racemes. Calyx : four or 

 five-toothed. Corolla : tubular ; the tube long, four or five-lobed. Stamens : 

 two ; protruding. Pistil : one. Leaves: on short petioles ; lanceolate ; whorled ; 

 serrate. Stem : three to eight feet high ; erect ; stiff. 



The height to which this plant grows is always a source of 

 wonderment. It is not an inherited trait, as none of the mem- 

 bers of its immediate family is so tall. Perhaps it simply longs 

 to peep over the top of the trees that grow near it in the cool 

 woods or to call attention to itself when it blooms in the mead- 

 ows. The plant is also called Culver's physic and Black-root. 



WILD BERQAMOT. 



Mondrda fistulbsa. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Mint. Rose purple., or Leaves^ fragrant. Mass. southward June-August, 



white. and westward. 



Flowers: growing in a terminal head. Calyx: tubular ; five-toothed ; hairy 

 in the throat. Stamens : two, protruding. Pistil : one ; style, protruding, two 

 lobed at the apex. Leaves : opposite ; lanceolate ; slightly heart-shaped at the 

 base ; toothed and veined. As they approach the flower they take the colour of 

 the corolla. 



Unlike the Oswego tea, the whole of which plant is delight- 

 fully fragrant even down to the roots, and which will emit a 

 strong scent after the bloom and leaves have dried away, 

 the foliage alone of the wild bergamot is fragrant. The plant 

 is a rather coarse one, but very effective. It blooms luxuri- 



