234 PLANTS GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. 



of and cure for all pulmonary complaints. It may be that this 

 was the forerunner of the violet glace which is now eaten, 

 although undoubtedly more from pure delight than any idea of 

 benefit. 



V. pedata Mcb/or, Fla-te. CXXI, which is a variety of V. pedata, 

 is very handsome, with deep purple, velvet-like upper petals. 

 The foliage of these violets is conspicuous as having departed 

 from the entire leaf type with heart-shaped base that is com- 

 monly associated with the plants. They belong to the stemless 

 division, so-called, of violets and although they often bloom a 

 second time late in the season they do not bear cleistogamous 

 blossoms. 



K Atldtitica^ coast violet, is a pretty plant with flowers that 

 grow on long slender scapes. Its petals are nearly equal in 

 length. It is by the leaves, however, that it is readily distin- 

 guished. They are ovate to reniform in outline and deeply 

 parted into linear or oblanceolate lobes ; the middle one being 

 somewhat wider than the others. We find them either toothed 

 or entire. 



POVERTY^QRASS. FALSE HEATHER. 



Hudsbnia iomentosa. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Rock-rose. Yellow. Scentless. New England southward May, June. 



and westward. 



Flowers : growing in loose, leafy clusters. Calyx : of five sepals, two 

 larger than the others and appearing like bracts. Corolla : of five petals. 

 Stamens : numerous. Pistil : one. Leaves . very small ; numerous ; hugging 

 the stem closely. Stem : low ; bushy ; heath-like. 



It seems rather the irony of fate that the word poverty 

 should ever have been associated with this heather-like little 

 plant. Its bright, yellow flowers and green leaves are ex- 

 tremely pretty against the light background of some sandy 

 hillside. There is, however, a hopelessness, a lack of endurance 

 about the little blossoms that is to be regretted. They open in 

 the sunshine, unresistingly give up the struggle, and live but a 

 single day. 



