botanically arranged. 411 



Its growth is generally luxuriant, and makes good fodder 

 for cattle. 



CISSUS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 137. 



Cissus foliis ovatis nudis setaceo — serratis. Syst. Nat. 



PIGEON-BERRY BUSH. The shrub grows six or eight feet 

 high. Leaves opposite. Blossoms in broad-topped spikes ; 

 white. Common on the banks of brooks and rivers. June. 



Pigeons feed on the berries, which has been the occasion of 

 its trivial name. 



MEADOW BLUEBELLS. The calix is a permanent perianthi- 

 um of one leaf ; tubular. Tube quadrangular ; limb divided 

 into four acute, erect segments. The corolla one petal. Tube 

 between funnel and bell-shaped ; longer than the calix ; di- 

 vided into four roundish, patent segments, with ciliated mar- 

 gins. Nectaria four prominent glands in the base of the co- 

 rolla. Stamina four triangular, erect filaments ; inserted into 

 the corolla, and of the length of the calix. Antherce oblong ; 

 erect. Germen oblong ; within the tube. Stile short. Stig- 

 ma bifid ; flat ; circular. Capsule oblong, quadrangular ; one 

 cell ; four valves. Seeds numerous ; ovate ; adhering to the 

 angles of the capsule. 



The stem nearly round ; erect ; branched. Leaves ovate ; 

 opposite ; half embracing the stem. Blossoms large ; single ; 

 terminating ; bright blue. In moist land. Not common. 

 September. 



The blossoms open about ten o'clock in the morning, and 

 close by two in the afternoon. 



CORNUS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 139. 

 Cornus herbacea, ramis nullis. Syst. Nat. 



D d d 2 CORNEL. 



