houstonia chrulea-innocence or fairy flax. 



LINN. CLASS, TETRANDRIA ; ORDER, MONOGYNIA. 

 NATURAL ORDER, GENTIANCE. 



The calyx is half-superior, four-toothed or four-parted, corolla 

 salver- formed, four-cleft; capsule two-celled, many-seeded; 

 stem erect, setaceous, dichotomous ; radical leaves, spatulate ; 

 cauline ones oblanceolate, opposite ; peduncles, one-flowered, 

 elongated. 



6" 



This sweet flower must be a general favorite, if we may 

 judge from the multiplicity of names which its admirers have 

 given it, for in addition to the two, given above, it is also called 

 " Venus' Pride," " Dwarf Pink," etc. It flowers during the 

 months of May and June, and is found in great profusion in 

 Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. It is occasion- 

 ally seen in New York and New Jersey, but does not grow in 

 such abundance as in the New England States. 



