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ing leaves, under the fences. Mitclla diphrjlla is a pretty pl am 

 which is now in flower. One glance at its two opposii ' 

 leaves about halfway up the stem, and its beautifully fringed 

 petals, is sufficient for recognising it. It grows in the woods 

 and with it is often found a near relation, Tiarella cordiMu, 

 which much resembles it in general appearance. Let the stu- 

 dent pay particular attention to the peculiar capsule of both 

 On the roots of old trees, that curious parasite, the Indian Pipe 

 Monotropa unifiora, will attract the eye to its white, pellucid 

 stem and leaves, and solitary flower, which give it very 

 nearly the shape which suggested its common name. Its 

 woolly brother, M. lanuginosa, does not flower till Au<mst, 

 The Loosestrifes are, two or three of them, in bloom, and one 

 Lysimachia quadri folia, will be noticed for the regularity of its 

 whorls of leaves, each with a flower in its axil. One of the 

 same Order, (Primulaceae,) is remarkable, not only for its 

 pretty star-like white flowers, shining leaves, and delicate 

 aspect, but for its being the only native example of the Lin- 

 naean Class, Heptandria, having seven stamens, and seven 

 divisions of the calyx and corolla. It is a low, neat plant, and 

 must be handled carefully. It is very strange to observe with 

 what singular innppropriateness botanists have in many cases 

 given names to plants. They appear to be the least judicious 

 of all sponsors. Now here is a plant all in sevens, and not at 

 all in sixes, and yet it is called from triens, the third part of a 

 thing, Trientalis Americana. Among the high grass of wet 

 meadows, the most indifferent observer must notice the bril- 

 liant scarlet bracts of the Painted Cup, Euchroma, or CastiU 

 leja, coccinea. This beautiful plant is figured in a former num- 

 ber of this work. A few others of the Labiatae are in flower, 

 such as the Prunella, and Galeopsis, and some of the Mints, but 

 most of the Order do not bloom till autumn. A rough, coarse 

 stemmed plant, with very handsome violet-colored flowers, in 

 open fields and waste places, is the Bugloss, Echium vulgare, 

 and another of the Boragineae, rougher and coarser if possible, 

 and known also as Bugloss, is Lycopsis arvensis. It is not 

 exactly a native, but has been here long enough to have 

 become naturalized. Along fences, by the sides of woods, the 

 flowers of the small Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, are con- 



