
46 PLANTS GROWING IN MUD, 
wonderfully fair. Itis so noble and dignified in its bearing 
that we would not venture to pick it ; so we wander away, and 
the place where it grew forms a lasting picture in our memory. 
It is the only one of its genus that has chosen to grow wild 
in the Southern part of the United States, instead of tropical 
regions. | 
SWAMP PINK. (Plate X7V.) 
Flelonias bullata. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE _ TIME OF BLOOM 
Bunch-flower. Purple. Scentless. New York, southward April, May. 
to Virginia, 
Flowers: growing ina terminal, blunt raceme. /erdanth: divided into six 
spreading, spatulate segments. Stamens: six. Pistil: one; with a three- 
branched stigma. Leaves: growing in a cluster at the base of the scape; 
long, tapering at the base; evergreen; parallel-veined. Scafe: stout, with 
bracts below. ootstock : tuberous. 
A compact, vigourous plant that has a fondness for the state 
of New Jersey. In fact, it is there so greata feature of swamp 
and bog life that we find ourselves continually wondering if it 
is not in some way connected with the political economy of 
these places. 
INDIAN POKE. FALSE HELLEBORE. PUPPET-ROOT. 
Veratrum virdde. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR | RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Bunch-flower. Greenish yellow, becoming  Scentless. Mostly east, May-July. 
more green as the flowers south and west. 
grow older. 
Flowers: growing in racemes along the branches. Perianth: of six oblong 
divisions. Stamens: six. Pistil: one, with a three-branched style. Leaves: 
clasping ; broadly ovate; pointed; parallel-veined. Svem: two to seven feet 
high; stout; leafy. 
Our attention is hardly held by the flowers of the false 
hellebore after we have learned to identify them ; as they are 
particularly lacking in beauty. It is to the leaves that we feel 
grateful for pushing through the earth at so early a season of 
the year and enlivening the swamps with foliage. They also 
appear along brooks and mountain streams, and are on very 
friendly terms with the skunk cabbage. As the plant’s generic 
