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stout rootstock, more leafy stem, exserted stamens, and rounded 
corolla lobes.” Itis a pretty feature of the swamps and is also 
found along slow streams. 
-LIZARD’S TAIL. (Pilate XIX.) 
Saururus cérynuus. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Pepper. White. fragrant. Connecticut, southward June-August. 
along the eastern coast. 
Flowers: crowded in a tail-liké, curving spike. Stamens: six to seven, 
Pistils: three, or four, united at the base. Leaves: alternate ; on petioles; cor- 
date. Stem: square ; jointed. 
The lizard’s tail has a strange, incomplete flower. It is said 
to be naked because it has dispensed with, or never possessed, 
either calyx or corolla. The delicate organs of the flower, 
therefore, are without any proper envelope to afford them pro- 
tection. We are mostly attracted to the plant by its fragrance, 
which is its chief charm, though when growing in masses it 
beautifies our swamps in midsummer, 
WILD HONEYSUCKLE. PINXTER FLOWER. PINK 
AZALEA. (Plate XX, Frontispiece.) 
Azalea nudzfiora. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Hleath. Rose, or pinkish red. Faintly fragrant. Matne, southward May. 
along the coast. 
Flowers: clustered; developed with, or slightly before, the leaves. Calyx : 
of five small teeth. Coro//a: funnel-form, with five recurved lobes. Stamens: 
five; exserted. /%s/7/ : one, protruding with a black stigma. Leaves: ellipti- 
=o) entire; in terminal groups. A shrub three to six feet high; branching, 
leafy. 
WHITE SWAMP HONEYSUCKLE. CLAMMY AZALEA. 
(Plate XXT.) 
Azalea viscosa, 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Heath. White, tinged with pink. Very fragrant. Maine, southward June, July. 
along the coast. 
Flowers : clustered; coming into blossom after the leaves. Calyx : of five 
small lobes. Corol/a: tubular, clammy and hairy; with five recurved, deeply 
