70 PLANTS GROWING IN MUD. 
large flowers of our plant can be seen, it is often difficult of ap- 
proach, Positive terror seizes hold 6f the timorous, and their 
ardour for it is often tossed in the balance with the fear of 
snakes, Once plucked, it fades quickly, closes its petals and 
droops its head as though in sorrow at Phe loss of its own en- 
vironment, 
Growing side by side with the rose mallow will often be 
found its white sister, whose centre isa deep crimson and whose 
stem is highly coloured. It is acommon error to call these plants 
“marsh-mallow,” which is properly, A/thea officinalis, and which 
grows in the borders of salt marshes on the Eastern coast, It 
isa much more rare plant than the rose mallow and is possessed 
of medicinal properties. From its mucilaginous substance 
the famous confection of marsh-mallow is made. 
SEA LAVENDER. [lIARSH ROSEMARY. 
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Limonium Carolintanum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Leadwort. Lavender. Fragrant. Along the coast. August, Septenber. 
Flowers: tiny; growing in panicles along one side of the branches. Calyx : 
funnel-form: five-cleft. Corol/a: of five petals. Stamens: five. Pistil: one, 
with three, or five styles. oot-leaves: lanceolate, tapering into a petiole ; 
thick. Stem: naked ; much branched at the summit. 
Where winds off the sea blow gaily 
And playfully kiss the land, 
Marsh rosemary sways and trembles 
And nods to the pallid sand. 
The corolla of this little flower, which ex masse suggests the 
filmy sea-spray, dries and remains bright throughout the 
winter. It is highly prized for bouquets and used by thrifty 
housewives to frighten away moths. About Shelter Island and 
Sag Harbor it tints the coast with its delicate bloom. 
BUCKBEAN. (Plate XXX.) 
Menyanthes trifoltata, 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Buckbean. White, or reddish, Scentless. Mostly north. May, June. 
Flowers : growing along a scape of about one foot high. Calyx: small ; five- 
parted. Corolla: gamopetalous ; five-cleft; the upper surface covered with a 


