
112 PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL, 
have also quite a vixenish look which would lead one to sup- 
pose, in spite of their pure whiteness, that they are rather fond 
of having their own way, and are not too amiable in seeing that 
their wishes secure attention. 
Chelone Lyont, (Plate LITT.) 
Is the lovely purple species of turtle-head of the south which 
blooms until the early autumn. The accompanying illustration 
will serve to readily distinguish it from the C, glabra. 
HEDGE-HYSSOP. (Plate LIV.) 
Gratzola aurea. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Figwort. Golden. Scentless. Mostly east and south. All summer. 
Flowers: growing at the end of, and along the flower-stalks. Calyx: of five 
sepals with a pair of bractlets underneath. Coro//a: tubular; two-lipped; the 
upper lip two-cleft; the under one three-cleft. Stamens: two only that have 
anthers; included. /%stz/: one. Leaves: opposite; small; linear; entire. 
Stem: leafy. 
It is not until we examine this little flower closely that we 
realise its two-lipped formation. At a glance we are rather in- 
clined to think it funnel-form with an unequally lobed border. 
The plant is small and insignificant. It is found mostly in wet, 
sometimes sandy, soil. 
MEADOW BEAUTY. DEER GRASS. (Plate ZV.) 
Rhéxta Virginica, 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Melastoma. Magenta pink. Scentless. Common north. Summer and early autumn. 
Flowers: large; solitary, or clustered. Calyx: urn-shaped ; four-cleft and 
turning dull red later in the season. Stamens: eight, with long, graceful, curv- 
ing anthers. 'P7st7/: one. Leaves : opposite ; lanceolate; sessile ; ribbed; finely 
toothed and hairy. Stem: six to twelve inches high; square. 
In beauty few of our meadow flowers can compare with this 
one, which is truly a belle among all others. Perhaps its com- 
panions smile a little and shrug their shoulders at its having 
the same delicacy and grace of a tropical, carefully tended 
plant. But it is one that should never be taken away from the 

