
PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL. 121 
but that they do at times appear singly, only the chances are 
all in favour of finding them together. Probably they are 
linked by some bond of sympathy far too subtle for the percep- 
tions of common-place mortals. The flower is more beautiful 
than many of our choicest exotics ; and the gracefulness of its 
-growth cannot be exceeded. Early and late its leaves are hung 
with dew drops as though they and the water were having some 
friendly chat. The jewel-like marking of velvet brown is un- 
doubtedly for the purpose of catching Master Bee’s eye, as these 
showy flowers are dependent upon insects for fertilization. 
Their pollen falls long before the stigma is ready to receive it. 
The plant also bears cleistogamous flowers, those inconspicuous 
blossoms of the later year that are self-fertilized before the bud 
opens. 
The pods are particularly sensitive to the touch, and if 
handled will burst open and throw the seeds to a considerable 
distance. To this fact is due the significance of the name 
_touch-me-not, or ”’y touchez pas, as the French say. 
Smerinthus Yenimatus is the name of the moth hovering 
about the flowers in the illustration. 
PALE JEWEL-WEED. 
Impadizens aurea. 
This species is more common throughout the north than the 
I, biflora, Its jewel-like marking is very slight, and its colour 
is a pale, greenish yellow. The flowers are often an inchand a 
half long. Both species fade very quickly after being plucked. 
CARDINAL FLOWER. (Pilate L[X.) 
Lobelia cardindlzs. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR .- RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Lobelia. Cardinal, Scentless. General. August. 
. Flowers : growing in long, terminal racemes and favouring one side of the 
stem. Calyx : five-pointed. Corofla: a long and narrow tube divided into 
five irregular lobes; two that are upright and three that are spreading, or 
drooping. Stamens: five with red filaments united into a tube. Axthers: 
bluish and slightly fringed with white. P/sti?: one, with a long style and red 
