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antly in its tufted heads, and when picked will remain fresh in 
water for along time. How often it has been the fate of these 
leaves to be tossed in a bottle with a little alcohol ; and after- 
wards as perfume to have added to the charms of a village 
belle. Oswego tea, Plate LXII. 
BITTER-BLOO!1. ROSE-=PINK. 
Sabbatia angularis. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Gentian. Rose pink. Scentless. New Vork southward July, August. 
and westward 
Flowers; large; growing in panicled clusters. Calyx: of five linear sepals. 
Corolla: five-parted. Stamens: five. istil: one; style, two-cleft. Leaves: 
opposite; ovate; clasping at the base; rather heart-shaped. Stem: four- 
angled; much branched at the top. 
Growing abundantly in the rich soil of the thickets these 
bright, rosy blossoms appeal to us as very beautiful. There is, 
however, a straight laced, angular expression about their petals 
which may have been the cause of their choosing a dwelling so 
far away from their charming relatives of the swamps. 5S. s¢ed- 
laris, S. dodecandra and SS, campanulata, page 72, (Plate XXXI.) 
STIFF GENTIAN. FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN. 
Gentiana guinguefolza. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Gentian. Blue. Scentless. North and west, south- Septentber. 
ward to Florida. 
Flowers : growing in panicles at the summit of the stem and branches. Ca- 
lyx: of five, linear lobes. Coro//a: funnel-form ; with five lobes, terminat- 
ing in a little point or bristle. Stamens: five. Pzstid : one; stigmas, two. 
Leaves: opposite; ovate; slightly heart-shaped at the base; clasping. Stem : 
slender ; branching. 
We always welcome any one of the gentians with pleasure ; 
for they are a family of rare taste and beauty. How bright and 
cheery they look to us in the late season, when the slight chill 
in the air begins to remind us that the summer has passed. 
They then seem to spring up and say, “ No, not yet.” 
G. quinquefolia resembles somewhat the closed gentian in its 
manner of growth ; but it has opened its lobes a little way and 

