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distance a peach-tree in blossom, except 
that the color of the flowers is less delicate. 
The leaves, which are large and cordate, 
do not appear as early as the blossoms. 
The beautiful aspect of the tree attracts in- 
sects. A botanist"^ says, " I have often ob- 
served hundreds of the common humble- 
bees lying dead under these trees while in 
flower." This is not the only example of 
fatal consequences which result from trust- 
ing too much to external appearances ! This 
tree is not improperly called Judas' tree. 
a. The rue {Ruta) is an exotic, which gives name to one of Jussieu's natural or 
ders called Rutacece; these plants have a monosepalous calyx; five petals, alter- 
nating with the lobes of the calyx ; the germ is large and superior. (See Fig. 141, a.) 
b. At b, Fig. 141, is a representation of the flower of the Saxifraga, one species oi 
which is called beefsteak-geranium ; its leaves are roundish and hairy ; it sends 
forth creeping shoots. The Saxifracacece natural order contains many genera. 
217. This class and order presents us with the Wintergreen 
tribe, which are classed among the heath-like plants {ErioaoecB^ 
see IT 208) ; they are shrubby, with monopetalous, bell-form 
corollas, and evergreen leaves. In shady woods, where the 
soil is loose and rich, we find, in June and July, the spicy win- 
tergreen {GaultJieria)^ a perennial plant which grows to the 
hight of eight or ten inches : the pleasant taste of the leaves 
and fruit of this plant is well known to the children of this 
country ; the drooping blossom is very delicate and beautiful, 
consisting of a bell-form corolla (not unlike the lily of the val 
ley), the color of which is tinged with pink. Those who have 
enjoyed eating the fruit and leaves of the wintergreen may 
experience a delight which the pleasure of sense cannot af- 
ford, when, in their botanical rambles in the woods, they 
may chance to meet with this plant in blossom, with its 
little flowers just peeping out from a bed of dry leaves ; the 
pleasure of viewing a beautiful object may then be united with 
the intellectual gratification of tracing those characters which 
give it a definite place in scientific arrangement. Among the 
wintergreen tribe are two genera, Pyrola and Chimaphila, 
which by some botanists have been included under one ; but 
they appear to be sufficiently distinct from each other to con- 
stitute a separate genus. These plants were classed by Lin- 
naeus in the natural order 'Bicornes^ or two horns, alluding to 
the two protuberances like straight horns which appear on 
their anthers. 
218. A great proportion of the plants in the first order oi 
• W. p. C. Barton. 
Fig. 141. 
a. Natural ©rder Rutaceas — h. Saxifraga. — 217 Wintergreen tribe. — 218. Monotrgpa, or ^jidian-pipe 
