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a, 
(XTitpl)CCX nisfostsstma. Natural Order: Lythracece—Loosestrife Family. 
ET grounds in some parts of the United States produce this 
annual, the stems and calyx of which are covered with a 
^viscid or gummy substance, whence the epithet viscosis- 
sima, while the Greek word kufhcea denotes gibbous or 
curved, from the shape of the calyx. The flowers appear 
lgly at the axils of the leaves, the seed capsule bursting before 
ripe. The Cuphea platycentra (broad-centered) is a foreign variety grown 
as a house plant, which blooms profusely at all seasons, and accomodates 
f itself to nearly all locations. Its flowers are small, scarlet, and tubular, 
with a black and white tip. 
TTOST thou so hunger for my empty chair, 
^ That thou wilt needs invest thee with my honors 
Before thy hour be ripe? —Shakespeare. 
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NOTHING rash, my sire! By all that’s good 
Let me invoke thee — no precipitation. —Coleridge. 
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let me in,” said she, 
N AY ’ 
“ Before the rest are free, 
In my loneness, in my loneness, 
All the fairer for that oneness. 
For I would lonely stand, 
Uplifting my white hand, 
On a mission, on a mission, 
To declare the coming vision. 
See mine, a holy heart, 
To high ends set apart,— 
All unmated, all unmated, 
Because so consecrated.” 
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 
OPREAD the sails! behold! 
^ The sinking moon is like a watchtower blazing 
Over the mountain yet; — the City of Gold 
Yon cape alone does from the sight withhold; 
The stream is fleet — the north breathes steadily 
Beneath the stars, they tremble with the cold! 
Ye cannot rest upon the dreary sea! — 
Haste, haste to the warm home of happy destiny. 
— Shelly. 
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