longer than the other three! The capsule may open by two, three, or four
valves,--or by pores; the seeds, generally numerous, are sometimes
solitary, and the leaves may be alternate, opposite, or verticillate.

19. Thus licentious in structure, they are also doubtful in disposition.
None that I know of are fragrant, few useful, many more or less malignant,
and some parasitic. The following piece of a friend's letter almost makes
me regret my rescue of them from the dark kingdom of Kora:--

"... And I find that the Monacha Rosea (Red Rattle is its name, besides
the ugly one) is a perennial, and several of the other draconidæ,
foxglove, etc., are biennials, born this year, flowering and dying next
year, and the size of roots is generally proportioned to the life of
plants; except when artificial cultivation develops the root specially,
as in turnips, etc. Several of the Draconidæ are parasites, and suck
the roots of other plants, and have only just enough of their own to
catch with. The Yellow Rattle is one; it clings to the roots of the
grasses and clovers, and no cultivation will make it thrive without
them. My authority for this last fact is Grant Allen; but I have
observed for myself that the Yellow Rattle has very small _white_
sucking roots, and no earth sticking to them. The toothworts and broom
rapes are Draconidæ, I think, and wholly parasites. Can it be that the
Red Rattle is the one member of the family that has 'proper pride, and
is self supporting'? the others are mendicant orders. We had what we
choose to call the Dorcas flower show yesterday, and we gave, as usual,
prizes for wild flower bouquets. I tried to find out the local names of
several flowers, but they all seemed to be called 'I don't know,
ma'am.' I would not allow this name to suffice for the red poppy, and I
said 'This red flower _must_ be called _something_--tell me what you
call it?' A few of the audience answered 'Blind Eyes.' Is it because