The bell-shaped flower is 5-parted at the top, the divisions rounded and recurved; the small petals are set within the large calyx-bell, alternating with 5 tiny stamens; the color is a pale greenish-yellow. Each flower bell hangs on a short stem, with a narrow leaflet at its foot; from six to ten, or more, bells droop in a cluster, from the angles of the leaves. The small fruit is black. [Illustration: WILD CURRANT: Ribes floridum.] *Grass of Parnassus.* _Parnassia Caroliniana._ Found in moist ground from July to September. The flower-stems rise from a cluster of leaves to the height of 6 or 12 inches usually. The leaf is rounding, often scoop-shaped or sometimes heart-shaped at the base, with an entire margin, and a thick, leathery texture; in color an opaque dull green. It is set on a long stem, and rises from the root. The flower is like a shallow saucer, formed of 5 white petals which are much veined with hair lines of pale green; the green calyx is 5-parted; the pistil is green, and surrounded by 5 large-tipped stamens, which alternate with the petals, and a second circle of stamens without anthers,--all straw-color. It is borne singly on a long one-leafed stem. [Illustration: GRASS OF PARNASSUS: Parnassia Caroliniana.] ORPINE FAMILY. CRASSULACEÆ. *Live-for-ever.* _Sedum Telephium._ *Pudding-bag-plant.* *Aaron’s-rod (N. H.).* *Stone-crop.* *Witches’ money-bags (Mass.).* Found in rocky soil, along roads and in door-yards, blossoming during August. Its very leafy and branching stalk, from 1 to 2 feet high, is large and round and juicy; very smooth, and pale green, inclining to pink near the blossoms. The broad, oval leaf, with its stout midrib, and slightly scalloped margin, is thick, tough, and juicy; the surface is very smooth, and the color a light gray-green, pale on the underside with a bloom, and moist to the touch. The leaves clasp the stalk alternately, and very close together, from foot to flower. The small richly-hued flower has 5 sharp-pointed petals, which spread widely, and are colored a full crimson or garnet; the 5-parted green calyx being also toned with red. The flowers form a close, round, terminal cluster. Shrugged down among the close gathered leaves the bloom has a jewel-like effect of glowing color, and the seed-cases take on a deep red hue which prolongs its season of beauty as a compensation for its infrequent flowering. The plant’s endurance during droughts and tenacious hold on life are remarkable; a cut stalk has been observed full of unwithered bloom a fortnight after the farmer’s scythe had swept the roadside. To children its charm lies in the power of inflation which belongs to the easily separated skin of the leaves. [Illustration: LIVE-FOR-EVER: Sedum Telephium.] SUNDEW FAMILY. DROSERACEÆ. *Sundew.* _Drosera rotundifolia._ Found on swampy ground in July and August.