With its beautiful purple blush it reminds me, and supplies the place, of the Rhexia, which is now leaving off, and it is one of the most interesting phenomena of August. From Wordnik.com. [Excursions] Reference
I see that Rhexia grows in Massachusetts; and I suppose has two different sets of stamens. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
If there be not two forms of Rhexia, will you compare the position of the part in young and old flowers?. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
I wrote some little time ago about Rhexia; since then I have been carefully watching and experimenting on another genus, Monochaetum; and. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
If bees visit the Rhexia, for Heaven's sake watch exactly how the anther and stigma strike them, both in old and young flowers, and give me a sketch. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
It was as high-colored and interesting, though not quite so bright, as the patches of Rhexia, being a darker purple, like a berry's stain laid on close and thick. From Wordnik.com. [Excursions] Reference
I forget whether Rhexia is common; but I very much wish you would next summer watch on a warm day a group of flowers, and see whether they are visited by small insects, and what they do. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
The blushing Chironia and Rhexia, the spiral Ophrys with immaculate white flowers, the Limodorum, Arethusa pulcherima, Sarracenia purpurea, Sarracenia galeata, Sarracenia lacunosa, Sarracenia flava. From Wordnik.com. [Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.] Reference
Do you remember telling me you could see no nectar in your Rhexia? well, I can find none in Monochaetum, and Bates tells me that the flowers are in the most marked manner neglected by bees and lepidoptera in Amazonia. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Rhexia, flowers of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Rhexia glabella, Mx. Deer grass; Sorrel. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Come, Rhexia -- you understand that as well as. From Wordnik.com. [A Court of Inquiry] Reference
In Rhexia virginica Mr. W.H. Leggett ( "Bulletin Torrey Bot. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Rhexia, 365. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
Rhexia, glabella, 57. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Leggett, W.H., on Rhexia virginica. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
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