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houstonia

(huːˈstəʊnɪə)
n
(Plants) any small North American rubiaceous plant of the genus Houstonia, having blue, white, or purple flowers
[C19: named after Dr. William Houston (died 1733), Scottish botanist]
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Little Houstonia seornfully laughed, As she danced on her slender stem; While the cowslip bent to the rippling waves, And whispered the tale to them.
Little Houstonia merrily danced, And spread her white leaves wide; While Daisy whispered her joy and hope, As she stood by her gay friends' side.
The fall of snowflakes in a still air, preserving to each crystal its perfect form; the blowing of sleet over a wide sheet of water, and over plains; the waving ryefield; the mimic waving of acres of houstonia, whose innumerable florets whiten and ripple before the eye; the reflections of trees and flowers in glassy lakes; the musical steaming odorous south wind, which converts all trees to windharps; the crackling and spurting of hemlock in the flames, or of pine logs, which yield glory to the walls and faces in the sittingroom,--these are the music and pictures of the most ancient religion.
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0.027 0.28 0.31 Cystopteris protrusa 0.074 0.14 0.21 Danthonia spicata 0.014 0.14 0.15 Deparia acrostichoides 0.064 0.21 0.27 Dioscorea villosa 0.098 0.21 0.31 Diphylleia cymosa 1.972 0.84 2.81 Dryopteris intermedia 1.479 1.12 2.60 Dryopteris marginalis 0.024 0.07 0.09 Eurybia divaricata 2.935 4.12 7.06 Eutrochium purpureum 0.513 0.21 0.72 Eutrochium steelei 0.051 0.07 0.12 Festuca subverticillata 0.027 0.28 0.31 Galium triflorum 0.520 1.12 1.64 Helianthus microcephalus 0.007 0.07 0.08 Houstonia purpurea var.
My favorite articles in the volume were by Dalmia, a senior analyst with the Reason Foundation, and Howley, formerly with Reason magazine and now managing editor of Houstonia Magazine.
This zone is characterized by the presence of the blue green algae (Nostoc commune), several foliose lichens, and numerous vascular plants such as cedar glade cress (Leavenworthia stylosa), Missouri evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa), wild petunia (Ruellia humilis), Gattinger's prairie clover (Dalea gattingeri) Barneby), Venus' pride (Houstonia purpurea), limestone flameflower (Talinum cal-caricum), widow's cross (Sedum pulchellum), Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis); white rim scurfpea (Pediomelum subacaule), fluxweed (Isanthus brachiatus), prickly pear (Opuntia cespitosa), poverty dropseed (Sporo-bolus vaginiflorus), prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus), and pasture heliotrope (Heliotropium tenellum) (Quarterman et al., 1993; Baskin and Baskin, 1999).
Galium circaezans Michx.:32426 Houstonia lanceolata (Poir.) Britt.:32446
Floristically, cedar glades are characterized by the presence of the blue green alga, Nostoc commune, several foliose lichens, and numerous vascular plants such as cedar glade cress (Leavenworthia stylosa), Missouri evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa), wild petunia (Ruellia humilis) Gattinger's prairie clover (Dalea gattingeri), Venus' pride (Houstonia purpurea), limestone flameflower (Talinum calcaricum), widow's cross (Sedum pulchellum), Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis), white rim scurfpea, (Pediomelum subacaule), fluxweed (Isanthus brachiatus), prickly pear (Opuntia cespitosa), poverty drop-seed (Sporobolus vaginiflorus), prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus), and pasture heliotrope (Heliotropium tenellum) (Quarterman et al.
The widespread American Houstonia and Hedyotis clade is a sister group to Arcytophyllum, and a South American origin of the Arcytophyllum-Houstonia clade seems most likely (Andersson et al., 2002).