MADDER FAMILY 



grows on a very low stem, from a tuft of oblong-lanceolate 

 leaves. No better mental picture of it can be made than is 

 suggested by the popular names of Quaker Lady, and 

 Innocence or Angel-eyes. That is, in Nantucket. For, 

 contrary to the usual custom of flowers in Nantucket, 

 which are usually deeper in colour here than elsewhere, 

 the petals in this instance are paler than on the mainland 

 where they are generally a delicate but decided blue; and 

 there the flowers may well be described as Bluets and 

 Blue-eyed Babies. 



Seven other members of the Madder Family have been 

 reported. 



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