VI 



BLUE AND PURPLE 



[Blue or Purple or occasionally Blue or Purple flowers not found 



in Blue and Purple Section.] 



Wood Anemone. Anemone nemorosa. April and May. 



(White Section, p. 4.) 



Rue Anemone. Anemonella thalictroides. April and May. 



(White Section, p. 6.) 



Fringed Polygala. Polygala paiuifolia. May. (Pink Section, p. 210.) 



Showy Orchis. Orchis spectabilis. May. (Pink Section, p. 200.) 



. Calopogon piilchellus. June and July. (Pink Section, p. 218.) 



Adder's Mouth. Pogonia ophioglossoides. June and July. 



(Pink Section, p. 216.) 



Daisy Fleabane. Erigeron annuns. Summer. (White Section, p. 60.) 



Purple-flowering Raspberry. Rnbjis odoratus. Early summer. 



(Pink Section, p. 222.) 



Purple Milkweed. Asclepias pnrpurascens. Early summer. 



(Pink Section, p. 229.) 



Purple Loosestrife. Lythnim Salicaria. Late summer. 



(Pink Section, p. 234.) 



Thorn-apple. Datura Tatula. Late summer. (White Section, p. 98.) 



LIVERWORT. LIVER-LEAF. 



Ilepaiica triloba. Crowfoot Family. 



Scape. — Fuzzy; one-flowered. Leaves. — Rounded; three-lobed ; from 

 the root. Flowers. — Blue, white, or pinkish. Calyx. — Of si.x to twelve 

 petal-like sepals ; easily taken for a corolla, because directly underneath are 

 three little leaves which resemble a calyx. Corolla. — None. Stamens. — 

 Usually numerous. Pistils. — Several. 



"The liver-leaf puts forth her sister blooms 

 Of faintest blue " 



soon after the late snows have melted. Indeed these fragile- 

 looking, enamel-like flowers are sometimes found actually be- 



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