BLUE AND PURPLE 



The blue-eyed grass belongs to the same family as the showy 

 fleur-de-lis, and blossoms during the summer, being especially 

 plentiful in moist meadows. It is sometimes called '' eye- 

 bright," which name belongs by rights to Euphrasia officinalis. 



EYEBRIGHT. 



Euphrasia officinalis. Figwort Family. 



Low; branching. Leaves. — Ovate or oval; mottled. Flozuers. — Lav- 

 ender or nearly white ; veined ; lower lip patched with deep orange-yellow ; 

 small; spiked. Calyx. — Four-cleft. Corolla. — Two-lipped; upper lip 

 erect; two-lobed ; lower lip spreading; three-cleft. Stamens. — Four, under 

 upper lip. Pistil. — One. 



In places along the coast of Maine this cheery little plant, 

 which is said to owe its generic name to its reported healing 

 properties, but which might well be called *' cheerfulness" on 

 account of its unfailing sturdy brightness, carpets thickly the 

 grassy roadsides. *" / ? ** ^ 



ONE-FLOWERED CANCER-ROOT. 



Aphyllon iinijlorum. Broom-rape Family. 



Scape. — Slender; fleshy; three to five inches high; one - flowered. 

 Leaves. — None. Flower. — Pale purple; solitary; one inch long ; witha del- 

 icate fragrance. Calyx. — Five-cleft. Corolla. — Somewhat two-lipped ; with 

 two yellow bearded folds in the throat. Stamens. — Four. Pistil. — One. 



In April and May the odd pretty flower of the parasitic one- 

 flowered cancer-root is found in the damp woodlands. 



VIOLET WOOD SORREL. 



Oxalis violacca. Geranium Family. 



Scape. — Five to nine inches high; several-flowered. Leaves. — Divided 

 into three clover-like leaflets. Floivers. — Violet-colored; clustered on the 

 scape. Calyx. — Of five sepals. Corolla. — Of five petals. Sta^nens. — Ten. 

 Pistil. — One, with five styles. 



This little plant is found in somewhat open or rocky woods, 

 its lovely, delicate flower-clusters appearing in May or June. 



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