BLUE AND PURPLE 



HOG PEANUT. 



[PI. CXLIV 

 Amphicarp(za vionoica. Pulse Family. 



Stem. — Climbing and twining over plants and shrubs. Leaves. — Divided 

 into three somewhat four-sided leaflets. Flowers. — Papilionaceous; pale 

 lilac or purplish ; in nodding racemes. Pod. — One inch long. 



Along the shadowy lanes which wind through the woods the 

 climbing members of the Pulse family are very abundant. Dur- 

 ing the late summer and autumn the lonely wayside is skirted by 



" Vines, with clust'ring bunches growing ; 

 Plants, with goodly burden bowing." 



And in and out among this luxuriant growth twist the slender 

 stems of the ill-named hog pea-nut, its delicate lilac blossoms 

 nodding from the coarse stalks of the golden-rods and iron- 

 weeds, or blending with the purple asters. 



This plant bears flowers of two kinds : the upper ones are 

 perfect, but apparently useless, as they seldom ripen fruit ; while 

 the lower or subterranean ones are without petals or attractiveness 

 of appearance, but yield eventually at least one large ripe seed. 



CHICKORY. SUCCORY. 



Cichorium Intybus. Composite Family. 



Stems. — Branching. Leaves. — The lower oblong or lance-shaped, partly 

 clasping, sometimes sharply incised ; the floral ones minute. Flower-heads. 

 — Blue ; set close to the stem ; composed entirely of strap-shaped flowers ; 

 opening at different times. 



" Oh, not in Ladies' gardens, 

 My peasant posy ! 

 Smile thy dear blue eyes, 

 Nor only — nearer to the skies — 

 In upland pastures, dim and sweet,— 

 But by the dusty road 

 Where tired feet 

 Toil to and fro ; 



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