282 Blue to Purple Flowers 



and very tiny bright blue flowers, each individual blossom 

 being little larger than a pin's head. These flowers grow in 

 close leafy-bracted racemes, which are more or less one- 

 sided, and when in fruit the plant bears innumerable tiny 

 burs. This is an introduced plant. 



MOUNTAIN FORGET-ME-NOT 



Myosotis alpestris. Borage Family 



Stems: erect, tufted. Leaves: oblong, linear. Flowers: in dense 

 racemes ; calyx five-parted, hirsute ; corolla salver-form, the throat with 

 small blunt crests at the base of the rounded lobes. 



This is the real true Forget-me-not. It grows from 

 about four to six inches high and is found only at high 

 altitudes. Its tiny turquoise flowers are very fragrant. 

 Unlike the prickly burs of the " False " species, the nutlets of 

 the true Forget-me-not are quite smooth. 



There are innumerable stories told concerning these blue- 

 eyed flowers, which are the emblems of undying love and 

 are identified with our most romantic sentiments. One of 

 the most charming legends about them runs thus : • 



" When to the flowers so beautiful 

 The Father gave a name. 

 There came a little blue-eyed one 

 (All timidly it came). 

 And, standing at the Father's feet, 

 And gazing in His face. 

 It said, in low and trembling tones. 

 Yet with a gentle grace: 

 ' Dear Lord, the name Thou gavest me, 

 Alas ! I have forgot ' ; 

 Kindly the Father looked Him down 

 And said, ' Forget Me not' " 



