2IO FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL., AND SWAMP 



dish purple later. Zcawj, coarse, hairy, almost bristly. Time^ 

 June, July. 



The blossoms appear compactly on the upper side of a 

 curved branch. Corolla 5-lobed, spreading, with red stamens 

 protruding. The plant itself is coarse and bristly, but the 

 blossoms are not without a prettiness — at least, of color — since 

 the 2 colors, blue and reddish purple are found on the same 

 spike. About 2 feet high, often covered with dust, and look- 

 ing very plebeian. 



It chooses dry soil along waysides. 



74. Common Gromwell 



Lithospermum officinale. — Family, Borage. Color, white 

 or pale yellow. Leaves, rough above, soft beneath, broad or 

 lance-shaped, thinnish. i to 2 feet high. 



Calyx and corolla, tubular, with a spreading, 5-cleft border. 

 5 scales in the throat. The ripened seeds form hard, bony 

 nutlets, white like ivory, giving the botanical name, "stony 

 seed." Imported, as is also 



75. Corn Gromwell 



L. arvmse, with whitish flowers and long, narrow leaves. 



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A species found among the pine barrens, is L. hirtiim, hairy, 

 I to 2 feet tall, with bristly leaves on the stem, and flowers 

 in close clusters, peduncled, showy. 



77. Ground-cherry 



Physalis viscdsa (from phusalis, a bladder, referring to 

 inflated calyx). — Family, Nightshade. Color, greenish yellow, 

 with orange centre. Leaves, oval or oblong, entire. Time, 

 June, July. 



