100 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



after being picked it begins to blacken, and (most 

 curious contradiction) a pressed specimen of the 

 pearly white flower eventually becomes " as black 



as your hat." Indian pipe 

 grows in the deep woods 

 in early summer. Mono- 

 tropa Ilyjjojj'dys, or false 

 beech-drops, closely related 

 to the pale Indian pipe, 

 has a ruddy complexioned, 

 fragrant, and small (gener- 

 ally four - petaled) flower 

 which blooms in the pine 

 woods in summer. 

 Common Day-Flower. The day - flower 

 Commdina Vlrginica. is COUimon in OUr 



Eastern seaboard States 

 from New York to Florida, 

 and blooms in summer. 

 It has light violet-blue 



Common Day-Flower. ^ • i • i 



flowers, irregular in shape, 

 and three-petaled ; three stamens project considerably 

 beyond the petals. The flowers seem to grow out 

 from an upper spathelike leaf, and the leaves are 

 lance-shaped and contracted at the base. The plant 

 is a near relative of the sjnderwort, and like the 

 latter has a peculiar mucilaginous juice. 



