MOUNTAIN FLOWERS 



turn was thus canonized because, accordin*; to an ancient 

 tradition, she wiped the drops of a^i^ony fnjm our Savicnir's 

 face when on His way to Calvary, and ever afterwards her 

 kerchief bore the vera iconica, "the true Hkeness," of lii^ 

 sacred features. 



V. st-rpyllifolia, or Thyme-lea\-ed Si)eedwell, may be reco<;- 

 nized by its decumbent branching stems ; that is to sa\-, the 

 stems are curved near the base and he partly on the ground, 

 rooting where the joints touch the earth. Usually these stems 

 grow in pairs and bear at their upper ends spikes of pale 

 gray-blue blossoms striped with dark blue, the tiny flowers 

 also growing at close intervals lower down on the stalks. 

 The small oblong leaves grow in opposite pairs. Occasionally 

 the flowers are white. 



BUTTERWORT 



Puiguicnla vulgaris. Bladderwort Family 



Stems: scape glabrous, tall. Leaves: from three to seven in a rosette 

 at the base of the scape, entire, ovate, obtuse. Flowers: one-tlowered ; 

 calyx five-parted ; corolla bilabiate, the upper lip two-cleft, the lower 

 one three-cleft, base of the corolla saccate and contracted into a nectar- 

 iferous, acute, nearly straight spur. 



At first sight the Hutterwort looks like a loxeh', large, jnir- 

 ple violet, but a second glance reveals its rosette of very pale 

 green leaves, w^ith their involute margins, and the traveller 

 at once recognizes the Pitii^uicitla, its name being derived 

 from the Latin //;/<,'■///>, "fat," and referring !•) the horrible 

 slimy greasy secretion with which its leaves are coaled, antl 

 which renders them most rej)ulsive to the touch. 



The flowers are of a rich inu-jile colour, and are two-lijiiK'd. 

 the upper lip being cleft into two and the lower lij) into three 

 lobes. These lobes are delicately \eined and the lower ones 

 are covered with white hairs. The corolla terminates behind 

 in a long straight spur. Hie l^utterworl alwLiys grows near 

 water, and usuall\' in swamps or other \ery moist places. 



