152 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



5. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in cluster, axillary. 



GiLL-oxER-TU-E-GROVtiD (NepetaGlechoma) . Mint family. 

 Running on ground, about i ft. long; stem square, 

 odorous; clusters loosely flowered, flowers pale 

 blue; corolla 2-lipped; leaves with stalks, round- 

 kidney-shaped, wavy toothed. Damp places and 

 in shade. Spring. 



6. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in cluster, not axillary. 



Five-flowered Gentian {Gentiana qiiinquefiora) . Gen- 

 tian family. 

 Av. ht. i^ ft.; about 5 flowers at top of stem; 

 flowers large, light blue; corolla with pointed lobes; 

 leaves egg-shaped, pointed, clasping, without teeth 

 and without stalks. Hills. Late summer and 

 autimin. 



Closed Gentian {Gentiana Andrewsii) . Gentian family. 

 Ht. abt. i^ ft.; flowers large, dark blue, in clusters 

 at top; corolla closed; leaves lance-shaped, pointed, 

 without stalks. Moist ground. Late summer and 

 autimm. 



II. LEAVES NOT OPPOSITE. 



7. Leaves not opposite. Plant climbing, spreading or trailing, 

 flowers in raceme. 



Blue Vetch {Vicia Cracca). Pulse family. 



Length 2-4 ft.; stem slender, climbing by tendrils, 

 flowers (blue) papilionaceous, in many-flowered 

 spike-like raceme; leaflets 18-24, narrowly oblong. 

 Border of thickets. Mid-s\immer. 



FoRGET-ME-NOT {Myosotis laxa) . Borage family. 



Low plant; stems slender, reclining; small (blue) 

 flowers in racemes; corolla salver-form, 5-lobed; 

 leaves lance-shaped-oblong or somewhat spoon- 

 shaped. Wet ground. Summer. 



