BLUE AND PURPLE 



The blue-eyed grass belongs to the same family as the showy 

 fleur-de-lis, and blossoms during the summer, being especially 

 plentiful in moist meadows. It is sometimes called "eye- 

 bright," which name belongs by rights to Euphrasia officinalis. 



EYEBRIGHT. 



Euphrasia officinalis. Figwort Family. 



Low; branching. Leaves. Ovate or oval; mottled. Flowers. Lav- 

 ender or nearly white ; veined ; lower lip patched with deep orange-yellow ; 

 small; spiked. Calyx. Four-cleft. Corolla. Two-lipped; upper lip 

 erect; two-lobed ; lower lip spreading; three-cleft. Stamens. Four, under 

 upper lip. Pistil. One. 



In places along the coast of Maine this cheery little plant, 

 which is said to owe its generic name to its reported healing 

 properties, but which might well be called " cheerfulness" on 

 account of its unfailing sturdy brightness, carpets thickly the 

 grassy roadsides. 



ONE-FLOWERED CANCER-ROOT. 



Aphyllon uniflorum. Broom-rape Family. 



Scape. Slender; fleshy; three to five inches high; one - flowered. 

 Leaves. None. Flower. Pale purple; solitary; one inch long; withadel- 

 kate fragrance. Calyx. Five-cleft. Corolla. Somewhat two-lipped ; with 

 two yellow bearded folds in the throat. Stamens. Four. Pistil. One. 







In April and May the odd pretty flower of the parasitic one- 

 flowered cancer-root is found in the damp woodlands. 



VIOLET WOOD SORREL. 



Oxalis violacea. Geranium Family. 



Scape. Five to nine inches high; several-flowered. Leaves. Divided 

 into three clover-like leaflets. Flowers. Violet-colored; clustered on the 

 scape. Calyx. Of five sepals. Corolla. Of five petals. Stamens. Ten. 

 Pistil. One, with five styles. 



This little plant is found in somewhat open or rocky woods, 

 its lovely, delicate flower-clusters appearing in May or June. 



