BLUE AND PURPLE 



SEA LAVENDER. MARSH ROSEMARY. 



Statice Caroliniana. Leadwort Family. 



Stems. Leafless; branching. Leaves, From the root; somewhat ob- 

 long ; thick. Flowers. Lavender color or pale purple ; tiny ; scattered or 

 roosely spiked along one side of the branches. Calyx. Dry ; funnel-form. 

 Corolla. Small; with five petals. Stamens. Five. Pistil. One, with 

 five, rarely three, styles. 



In August many of the salt marshes are blue with the tiny 

 flowers of the sea lavender. The spray-like appearance of the 

 little plant would seem to account for its name of rosemary, 

 which is derived from the Latin for sea-spray, but Dr. Prior 

 states that this name was given it on account of " its usually 

 growing on the sea-coast, and its odor." 



Blossoming with the lavender we often find the great rose 

 mallows and the dainty sea pinks. The marsh St. John's-wort 

 as well is frequently a neighbor, and, a little later in the season, 

 the salt marsh fleabane. 



SEA ROCKET. 



Cakile Americana. Mustard Family. 



Leaves. Smooth; fleshy; obovate ; wavy-toothed. Flowers. Purplish; 

 small ; clustered. Calyx. Of four early falling sepals. Corolla. Of four 

 petals growing opposite in pairs. Stamens. Six ; two inserted lower down 

 and shorter than the others. Pistil. One. Fruit. A short, two-jointed pod. 



In sand along the sea-shore this smooth, fleshy, branching 

 plant, with its purplish flowers, is a common feature. 



WILD BERGAMOT. 



Monarda fistulas a. Mint Family. 



Two to five feet high. Leaves. Opposite; fragrant; toothed. Flow- 

 ers. Purple or purplish-dotted ; growing in a solitary, terminal head, as in 

 Oswego tea, p. 264. Calyx. Tubular; elongated; five-toothed. Corolla. 

 Elongated; two-lipped. Stamens. Two; elongated. Pistil. One, 

 with style two-lobed at apex. 



Although the wild bergamot is occasionally found in our 

 eastern woods, it is far more abundant westward, where it is 



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