BLUE AND PURPLE 



1. PICKEREL- WEED: Pontederia cordata. 

 Pickerel-weed Family. July Sept. 



An erect, stout, fleshy plant 1-3 feet high, 

 found in shallow water. Nova Scotia to On- 

 tario, Minnesota and Texas. 

 FLOWERS Violet-blue, 2-lipped, upper lip 3-lobed, 



with 2 yellowish spots within; lower lip 



of 3 spreading lobes; flowers borne on 



thick spike. 

 LEAVES One large leaf shaped like an arrow- 



head, is borne midway of the flower 



stalk. 



2. MONKEY FLOWER: Mimulus ringens. 

 Figwort Family. June Sept. 



A square-stemmed plant 1-3 feet high, found 

 beside brooks and streams, swamps. New 

 Brunswick to Manitoba and southward. 

 FLOWERS Purple, with 2 yellow spots near the 



throat; 2 -lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, 



erect; lower lip 3-lobed, spreading; 



flowers borne on slender stalks from 



the leaf angles. 

 LEAVES Opposite, oblong or lance-shaped, 



toothed, clasping stem by a heart- 



shaped base. 



