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565. Leaves not divided, or dissected, except in some violets 

 No. 570. (Nos. 566-582.) 



Flowers violet-like (see Figs. 571-582) Violets no. 570 



Flowers not violet-like 

 Leaves oval and stalked 



Flowers orange yellow, mottled 



Spotted Touch-me-not no. 566 



Flowers pale yellow Pale Touch-me-not no. 567 



Leaves narrowly linear, essentially stalkless, 



Flowers yellow, about i in. long Toadflax no. 568 



Flowers lavender, about ys in, long 



Blue Toadflax no. 569 



566. Spotted Touch-me-not. Impatiens biflora. (Balsaniin- 

 accae). An annual, smooth, rather weak herb with glistening 

 foliage. Leaves oval, 13^-3 in. long, irregularly but not deeply 

 toothed, stalked. Flowers few, in an open sparse cluster, or 

 solitary, orange-yellow and mottled with reddish brown spots. 

 Spur rather short and blunt. Fruit an oblong pod, which 

 splits open suddenly and ejects the ridged seeds with some 

 violence. In moist places. Newfoundland to Florida and west- 

 ward. July-October. Fig. 566. 



567. Pale Touch-me-not. Impatiens pallida. (Balsamin- 

 aceac.) Very similar to No. 566, but with a pale yellow, un- 

 mottled flower. In similar places, but more abundant north- 

 ward and away from the coast. July-September. 



568. Toad-flax. Butter-and-eggs. Linaria Linaria. {Lin- 

 aria vulgaris.) (Scrophulariaccae.) A beautiful European 

 plant, found as a weed throughout the area, and usually 8-20 

 in. high. Leaves alternate, linear, stalkless, about i^ in. 

 long, and % in. wide. Flowers in a showy, dense, terminal 

 raceme, long-spurred, about i in. long, yellow with an orange 

 throat. In field and roadsides, nearly everywhere. June-Sep- 

 tember. Fig. 568. See No. 781. 



569. Blue Toad-flax. Linaria canadensis. (Scrophularia- 

 ccae.) A delicate smooth erect herb, mostly under 15 in. high, 

 with alternate very narrow leaves that are about }i in. long, 

 and stalkless. Flowers in a loose, rather sparse, terminal 

 raceme, pale lavender or violet, not over yi in. long. Spur 

 thin and thread-like. In dry sandy places. Maine to Florida, 

 and westward. June-September. See No. 781. 



