310 BLUE AND PURPLE 



VIRGINIAN COWSLIP: Bluebells: Tree or 

 Smooth Lungwort. Mertensia virginica. 



Borage Family. Apr. — May. 



A plant 1-2 feet high, found in low meadows, 

 along streams. New York and Ontario to 

 Nebraska, and southward. 

 Flowers — Pinkish in the bud, afterward violet, 

 trumpet-shaped, 5-lobed, about 1 inch 

 long, borne in loose clusters which are 

 rolled up at the tip and straighten as 

 the flowers expand. 

 Leaves — Veiny, toothless, upper leaves seated on 

 stem, lower ones long-stemmed. 



EARLY BLUE VIOLET: Viola palmata. 



Violet Family. Apr. — May. 



Found in dry ground, chiefly woodlands. 

 Massachusetts to Minnesota, and southward. 



Flowers — Light or deep violet. 



Leaves — Heart-shaped, first leaves of spring 

 sometimes undivided, later ones 5-9- 

 lobed, the segments variously toothed 

 or cleft, middle segment usually the 

 largest. 



