316 BLUE AND PURPLE 



BLUE TOADFLAX: Wild Toadflax: Blue Li- 

 naria. Linaria canadensis. 



Figwort Fam%. June — Sept. 



A slender plant, 5-30 inches high, found in 

 dry, sandy places. New England westward 

 and southwest. 

 Flowers — Pale violet or lavender, small, in slen- 

 der spikes; upper lip with 2 acute di- 

 visions, lower lip larger, 3-lobed, white 

 at the throat. 

 Leaves — Narrow, toothless. 



VIPER'S BUGLOSS; BLUE-WEED: Viper's 

 Herb or Grass: Blue Thistle: Snake-flower: 

 Blue Devil. Echium vulgare. 



Borage Family. June — Sept. 



A plant 12-30 inches high, with bristly, hairy, 

 spotted stem, found in fields, waste places, 

 along roadsides. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Flowers — Variable purple, pink in the bud, 5 un-* 

 equal lobes, borne on a 1 -sided spike, 

 which is coiled at first, unrolling as the 

 flowers expand.. 

 Leaves — Lance-shaped, hairy, mostly stemless. 



