152 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



5. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in cluster, axillary. 



GiLL-ovER-THE-GROUND(A/>^/aG7<;/z0ma). Mint family. 

 Running on ground, about i ft. long; stem square, 

 odorous; clusters loosely flowered, flowers pale 

 blue; corolla 2 -lipped; leaves with stalks, round- 

 kidney-shaped, wavy toothed. Damp places and 

 in shade. Spring. 



6. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in cluster, not axillary. 



FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN (Gentiana quinqueflora) . Gen- 

 tian family. 



Av. ht. ij ft.; about 5 flowers at top of stem; 

 flowers large, light 'blue; corolla with pointed lobes; 

 leaves egg-shaped, pointed, clasping, without teeth 

 and without stalks. Hills. Late summer and 

 autumn. 



CLOSED GENTIAN (Gentiana Andrewsii). Gentian family. 

 Ht. abt. ij ft.; flowers large, dark blue, in clusters 

 at top; corolla closed; leaves lance-shaped, pointed, 

 without stalks. Moist ground. Late summer and 

 autumn. 



II. LEAVES NOT OPPOSITE. 



7. Leaves not opposite. Plant climbing, spreading or trailing, 

 flowers in raceme. 



BLUE VETCH (Vicia Cracca). Pulse family. 



Length 24 ft. ; stem slender, climbing by tendrils, 

 flowers (blue) papilionaceous, in many-flowered 

 spike-like raceme; leaflets 18-24, narrowly oblong. 

 Border of thickets. Mid-summer. 



FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis laxa). Borage family. 



Low plant; stems slender, reclining; small (blue) 

 flowers in racemes; corolla salver-form, 5-lobed; 

 leaves lance-shaped-oblong or somewhat spoon- 

 shaped. Wet ground. Summer. 



