BLUE AND PURPLE WILD FLOWERS 
shaped like the thick part of a miniature Indian club 
and have the appearance of a large, healthy bud, 
that is just about to unfold. The plant is perennial, 
and consequently much more common and easier to 
find each year than the Fringed Gentian. It flourishes 
in moist, rich soil in meadows and thickets, or along 
woodland borders, and may be found at its best from 
August to October. The single, leafy stalk is erect 
or nearly so, and grows one or two feet in height. It 
is smooth and stout. The rather large, toothless, 
lance-shaped leaves have a long, tapering point, and 
are narrow or sometimes rounded toward the base. 
They are arranged in alternating opposite pairs at 
regular intervals, and are often tinged with brown. 
The flowers are of an intense blue in colour, becoming 
lighter toward the base. Several of them are gathered 
in a crowded terminal leafy cluster, or occasionally 
one or two are set in the axils of the leaves. The 
stamens are gathered in the form of a tube, and 
the divisions of the green calyx are long and narrow. 
This Gentian ranges from Georgia and Missouri, 
well into Canada. 
FORGET-ME-NOT. MOUSE-EAR. SCORPION 
GRASS. SNAKE-GRASS. LOVE-ME 
Myosdtis scorpioides. Borage Family. 
The exquisite little baby-blue flowers of the Forget- 
me-not have a certain sentiment attached to them 
through various legends of love and affection that 
endears them to all. In the language of flowers they 
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