250 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



A well-known, tall, thick, excessively woolly plant, with ter- 

 minal spikes of large blossoms. The leaves run down the 

 main stem, producing wings. The flowers last for a day only. 



I have seen this plant cherished in pots in the houses in Ger- 

 many, under the name of the " American velvet-plant," and have 

 been called upon to admire the extremely soft, beautiful leaves! 



52, Butter-and-eggs 



Linaria vulgiris. — Family, Figwort. Color, yellow and 

 orange. Leaves, long, narrow, entire, and alternate. Time, 

 summer. 



Corolla, 2-lipped, with the throat closed by a projection of 

 the lip, called a palate. The lower lip has a long, slender 

 spur. Stem, 2 or 3 feet high. The flowers are fragrant, rather 

 suggestive of a dairy smell. They grow closely together in a 

 long, slender terminal spike, rather pretty, but of the plebeian 

 type. 



53, Neckweed. Purslane Speedwell 



Veronica peregrina. — Family, Figwort. Color, whitish. 

 Leaves, the upper sessile, entire, oblong ; the lower petioled, 

 thickish, oval to oblong, toothed. Time, April to June. 



Corolla, wheel-shaped, 4-parted. Flowers, short pedicelled, 

 appearing sessile, single in the axils. Calyx, longer than the 

 corolla. A smooth plant, 4 to 9 inches high. 



A common weed throughout the United States. 



54. Gill-over-the-ground. Ground Joy 



Nepsia G/echbma. — Family, Mint. Color, blue. Leaves, 

 serrate, rounded, kidney-shaped, with petioles. Time, May to 

 August. 



Calyx, 5-toothed, small. Coivlla, 2-Hpped, the upper small, 

 2-cleft ; the lower broad, 3-cleft. 



