BLUE-EYED-GRASS 
S7zsyrinchium angustifolium Miller 
The starlike flowets of blue-eyed-grass open only in bright sun- 
shine, and last but a single day. Thus in fields that were plentifully 
sprinkled with them in the morning, not a flower will be found 
among the grasslike leaves and stems in the afternoon. Its leaves 
although very slender, resemble those of an itis, being flattened and 
attached with their edges turned toward the stem. The plant is a 
member of the Itis Family. 
This species of blue-eyed-grass has a wide range, from Virginia 
to Colorado and northward to Newfoundland and British Colum- 
bia. It has many close telatives, which can be distinguished from it 
only by botanists who have made a special study of this group. 
The specimen sketched was gathered in the valley of Ghost 
River, thirty-five miles from Banff, Alberta, Canada, at an altitude 
of 4,000 feet. 
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