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BLUE-EYED GRASS.— (SisYKmcmuM.) 



Flowers, small, blue or purple with a small yellow 

 heart. Petals, six, evenly divided, stigmas simple, 

 stems or scapes two winged, from fibrous roots, leaves, 

 long and narrow, much like grass, dark green, coarse 

 to the touch, grows in small bunches, flowers delicate, 

 lasting but a short time after being plucked. It 

 blooms in spring and summer, dry localities. 



WILD IRIS.— (Iris ViRGimcA.) 



Plant tall and slender, leaves flat and coarse, lance 

 linear in shape, light green in color, bulbous or run- 

 ning and sprouting roots. Plant grows in large 

 bunches in wet and marshy ground. Flowers several 

 on a stem alternate, large bluish purple. Petals, three 

 in number, sepals also three, and are the same color as 

 the petals making six similar divisions. The edges 

 of all are curled or ruflled. Blooms in late spring or 

 early summer. Belongs to the Iris family. 



SESSILE BELLWORT.— (UviLARiA Sessifolia.) 



Plant consists of one stalk from which quite a num- 

 ber of alternate, sesssile leaves grow, light green paral- 

 lel veined, oval lance shape, root fibrous. Flowers, 

 numerous, hung from under side of the stem, rich 

 cream color, petals and sepals joined in one to the base 

 of flower, edge scalloped or toothed, pistil single, 

 stigma small, stamens six or eight. Blooms in early 

 spring, locality, woods and low grounds. Plant be- 

 longs to the Bellwort family. 



