BLUE AND PURPLE FLOWERS 
Blue Curls (Trichostcma dichotomum) . Mint family. 
July to September. 
An annual, six inches to a foot and a half high. The small 
blue flowers appear on long stalks, first at the end, then in the 
axils of the leaves. The corolla has five lobes, one narrow and 
long. The characteristic feature is the protrusion of the four 
long and curving stamens. Leaves lance-shaped, short-stalked. 
Sandy places. Greek signifies hairy stamens. 
Skullcap (Sctitellaria galericttlata) . Mint family. June to 
August. 
An upright perennial, one to three feet high, with downy stem. 
The flowers (three-fourths inch) are solitary in the axils; the 
blue corolla is two-lipped, as is the calyx, which in addition has 
a spur. Leaves broadly lance-shaped, almost heart-shaped at 
the base, toothed. Wet ground. Hyssop Skullcap (5. integri- 
folia) has flowers an inch long, racemcd along the stem. Dry 
ground. Rhode Island, West and South. Scutella, a dish, 
refers to the fruit. 
Mad-dog Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora). Mint family. 
July to September. 
An upright perennial, one to two feet high. The light-purple 
flowers (one-third inch) are in raceme; calyx with a cap, becom- 
ing later the queerly shaped seed-vessel. Leaves somewhat 
egg-shaped but long-pointed, coarsely toothed, with long stalks. 
Wet places. Common. 
Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens). Figwort family. 
June to September. 
An upright perennial, with grooved stem, maximum height 
two feet. Flowers (one inch) solitary in axils, on long stalks; 
corolla violet, two-lipped, upper lip with two, lower with three 
broad lobes ; stamens four, in two pairs. Leaves lance-shaped, 
pointed, clasping, toothed. Wet places. From mimulus, a. 
little buffoon. 
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