BLUE AND PURPLE FLOWERS 
Forget-me-not. Marsh Scorpion-grass {Myosotis scorpioides) . 
Borage family. May to July. 
A perennial with stem six inches to one and one-half feet 
long, at first prostrate, then rising (decumbent). The flowers 
are in curled-up raceme; corolla one-fourth to one-third inch 
broad, salver-form, five-lobed, with appendages in the throat; 
stamens five, the style thread-like. Calyx not as long as the 
corolla-tube. Leaves, without stalks, blunt-pointed, somev^jhat 
oblong. Wet ground. Smaller Forget-me-not (M. laxa) is 
similar, with hairy stem, flowers one-sixth inch broad. Calyx 
as long as the corolla-tube. (Greek for mouse-ear.) 
Venus' Looking-glass (Specularia perjoliata) . Bluebell 
family. May to September. 
An annual with delicate hairy stem with maximum height 
of two feet. Flowers magenta-purple, without stalks, in axils; 
calyx and corolla five-pointed. The leaves are rounded, clasp- 
ing. Woods and banks. (Latin speculum, mirror.) 
GROUP VII 
Leaves alternate. Flowers papilionaceous (resembling pea- 
blossom) . 
Beach Pea ( Lathyrus maritimus) . Pulse family. May to 
August. 
A low spreading plant with stout, grpoved stem. The flower- 
stalks bear six to ten flowers (three-fourths inch), purple. 
Leaflets six to ten, thick, oval; stipules broad. Seashore. 
Marsh Vetchling {Lathyrus pahistris). Pulse family. June 
to August. 
A spreading perennial whose delicate stem, often winged, has 
a maximum length of three feet. The flower-stalks bear two 
to six flowers, purple, one-half inch long, followed by pods. 
Leaflets four to eight, narrow. Moist places. 
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