BLUE FORGET-ME-NOT. STICKSEED.

Echinospermum floribundum, Lehm. Borage Family.

Stems.—Two feet or so high. Leaves.—Oblong to linear-lanceolate; two to five inches long. Flowers.—In numerous, slender-panicled racemes; on short, slender pedicels. Racemes often in pairs. Calyx.—Five-parted; minute. Corolla.—Sky-blue (rarely white); salver-form, with short tube and spreading, five-lobed border; two to five lines across, with conspicuous arching crests in the throat. Stamens.—Five; included; on the corolla. Ovary.—Of four nutlets; each having a deltoid, keeled disk and margined by long, flat prickles. Hab.—From California to British Columbia and eastward.

The beautiful blossoms of the wild blue forget-me-not will be readily recognized by all lovers of flowers. They may be found in the Sierras in midsummer. The tall stems rise amid the lush grasses upon the sides of steep cañons, where the air is humid and vegetation is rank. The flowers are unfortunately followed by very troublesome burs, which are much dreaded by sheep-herders.

V. RED

[Red or occasionally or partially red flowers not described in the Red Section.