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The authoress examines several East Slavic (mostly Russian) names of perennial plants with contrasting two-coloured flowers (Viola tricolor, L. Melampyrum nemorosum). These flowers were found in the usually legen-dary tales of Eastern Europe supplying the explanation of both their origin and the remarkable colour of their inflorescences. This oral/written tradition could sometimes provide the source of their name or on the contrary could have been inspired by them.