SCROPHULARIACE^E 



than the Gerardia purpurea, which is equally decorative 

 when growing in the mass a sheet of magenta-purple, 

 mingled with bright green, or when single plants are scat- 

 tered in the gravelly wheel-rut here one and farther 

 along another, miniature bushes laden with large vase- 

 shaped flowers. 



The flowers are generally larger in size and deeper in 

 colour than those on the mainland. They have five deep, 

 flaring lobes, slightly curled backwards, hairy and white- 

 spotted within, the pure white stamens in contrast with 

 them. 



The Gerardia is also a satisfactory plant for bouquets, 

 for, although the mature flowers fall very soon, the buds 

 come out in water successively for days, and if the flowers 

 are paler, they are still a pretty shade. 



Nineteen other members of the Figwort Family have 

 been reported. 



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