MOUNTAIN FLOWERS 6 1 



For in this particular mountain wild flower the five petals and 

 the star-form are both -especially conspicuous. 



Another species of this genus is P. fimbriata, or Fringed 

 Grass of Parnassus, also very common in moist places 

 among the mountains. It closely resembles the plant already 

 described, but may be clearly distinguished from it, because 

 the petals are conspicuously fringed towards the base and 

 have fine marginal hairs. 



P. Kotzebuei, or Alpine Grass of Parnassus, is a tiny spe- 

 cies, only a few inches high, and is found at great altitudes. 



WILD PARSLEY 



Ligusticum apiifoliuiii. Parsley Family 



Roots large, aromatic. Stems: thick. Leaves: radical, ternate, or biter- 

 nate, then once or twice pinnate, the segments ovate, laciniately pinnatifid. 

 Flowers: in umbels of numerous rays, with involucre of linear bracts; 

 calyx-lobes obsolete. 



A beautiful plant, having fine white flower-heads and 

 decorative fern-like foliage. 



COW-PARSNIP 



Heracleiim lanatum. Parsley Family 



Stems: very stout, tomentose-pubescent, rigid. Leaves: petioled, ter- 

 nately divided, the segments broadly ovate, cordate, stalked, lobed and 

 sharply serrate ; petioles much inflated. Flowers: umbels many-rayed. 



Heracleum, from the Greek name of Hercules, is an excel- 

 lent designation for this huge Cow^-Parsnip, which among 

 plants is certainly a veritable hero for strength and size, 

 frequently growing to a height of eight feet. Its huge 

 leaves and great clusters of white flowers, often measuring 

 a foot across, are very showy, and once seen will always 

 be remembered. The plant has an extremely nasty smell. 



