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SHOOTING STAR 



Dodecatheon paiicijloriim. Primrose Family 



Stems: scape glabrous. Leaves: lanceolate, entire. Flowers: segments 

 of the corolla rich purple-pink, the undivided part yellow, with a scalloped 

 ring of deep purple midway between the base of the segments and the 

 stamen-tube ; stamen-tube yellow ; anthers purple. 



From two to eight of these quaint purple-pink flowers, each 



one on its own individual tiny stem, grow at the ends of the 



stout main stalks of the plant. Several of these stalks grow 



up from every root. With their reflexed petals, resembling 



those of the Cyclamen (which also belongs to the Primrose 



Family), and their queer little pointed noses, the Shooting 



Stars are rather remarkable-looking flowers. They remind 



one of some bright-winged butterfly poised on the apex of a 



scape. The leaves all grow in a cluster at the foot of the 



plant and are long-shaped and tapering towards the base. 



Very occasionally the flowers are white. The scientific name 



is derived from the Greek dodeka^ "twelve," and theos, "god," 



thus signifying "twelve gods." Its application is not very clear, 



though Linnaeus imagined he saw in its umbels of bright 



crowned flowers a little congress of divinities, and hence 



named it for an Olympian gathering of the gods. 



RED MONKEY-FLOWER 



Mimiiltis Leivisii. Figwort Family 



Stems : numerous, pubescent, viscid. Leaves : oblong-ovate to lanceo- 

 late, denticulate, acute. Flowers : peduncles longer than the leaves ; calyx 

 long, campanulate, its triangular teeth very acute ; corolla with broad 

 throat and bilabiate limb, lobes of the upper lip obcordate, of the lower 

 lip obovate. 



A tall handsome plant, with ample foliage. The leaves are 

 sharply toothed at the edges and very pointed at the apex ; 

 they grow in pairs, clasping the stem, and from their axils 



