MOUNTAIN FLOWERS 



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WHITE HEDYSARUM 



Hcdysanmi borealc i>ar. alhijlontiii. Tea Family 



This is a white species of //. borealc, a full destripiion of 

 which will be found in the Blue to Purj^le Section. 



BIRCH-LEAVED SPIRiEA 



Spircca lucida. Rose Family 



Stems: erect, reddish, woody, one to two feet high. Leaves: lower ones 

 .small, obovate ; upper ones oval, acutish, unequally serrate on short peti- 

 oles. Flowers: cream-colour in compound corj-mbs; petals five, rounded. 



A small bushy shrub with woody stems bearin<.; lar^^e 

 showy, fluffy flower-heads, flattened on the top and formed 

 of numerous tiny cream-coloured blossoms tinged with pink. 



It frequently grows by^ the side of mountain roads and at 

 the edge of trails, where the bright sunshine brings it out to 

 perfection. The red woody stems break off with a sharp 

 snap, and the scent of the flowers is extremely^ sweet. 



This Spiraea is really a flowering shrub, but is ])laced in 

 this Section for greater convenience, as it is here that most 

 travellers will look for it. 



ALPINE SPIRJEA 



Spircea pecti)iata. Rose Family 



Stems: cespitose, creeping, very leafy: flowering stems erect. Leaves: 

 trifoliolate, persistent; leaflets deeply lobed. Flowers: in short terminal 

 racemes; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, equalling the tube: petals obovate. 



A lovely trailing plant, its flowers growing to an average 

 height of four inches, in elongated heads, each individual tin)- 

 blossom having six white petals and a niunber of yellow 

 stamens. The leaves grow close to the ground, resembling a 

 large moss, and are deeply fringed and fern-like. The shoots 

 of the plant run along the ground ; the stems of the flowers 

 are brittle and woody. 



