lOO WHITE TO GREEN 



TALL ERIOGONUM 



Eriogoimm u^ibellatum. Buckwheat Family 



Stems: depressed and shrubby below, much branched. Leaves: oblong, 

 white tomentose below, green and glabrous above ; peduncles six to fif- 

 teen inches high, naked, bearing a simple umbel of three to ten rays, sub- 

 tended by a whorl of leaves. 



A somewhat rare and most curious plant. In dry stony 

 places and on rocky slopes you will find the long-stalked 

 blossoms of the Tall Eriogonum, with its handsome flat-topped 

 clusters of cream-coloured flowers, tipped and tinged with 

 vivid rose pink, that have a peculiar bunch of tiny narrow 

 leaves set just where the little stems of the individual flower- 

 umbels spring from the top of the main stalk. 



It is also a most fascinating plant, both by reason of the 

 fact that its fine cream and rose blossoms grow in barren 

 localities, and also because its leaves (which are green above 

 and silvery beneath) grow near to the ground, on slender, 

 branching, woody stems, while the flower-stalks are extremely 

 long, often reaching a height of over twelve inches. 



E. androsacemn, or Dwarf Eriogonum, is the alpine species, 

 and almost an exact reproduction in miniature of its " Tall " 

 relation. The chief difference between the two plants is that 

 the Dwarf Eriogonum is more hairy and woolly, and generally 

 has cream-coloured flowers without any tingeing of pink. It 

 .only grows about three inches high, and is found at 7500 feet. 



ALPINE BISTORT 



PolygO)iu)}i 7'iviparu»i. Buckwheat Family 



Stems: slender, simple. Leaves: ovate, subcordate, attenuate at base: 

 cauline leaves lanceolate. Flowers: raceme narrowly cylindric, densely 

 flow^ered, bearing a number of ovoid-conic bulblets at base. 



The name Polygonum comes from the Greek, its meaning 

 being " many kneed," and refers to the enlarged joints of the 



