MOUN'IAIN Fl.OWKRS , ,, 



ARCTIC RASPBERRY 



Riihus (i/i/ic i/s. Ko.sc l"aiiiily 



Stems: erect, l)ranched at base. Leaves: triloliolatc ; IcaHcts sessile, 

 rhombic-ovate, unequally serrate. Flowers: solitary; sepals acute, eciuai- 

 ling the obovate entire petals. Fruit : lii^Mit red, of several drupelets, edible. 



A dwarf alpine Raspberry, about six inches hi.i^h, that 

 grows at an altitiido of cSooo feet. It has a few lar-e three- 

 parted leaves and one or two rose-pink llowers composed of 

 six long, widely separated petals. The long thin roots strike 

 straight down into the earth, and therefore when you attem|)t 

 to pick one of these little plants it usually comes up altogether 

 out of the ground in your hand. The Arctic Raspberry has 

 no prickles. 



LONG-PLUMED AVENS 



Gciijji trifloiiini. Kose Faniilv 



Stems: scape simple, three-flowered at the summit. Leaves: basal ones 

 tufted, petioled, interruptedly pinnate, with many small leaHets inter- 

 spersed among the numerous obovate larger ones: leaves of the scape two 

 opposite, small, sessile pairs. Flowers : of five pale purplish-pink petals sur- 

 rounded by a persistent red calyx, tive-bracteolate and five-lol)ed: bract- 

 lets linear, .slightly longer than the lanceolate, acute, erect lobes. Fru:t: 

 head sessile; style tiliform and strongly plumose. 



A very curious plant. Its general appearance is tliat ^A 

 bearing three large didl red buds on a three-branched red 

 stem, with a number of little red bracts clustered at the 

 fork; for the pale pink or yellowish i)etLds ai'e so snugl\- hid- 

 den away within the cal\x that nou do not obserxe them at a 

 casual glance. The closed cahx forms these tat buds, which 

 have five slender reflexed ])racts set between their IoIk's, and 

 from their pointed tips protrude a mmiber of \ellow stamens. 



When the petals and sepals fall off the long plumose tails 

 that adorn the ripened he-ads of the Axens .are exceedingly 

 attractive. 



Manv long finelv cut leaves grow at the base .)f this i)lant. 



