MOUNTAIN I-I()\\i:ks ,^3^ 



SHOOTING STAR 



Dodccathfon piiUiijlorunt. I'rimrosc 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 i)urple. 



From two to cii;ht of tbcsc ciuaint i)iir|)lc-])iiik llowcrs, each 

 one on its own individual tiny .stem, <;r()w at the ends of the 

 stout main stalks of the j^lant. Several of these stalks <;row 

 up from every root. With their reflexed i)etals, resembling 

 those of the Cyclamen (which also belongs to the Primro.sc 

 Family), and their queer little j)ointed noses, the Shooting 

 Stars are rather remarkable-looking flowers. They remind 

 one of some bright-winged butterfly ])oised on the apex of a 

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

 plant and are long-shaped and tai)ering towards the base. 

 Very occasionally the flowers are white. The scientific name 

 is derived from the Greek dodcka, "twelve," and thcos, "g<Kl," 

 thus signifying "twelve gods." Its ai)plication is not very clear, 

 though Linnaeus imagined he .saw in its umbels of bright 

 crowned flowers a little congress of di\inities, and hence 

 named it for an Olympian gathering of the gods. 



RED MONKEY-FLOWER 



Mi>nulus Lc^.cisii. Figwort Familv 



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 lij) obcordate, of the lower 

 lip obovate. 



A tall handsome })lant, with ample foliage. The leaves are 

 sharply toothed at the edges and \er\ pointed al the apex; 

 they grow in ])airs, (.-las])ing the stem, and from their axils 



