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ever seen it. It is .startling to sec a leaf tlius hrillianlly painted, us if 

 its tip were dipped into some scarlet tincture surpassing most Howers 

 in intensity of colour." 



These words are ec|uall\- applicable to the mountain Cas- 

 tillcias. Trill)- the i;i()rious Ho\ver-sj)ikes of the Paint-brushes 

 and Painted-Clips are like toni;iies of tlanie that run burning 

 through the herbage of the hillsides. 



" Scarlet tufts 

 Are glowing in the green like flakes of fire." 



And when we see them in theii- losal radiance we remem- 

 ber how the ancients once worshipped the (iod of I-'iie — and 

 understand. 



C. Bradburii, or Bradbury's Painted-cup, ma\- ])e recog- 

 nized by its leaves, whieh are large and cleft above the middle 

 into three or five unequal lobes, the centre one l)eing «)blong 

 and rounded at the apex, and the lateral ones narrower. 



" Flowers that with one scarlet gleam 

 Cover a hundred leagues, and seem 

 To set the hills on hre." 



LONG-BEAKED PEDICULARIS 



Pedicidaris Gr(r)daudica. Figwort l-"amilv 



Stems: simple, erect. Leaves: alternate, lanceolate in outline, aculc, 

 pinnately parted into lanceolate incised segments, the lower petioled. 

 the upper sessile. Flowers: spike very dense, long; calyx five-toothed: 

 corolla the galea produced into a filiform beak. 



This Pcdicularis has slender, rather brittle, red stalks, which 

 are clothed with many small, fcrn-likc. reddish leaxes, and a 

 group of tall fringed foliage grows uj) about it from the grouml. 

 It is a tall plant, often attaining a height ol eighteen iiuhes. 

 and its terminal spikes are long and denseh flowered with 

 tiny dull red blossoms, which have a toot lied calyx that is 

 nearly as long as the tooth of the corolla. The corolla is two- 

 lipped, the upi^er lip, or galea, being conca\e and ha\-ing a 

 long thread-like beak, while the lowei- one is three-lobed. 



