MOUNTAIN KI,()\\1:KS 



YELLOW RATTLE 



RJii)ia)itlii(s Crista-ii^alli. l-'i^uo.i i .1:1; ii\ 



Stems : slender. Leaves : lanceolate, sessile, coarsclv serrate-denlalc, 

 arule ; bracts ovate, incised-dentate, the teeth acuminate. Flowers: in 

 terminal, one-sided, leafy-bracted spikes, and solitary in the upper axils; 

 calyx much inflated, conspicuously veiny in fruit ; corolla very irre^^u- 

 lar, two-lipped ; the galea compressed, arched, minutely t\vo-tf)ollicd 

 below the entire apex, the lower lip three-lobed, sijreadini;. 



The name Yellow Rattle lias been ;;i\en to this ])lant nn 

 account of the way in which the ripened seeds, which lie loose 

 in the capsules, rattle whenever tlie wind shakes them tc and 

 fro. It is a firm erect i)lant, usuall) .i^rowiii- from si.\ to ten 

 inches high, and chief! \- consi)icuous b\- reason of its inflated 

 green flower-cups and i^right \ellow l)lossoms, the lii)s of 

 which frequently are spotted with puri)]e. 



LARGE YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER 



Cypripediuui puhcscciis. On hid Family 



Stems: leafy. Leaves: oval or elli])tic. acute. Flowers: sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, longer than the lip. yellowish-green striped with purple; 

 petals very narrow and twisted, lij) much inriatetl. bright yellow with 

 greenish-purple lines, a tuft of white jointed hairs at the top of the 

 interior: stamen sterile, triangular: stigma thick, incurved. 



In the dry sun-warmed forests, where the birds trill their 

 sweet antiphons and the smooth surface of the i)ools reflects 

 with steadfast truth the cone-laden branches of tir and pine 

 and the fleecy clouds that float across the a/ure sky. there. 

 unafraid, rejoicing in its weird, idmost unearthly l^eauty. llie 

 Large Yellow Lady's Slipi)er flaunts its gaudy flowers. 



At the first sight of these e.\c|uisite orchids, which also 

 grow on the ojx'n arid moraines close to the inunense gla- 

 ciers, vou catch vour breath, and a thrill rinis through all 

 your veins; there they stand, golden-bright, surmnnd.-d In a 

 halo of romance and mxsterv. 



