FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



An odd species, annual or biennial, with 

 CastiUeja " * ne nower ' s corolla almost hidden in the 

 coccinea long, cylindrical, two-lobed calyx, which 



Scarlet is generally tipped with brilliant scarlet. 



green-yellow The p i ant _ stem j s ru ddy, soft-hairy, slen- 

 der, and simple. The leaves are light 

 green, parallel-veined, and slightly hairy or smooth, the 

 lower ones oblong or broader, clustered, and undivided, 

 the uppermost generally three-lobed — sometimes five- 

 lobed ; all are stemless, and each looks as if it had been 

 stained on the tip with deep vermilion or scarlet, more 

 or less vivid according to the individual plant. William 

 Hamilton Gibson calls the color of the Painted Cup " the 

 brightest dab of red the wild palette can show." The 

 color of the inconspicuous flower is greenish yellow, 

 the corolla is tubular and two-cleft. The blossoms, com- 

 pletely eclipsed by the red floral leaves, form with these 

 a dense terminal cluster. Rarely the red of the leaves is 

 displaced by yellow. Like the Gerardias, this plant is 

 also parasitic in nature. 12-20 inches high. Common 

 in low, wet meadows, from Me., south to Va. and Ky., 

 and west to Kan. and Tex. Named for Castillejo, a 

 Spanish botanist. 



A pale green-leaved species living on the 



cut i. eja bleak and rocky summits of mountains in 



pallida, var. , , J , , . , , 



septentrionalis tne north, or on the north shore of Lake 



Whitish yel- Superior. A slender perennial, generally 



low-green smooth, except at the uppermost parts, 



June-Septem- and the stem ig usually sim pl e . The light 



green leaves are (mainly) toothless, stem- 

 less, and 3-5 ribs run nearly parallel with each other, 

 meeting at the somewhat acute tips ; the upper leaves 

 are lance-shaped, the lower linear. The floral leaves or 

 bracts are rather obovate with a few broad teeth ; the 

 color is pale or whitish yellow-green, or else green-white 

 tinged with dull magenta. The yellowish flowers are 

 about as long as the bracts, and are inconspicuous. All 

 are crowded at the summit of the stem. 6-20 inches 

 high. In damp rocky places. Alpine summits of New 

 Eng. (Mt. Washington), Minn., S. Dak., in the Black 

 Hills, and the Rockies, Col. 



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