164 White to Green and Brown Flowers 



MOUNTAIN LOVER 



Pachistima Myrsinites. Staff Tree Family 



Stems: densely branched. Leaves: opposite, ovate or lanceolate, 

 cuneate at the base, the upper half serrate. Flowers: in axillary cymes. 



A low evergreen shrub with numerous branches and very 

 pretty foliage. The leaves are smooth and oblong, and the 

 tiny greenish-brown flowers grow in the axils of the leaves. 



CANADA VIOLET 



Viola canadensis. Violet Family 



Stems: glabrous, six inches to two feet high. Leaves: cordate, 

 pointed, serrate; stipules entire. Flowers: petals white, tinged and 

 veined with purple, sometimes nearly mauve-pink ; spur very short ; 

 stigma beakless. 



One of the most beautiful of the many violets which grow 

 in the mountains, its lovely white petals, purple-shaded on 

 the back, giving forth a delicate fragrance, and its tall leafy 

 stems bearing aloft many blossoms. Usually it is found in 

 the moist mossy woods, where it flourishes luxuriantly ; but 

 it also grows on the open alpine meadows, though here its 

 stalks are not so tall, nor its flowers so large, as they are in 

 the shade of the pines and firs. The Canada Violet con- 

 tinues to bloom from June until September. 



ALPINE WILLOW-HERB 



Epilobium alpinum. Evening Primose Family 



Stems: erect with elongated internodes. Leaves: ellipical, petioled, 

 slightly repand-denticulate, obtuse. Flowers: terminal in the upper 

 axils. Fruit: a slender many-seeded capsule. 



This small Willow-herb, which grows at the high alti- 

 tudes, is almost invariably white, though very rarely it has 

 pinkish flowers. The leaves are pale green and the green 



