INDIAN WARRIOR (Pedicularis densiflora, Benth.). Flow- 

 ers crimson (occasionally white) an inch long or so, 2-lipped, 

 the upper much the more conspicuous, compressed at the sides 

 and arched above; borne in dense terminal spikes, becoming 

 larger and looser in age, mingled with purplish bracts. Leaves 

 finely dissected, feather-like, many basal; dark red w r hen 

 young, becoming green in age. A stout perennial, common 

 in open' hillside forest from Central California to Oregon, 

 blooming in the spring. 



According to Mr. Chesnut the Yuki Indian name for this 

 Pedicularis is the same as their word for Yellow-hammer 

 wai-mok' a bird that frequents the flowers for their abundant 

 nectar. Children, too, have discovered the plant's sweet secret 

 and such the blooms as they do honeysuckle blossoms. 



In meadows of the Yosemite region and the High Sierra 

 two kindred species are met with Pedicularis attollens, Gray, 

 and P. groenlandica, Retz., in which the pinkish, hooded, 

 upper lip ends in a curved or abruptly upturned beak. The 

 resemblance to an elephant's head and trunk has suggested 

 the common name Elephant-heads for both these species. 

 The likeness is more noticeable in P. groenlandica. 



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