Gray. Nat. Ord. ScB«»riiiLARuciiB. 



PAINTED CUP, SCARLET CUP. 



Castilleia cocdnea. 



Scarlet tufts 

 Arc glowinf^ in the green like flakes of fire; 

 Tlie wanderers of the pmirie know them well, 

 And call that brilliant flower the Painted Cup. 



Bryant. 



I'^'^jmS splendidly-coloured plant is the glory and ornament of 



-^ the plain-lands of Canada. The whole plant is a glow 



of scarlet, varying from pale flame-colour to the most 



vivid Vermillion, rivalling in brilliancy of hues the scarlet 



geranium of the greenlouse. 



The Painted Cup owes its gay appearance not to its flowers, 

 which are not very conspicuous at a distance, but to the deeply- 

 cut leafy tracts that enclose them and clothe the stalks, forming 

 at the ends of the flower branches clustered rosettes. (See our 

 artist's plate.) 



The flower is a flattened tube, bordered with bright red, 

 and edged with golden yellow. Stamens, four; pistil, one, pro- 

 jecting beyond the tube of the calix ; the capsule is many seeded. 

 The radical or root leaves are of a dull, hoary green, tinged with 

 reddish purple, as also is the stem, which is rough, hairy, and 



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