30 PHLOX ORDER—SNAPDRAGON ORDER 
These fruits are somewhat injurious to animals that eat the plants. 
The tiny flowers are blue or white and are clustered on graceful stems 
2-4 ft. high. They bloom all summer on hillsides and among bushes at 
5000-10000 ft. 
WATERLEAF FAMILY 
PURPLE FRINGE PHACELIA SERICEA 
Plate 21, fig. 6 
The flowers of the Purple Fringe are blue-violet to deep red-purple, 
rarely white. They are densely clustered on low stems 6-15 in. high. 
They bloom in midsummer and possess a strong, disagreeable odor. 
The plants live in alpine meadows and rock-fields on high peaks at 
10000-13000 ft. 
SNAPDRAGON FAMILY 
SPEEDWELL VERONICA AMERICANA 
Plate 22-ige 
The Speedwell is a water-plant and its blue or white, purple-striped 
flowers may be found in wet meadows and about ponds at 4000-12000 
ft. Thé stems grow 4 in.-2 ft. tall and the flowers bloom throughout 
the summer. 
GOLD TONGUE OrRTHOCARPUS LUTEUS 
Plate 22, fig. 2 
The common name is suggested by the appearance of the yellow 
flowers. These occur in stiff spikes on stems 4-16 in. tall and bloom 
all summer. They may be found on plains and in foothills and mead- 
ows at 4000-10000 ft. 

