PHLOX FAMILY. Polemoniaceae. 
shading at base to white, finely streaked with crimson and 
prettily fringed at the tips. The stamens are equally or 
unequally inserted in the corolla throat, the buds are 
prettily twisted and fringed at the tips and usually have 
a dark purplish calyx. Sometimes the flowers are all 
scattered along the stalk, making a wand of bloom. This 
grows on mountain sides and sometimes has a very dis- 
agreeable smell, hence the local name of Polecat Plant. 
In Yosemite it is much more delicate in character, with 
several, smooth or downy, reddish, leafy stems, from one to 
four feet high, from a branched base, bearing very graceful 
clusters of flowers, the petals of various shades of scarlet, 
pink, and crimson, often streaked with white, or yellowish 
dotted with red, their long points curled back. Often the 
buds are scarlet and the flowers pink, giving a very vivid 
effect. The protruding stamens are inserted in the notches 
between the lobes of the corolla, with red or pink filaments 
and yellow or purple anthers. This has the look of a hot- 
house flower and is very beautiful and striking when 
growing in masses in high mountain woods. This has 
several common names which are very misleading, such as 
Wild Cypress and Wild Honeysuckle. There are several 
named varieties. It grows in theSouthwest and also from 
British Columbia to New Mexico. 
: A beautiful kind, with rather hairy, 
Bird’s Eyes ; Nokes 
Fighig macalor branching stems, from six inches to over 
White and purple a foot tall, and dull green, rather hairy 
and yellow leaves, prettily cut into long narrow lobes. 
oe eo: The flowers are in clusters, sweet-scented 
and beautifully markea, with corollas a 
half-inch or more in length, open funnel-shaped, with a 
yellow tube marked by a white border, and two dark 
purple spots in the throat below each of the blue or whitish 
corolla-lobes, forming an ‘“‘eye.” The calyx lobes often 
have purple margins, the anthers are bright blue, with 
lilac filaments, and the pistil is lilac. This is common on 
low hills in western California. 
A strange little desert plant, stunted- 
alr cee looking but with brilliant flowers, forming 
Gilia rigidula 
Blue low, prickly clumps of stiff, dry, dull 
Summer green, needle-like foliage, suggesting cush- 
Arizona ions of harsh moss, with numerous woody 
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