

FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 
An exceedingly handsome kind, some- 
Scarlet Monkey- times nearly five feet high, much like the 
flower 
Pee last, but with vivid scarlet corollas, 
cardindlis decidedly two-lipped, the upper lip erect 
Red and the lower lobes turned back, the 
Spring, summer 
Southwest. Oreg. stamens protruding from the tube. I 
first saw these gorgeous flowers glowing 
like bits of flame among the ferns and grasses that bordered 
a beautiful spring in a cave in the Grand Canyon, where 
icy water fell on them drop by drop through a crevice in 
the rocky roof far above them and kept them glistening 
with moisture. This is often cultivated in gardens. 
A charming little plant, from three to 
Little Yellow six inches tall, with pretty delicate flowers, 
Monkey-flower 
Miivalis from half an inch to an inch long, the 
primuloides corolla-lobes all alike, bright yellow, often 
Yellow dotted with crimson, growing singly on 
Summer 
the tips of very slender flower-stalks, 
springing from a cluster of bright yellow- 
ish-green leaves, usually toothed, smooth, or sometimes 
hairy. This grows in moist mountain meadows. 
EI A delicate little plant, from three inches 
Monkey-flower” 1-4 foot high, rather hairy and sticky, 
Mimulus Torreyi With very slender branching stems, 
Pink yellowish-green, toothless leaves, and 
Pa bright flowers, about three-quarters of an 
inch long, with almost no flower-stalks; 
the corolla-lobes pink, veined with purple, the tube 
crimson, with two yellow ridges in the throat. A patch of 
these little flowers scattered over a sandy slope in Yosemite, 
sometimes growing with a tiny blue and white Lupine 
that likes the same sort of place, is an exceedingly pretty 
sight. It grows in the mountains, preferring moderate 
altitudes, becoming lower and deeper in color in higher 
places. 
Cal., Oreg. 
A charming little plant, something 
Desert Monkey- ike the last but prettier, three or four 
ae inches tall, with very slender, stiff, pur- 
Freméntii plish, branching stemsand smooth, thickish, 
Pink light green leaves, purplish on the under 
<coiale side. The flowers are nearly an inch 
California 
across, with a hairy calyx and bright 
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