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Tne purple aster, Eticephahu UdophyUus (fig. 16), is frequently 

 found here. It has tall leafy stem-, leaves pubesoenl on the under- 

 side. The ray flowers are pinkish purple. It grows bo abundantly 

 that in favored localities t ho ground is covered with the plants 



Pig 15 Shooting star D 



Color of flower, pink: height of plant, C to 10 inches: blooms July and August. 

 1' holograph by Aaahel Carl 



with head touching head, swaying in unison to the least breath <>f 

 wind. 



Here, also, grows the elephant's trunk, Pediculari8 groenlandica 

 (a. It has pinnately parted leaves, coiled beak, and dull pur- 

 ple flowers, Tne peculiar resemblance of it-, beak to the trunk of 

 an elephant gives it it> popular name. Tne chief interest in this 

 plant lies in it- oddness and not in the brilliancy of it> color, likc^ 

 just mentioned. Tne <<>tt"n grass, Eriophorum pclygtachyon, 



