MENZIES PENTSTEMON 



Pentstemon men'^ksii Hooker 



While we were driving along the motor road in Rainier National 

 Park near Paradise Valley, our attention was attracted by a conspic- 

 uous outcrop of gray rock. Near the top of this broken rock-pile ap- 

 peared clumps of pink flowers, which proved to be the pentstemon 

 named in honor of the Scotch explorer Menzies. The lovely flowers 

 appear to best advantage when growing in crevices with the gray 

 rocks behind them. 



The pentstemons belong to the Figwort Family. This species is 

 found only in Washington and British Columbia. 



PLATE 319 



