FIRE PENTSTEMON 



Pentstemon eatonii Gray 



The thrifty clumps of fire pentstemon growing in perfection among 

 the rocks or pendent from the sides of a canyon wall are strikingly 

 handsome. They seem to delight in the most inaccessible places, and 

 thrive in the scantiest pocket of soil, their flexible stems, two to three 

 feet long, waving in the wind. This plant is one of the showiest 

 members of the Figwort Family. 



Fire pentstemon has a comparatively narrow range in Arizona, 

 Utah, and Nevada. 



The specimens grew near Superior, Arizona. 



PLATE 394 



