FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. 
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broad strongly veined and creased leaves. It is always a plant of 
marked interest to the tourist, not only on account of its color but on 
Fig. 26.—Monkey flower (Mimulus alpinus ). 
Color of flower, yellow; height of plant, 1 to \\ inches; blooms July and August. 
Photograph by A. H. Barnes. 
account of its size and peculiar robust mode of growth among plants 
so slender and highly colored. 
A large number of plants contribute the yellow color to these flower 
beds. The mountain dandelion, Agoseris alpestris, is a plant closely 
