The blossoms of the Yellow Primrose grow in pairs in the axils of the leaves and bloom in summer. The plants are 2-5 ft. high and grow in grassy meadows and along streams at 3000-8000 ft. Primrose Primula Parryi Plate 16, fig. 3 The red-purple blossoms of this Primrose grow in large, loose clusters on stems 6 in.-2 ft. tall. The plants are strong-scented and are found hidden away in alpine rock-clefts or along subalpine torrents at 9000-14000 ft. They bloom in early and midsummer and have a fragrance very like musk. The flowers are large and resemble those of the cultivated primroses. Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia Plate 16, fig. 4 The Shooting Stars vary in color from pale pink to deep bright reddish-purple, and occasionally white ones are found. They hang downward in loose clusters from the tips of leafless reddish stems, 6-20 in. tall, and bloom in early and midsummer. They occur along brook-banks and in wet meadows at 5000-12000 ft. [Illustration: Plate 16 PRIMROSE FAMILY 1 Bird’s-eye Primrose: Primula farinosa 2 Yellow Primrose: Steironema ciliatum 3 Primrose: Primula Parryi 4 Shooting Star: Dodecatheon meadia 5 Rock Jasmine: Androsace chamaejasme 6 Fairy Primrose: Primula angustifolia 8 Seawort: Glaux maritima 9 Douglas Primrose: Douglasia montana WINTERGREEN FAMILY 7 Wintergreen: Pirola uliginosa HEATH FAMILY 10 Bearberry, Kinnikinnic: Arctostaphylus uva-ursi] Rock Jasmine Androsace chamaejasme Plate 16, fig. 5 The tiny Rock Jasmine carpets alpine gravel-slides with its moss-like leaves or hides shyly away in alpine rock-clefts at 10000-14000 ft. The flowers are white and primrose-like, with pink or yellow centers, and they often turn pink as they wither. They grow in tiny clusters at the tips of dwarf stems 1-3 in. high. The flowers are fragrant and bloom from early to midsummer. Fairy Primrose Primula angustifolia Plate 16, fig. 6 The Fairy Primrose is another alpine dwarf, growing but a few inches high in meadows at 10000-14000 ft. The reddish-purple flower with yellow center is usually solitary at the tip of the stem and blossoms in early summer, which is of course spring at these altitudes. Seawort Glaux maritima Plate 16, fig. 8