Jacob’s Ladder doubtless receives its name from the ladder-like leaves. The flowers are delicately blue with white tubes and are clustered on graceful stems a foot tall or less. They may be found in spruce forests on the mountains at 8000-14000 ft. and bloom in summer, often so abundantly as to form a blue carpet on the forest floor. Tiny Trumpet Collomia linearis Plate 19, fig. 7 The tiny white to reddish flowers of this plant may easily be overlooked on account of their size. They are grouped on stems which vary from a few inches to about 3 ft. in height, and grow in dry and sandy soil at 4000-9000 ft. They come into bloom in the spring and blossom throughout the summer. BORAGE FAMILY Chiming Bells Mertensia sibirica Plate 21, fig. 1 The very graceful drooping clusters of Chiming Bells vary through delicate shades of blue and pink. The plants grow 2-5 ft. tall and are found blooming all summer long in fir and spruce forests and along shady streams at 6000-13000 ft. Golden Borage Krynitzkia leucophaea Plate 21, fig. 2 The yellow or yellowish flowers of the Golden Borage are clustered at the ends of stems 4-10 in. high. They bloom in spring and early summer and are found on hills at 3000-7000 ft. Puccoon Lithospermum multiflorum Plate 21, fig. 3 The bright yellow flowers of the Puccoon hang in dense clusters from tips of stems 1-3 ft. high. They occur on hills and mountains and in canyons at 6000-10000 ft. and bloom in spring and early summer. The botanical name means “stone seed” and refers to the mature seeds which are hard, white and shining. The French call this plant the “Plante aux Perles” since the ripe seeds resemble pearls. Forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris Plate 21, fig. 4 This rare little flower is the true Forget-me-not and is widely cultivated in gardens. The blossoms are blue, pink or white and grow in clusters on stems 4-10 in. high, in mountain meadows at 9000-12000 ft. They are very fragrant and bloom from spring throughout the summer. [Illustration: Plate 21 BORAGE FAMILY 1 Chiming bells: Mertensia sibirica 2 Golden Borage: Krynitzkia leucophaea 3 Puccoon: Lithospermum multiflorum 4 Forget-me-not: Myosotis alpestris 5 Alpine Forget-me-not: Mertensia alpina 7 Comfrey: Symphytum officinale 8 Dwarf Forget-me-not: Eritrichium argenteum 9 Stickseed: Lappula floribunda WATERLEAF FAMILY 6 Purple Fringe: Phacelia sericea] Alpine Forget-me-not Mertensia alpina