The Geranium, like the Alfilaria, has a fruit resembling the long beak of the crane or stork. The flowers are bright pink, red or purple, while the plants closely resemble those of the White Geranium. The latter, however, grows usually along brook-banks and in wet meadows, while the Red Geranium occurs on dry foothills, gravel-slides and in pine woods at 5000-10000 ft. Both Geraniums bloom from late spring to midsummer. FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY Fringe Cup Allionia linearis Plate 8, fig. 1 The purple flowers of the Fringe Cup open late in the afternoon and wither as they close in the heat of the sun the next morning. As with most red and blue flowers, albino forms are sometimes found. The plants are 2-5 ft. in height and may be found in bloom all summer on prairies, foothills and gravel-slides at 4000-9000 ft. Four O’Clock Mirabilis multiflora Plate 8, fig. 2 This plant resembles the Four O’Clock of the garden, but the flowers are much larger. It also opens late in the afternoon and withers the next morning. The large rose-red blossoms grow on plants 1-2 ft. high and usually densely clustered. They are found on the plains and foothills at 4000-7000 ft. [Illustration: Plate 8 FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY 1 Fringe Cup: Allionia linearis 2 Four O’Clock: Mirabilis multiflora GOOSEFOOT FAMILY 3 Strawberry Blite: Chenopodium capitatum BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 4 Lady’s Thumb, Heart’s Ease: Polygonum pennsilvanicum 5 Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum Jamesii 8 Crimson Wings: Rumex venosus PINK FAMILY 6 Alpine Pink, Moss Campion: Silene acaulis 7 Cow Pink: Saponaria vaccaria] GOOSEFOOT FAMILY Strawberry Blite Chenopodium capitatum Plate 8, fig. 3 The flowers of the Strawberry Blite are very tiny, but are clustered together into conspicuous spikes, usually a brilliant red in color, though they may vary from greenish to purple. The plants generally grow along brook-banks in fir and spruce forests at 6000-10000 ft. and bloom from late spring to midsummer. BUCKWHEAT FAMILY Lady’s Thumb, Heart’s Ease Polygonum pennsilvanicum Plate 8, fig. 4