76 SWISS FLOWERS. 



family. [Pastures of the Alps: Zermatt,Mont Trelod, Chaine 

 des Aravis. 



C. Cenisia (Fig. 57) is in size and colour much more like 

 the Hairbell, but very different from it in its growth. 

 Found only among the very high mountains, it roots in 

 some gritty chink, and flowers so thickly as to present a 

 mass of blossoms, though each stem, which rises about an 

 inch from the ground, bears only one. The flower opens 

 rather broadly, and is somewhat deeply divided; the pistil 

 is very prominent, with its threefold summit. The root- 

 leaves are stalked, hairy, roundish, and the plant has many 

 runners underground. Mont Cenis, whence it is named ; 

 on the heights of the granite Alps : Mont Fully, Proz de 

 Bagnes, Saas- Valley. 



58. Arbutus. 



(PLATE XXXV.) 

 When we think longingly of the wild flowers of Switzer- 

 land, it may console us to remember that we have two, 

 and those very attractive ones, in which they are wanting, 

 the Foxglove and the Heath. It is true there are Foxgloves 

 in Switzerland, but they are yellowish, or cream-coloured, 

 quite inferior to the noble purple spike which borders our 

 meadows, and raises its head on our hill-sides and by the 



