I12 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
ovate or obovate; damp sandy places, very rare ; Ticino, 
Lombardy, Pyrenees. 
4. TELEPHIUM, L. 
Leaves alternate; sepals 5 ; petals 5, white, as long as 
the sepals; stamens 5, styles 3. Not alpine. 
T. Imperatt, L.; flowers white, in crowded clusters at 
the ends of the branches; stem leafy, leaves ovate, glau- 
cous; rocky places, rare; Valais, Pyrenees. 
6 SCLERANTHUS,: de: 
Leaves opposite, connate; calyx funnel-shaped, 4—5- 
lobed, green; petals 0; stamens 5, hypogynous; stigmas 
2. Erect weeds in cultivated land; not alpine. 
S. perennis, L.; perennial, calyx-lobes with broad 
white margin; and S. annuus, L.; annual (as the rest), 
calyx-lobes with narrow membranous margin, flowers axil- 
lary; both very common. S. verticzllatus, Tausch.; flowers 
smaller, calyx-lobes almost without a membranous 
margin; grassy places. S. collinus, Horng.; flowers in 
clusters at the joints of the stem, stem not much branched ; 
open hill-sides. 
Crass IV.—MONOCHLAM VDE or 
INCOMPLYS 7a. 
Corolla wanting or petals very minute ; flowers usually 
unisexual, and either moncecious or dicecious, generally 
inconspicuous. Orders LXIX.—LXXXIII. 
