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leaves lanceolate, flowers pale purple, sepals lanceolate- 
oblong; meadows, common. C. alpinum, DC.; flowers 
pink or lilac, sepals linear-elliptic, leaves linear-lanceolate ; 
Valais, Ticino, Savoy, Tirol, Piedmont, Dauphiny. 
2. BULBOCODIUM, L. 
Perianth-segments spreading, united at the throat by 
small scales; stamens 6; styles 3, united nearly to the 
summit. 
B. vernum, L. (Pl. 117); flowers pink or white, ap- 
pearing with the lanceolate concave leaves; meadows, 
rare; Valais, Savoy, Piedmont, Dauphiny. 
3. MERENDERA, Ram. 
Resembling Sulbocodium, but styles distinct. 
M. Bulbocodium, Ram.; flowers pink, perianth-segments 
distinct nearly to the base, leaves linear, not appearing 
with the flowers; pastures, Pyrenees. 
4. VERATRUM, L. 
Flowers in branched panicles, sometimes unisexual ; 
stem leafy, springing from a creeping rhizome; leaves 
oval, with very strong nerves. 
V. album, L. (including Lodelzanum, Bernh.) ; flowers 
white or greenish, perianth-segments longer than the 
flower-stalk, leaves downy beneath; pastures, frequent. 
V. nigrum, L.; flowers very dark red, perianth-segments 
not longer than flower-stalk, leaves glabrous; rare, Ticino, 
Carniola, Styria. 
