2 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



achencs or follicles. Abundant throughout the temperate 

 and colder parts of the globe. 



Tribe ClExM ATIDE.^. — Sepals valvate, coloured. Shrubs 

 with opposite leaves. Genera I, 2. 



I. Clematis, L. 



Corolla o; sepals green or white (in European species), 

 usually 4. 



The Swiss species are C. Vitalba^ L., the Traveller's 

 Joy or Old Man's Beard of our hedges, and C. recta, L., 

 an erect shrub, with white sepals, hairy at the edge only, 

 growing in thickets. C. Flavimula, L., a cHmbing species 

 with white scented flowers, occurs also in the Mediterranean 

 Alps, and in Styria. 



2. Atragene, L. 



Petals numerous, minute ; sepals large, lilac. 



A. alpma, L. (PI. i), the only species, a beautiful 

 climbing shrub, with large lilac flowers, rarely white, 

 occurs in bushy places in the Alps, Carpathians, and 

 Eastern Pyrenees. 



Tribe ANEMONES. — Sepals imbricate ; fruit com- 

 posed of achenes, each with i pendulous seed. Herbs. 

 Genera 3-6. 



3. Thalictrum, L. 



Sepals imbricate; petals o; fruit a small head of achenes. 



The following species are alpine or sub-alpine : — 

 T. aquilegifoliunty L. ; a beautiful plant with stalked 

 carpels, conspicuous violet or Hlac stamens, and thrice- 

 ternate leaves ; frequent in bushy places ; T. alpinum, L. ; 

 a small high-alpine plant, with the flowers in a simple 



