lo THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



A. Spur of the petals rolled up at the apex: — Our 

 English Columbine, A. vulgaris^ L., is common through- 

 out Switzerland and Pyrenees. A variety, A. atrata, 

 Koch, with dark violet flowers, is found in bushy places 

 in the Alps. A, Hcenkeana, Koch, with very large violet 

 flowers, is a native of Carinthia, Carniola, and Tirol. 



B. Spur of petals straight or slightly curved: — A, 

 alpiiiay L., resembling A. vulgaris ^ but with larger 

 flowers, is rare in bushy places in Switzerland, Dauphin}^ 

 and Pyrenees. A. pyrenaica, DC. (PL 4), with a slender 

 spur and smaller leaves, is a native of Pyrenees and 

 Southern Switzerland. A. Einseleana, Y: Schultz, with 

 viscid stem and hairy spur; and A. thalictrifolia, Sch. 

 and K., with glabrous spur and linear-lanceolate leaf- 

 segments, are rare plants in Tirol, and the former also in 

 Carinthia. 



15. Delphinium, L. 



Flowers irregular; sepals and petals coloured and 

 spurred. 



D. elatiivif L., with azure-blue sepals, rough grey 

 petals with a long narrow spur, and 3-4 carpels, is 

 found locally in dry sub-alpine meadows in Switzerland 

 and Pyrenees ; and D. tirokftse, Kern., with dark blue 

 sepals and petals and narrower leaf-segments, in Northern 

 Tirol. Our English Larkspur, D. Consolida, L., with one 

 carpel, is a cornfield weed in Switzerland ; and several 

 other species in Pyrenees. 



16. ACONITUM, L. 



Flowers irregular ; sepals and petals coloured ; dorsal 

 sepal large, hooded ; petals small, clawed. 



