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S. italica^ Pers., with small fragrant white or light pink 

 flowers, hairy stem, and narrow ciliated leaves; and S. 

 linicola^ GrmL, a weed among flax. 

 The following are alpine species : — 



A. Flowers white or slightly coloured : — ^. alpina, 

 Thom. {inflata^ var. maritima^ With.), csespitose, flowers 

 large, calyx swollen ; closely resembling 6". inflata^ 

 but with darker anthers and more fleshy leaves; com- 

 mon at high altitudes. 5. alpestris, Jacq. ; stem some- 

 what viscid, branched, petals 4-toothed, calyx glan- 

 dular-hairy, leaves lanceolate, coriaceous; Switzerland, 

 Tirol, Carniola, frequent. 5. guadrifida, L. ; petals 

 4-toothed, stem viscid above, leaves linear; Switzer- 

 land, Pyrenees, frequent. 5. rupestris, L. ; petals 

 notched, milk-white, sometimes reddish, twice as long 

 as calyx, leaves broadly lanceolate ; frequent. 5. saxi- 



fragaj L. ; stem 4-6 in. high ; petals deeply bifid, green- 

 ish or reddish beneath, calyx glabrous; Switzerland, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees, rare. S. paradoxa, L. ; inflores- 

 cence pyramidal, flowers nocturnal and fragrant, petals 

 bipartite, stem viscid above ; Dauphiny. 



B, Flowers pink or red, rarely white : — 5. Pumtlio, 

 Wulf. ; flowers large, solitary, petals undivided, calyx 

 elongate-campanulate, reddish, hairy; Eastern Switzer- 

 land, at high altitudes. vS. Elisabethcs, Jan. ; flowers 

 few, large, stem simple, downy, erect, petals obcordate, 

 deeply bilobed, lobes sharply toothed, leaves broadly 

 lanceolate ; Tirol, rare. vS. pudibunda, Hofl". ; petals 

 4-toothed, overlapping, leaves broadly linear; Switzer- 

 land, rare. 6". valesia, L. ; flowers solitary or very 

 few, large, petals bifid, calyx very elongated, pubes- 

 cent; rare; Monte Rosa, Great St. Bernard, Dauphiny. 



