94 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



common. P. micrantha, Ram., resembling the last, but 

 flowers sometimes pinkish, stem-leaves simple, no stolons ; 

 hedge-banks. P. splendens, Ram. ; flowers large, solitary, on 

 long stalks, leaves covered beneath with silky hairs ; Pyr- 

 enees. The following are alpine or sub-alpine : — P. caules- 

 ce?zs, L. ; flowers large, stem many-flowered, leaflets 5-7, 

 nearly sessile, silky, ciliate, filaments villous ; rocky ; Alps, 

 Jura, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. P. petiolulatay Gaud. ; resem- 

 bhng the last, but less silky, leaflets stalked ; rare ; Saleve. 

 P. Clusiana, Jacq. ; stem usually 3 -flowered, leaves woolly 

 beneath, filaments glabrous ; rare ; Tirol, Carinthia, Styria. 

 P. rupestrisy L. ; radical leaves pinnate, upper of 3 leaflets, 

 flowers numerous, in corymbose cymes, stem 12-18 in. ; 

 Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees. P. grammopetala, Mor. ; 

 leaves all of 3 leaflets, petals narrow, plant viscous- villous ; 

 very rare ; Grisons. P, alba, L. ; radical leaves pinnate, 

 stem-leaves few, of 3 leaflets or simple, flowers large, in 

 I -5 -flowered cymes ; Switzerland (rare). Jura, Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees. P. nivalis, Lap. ; flowers numerous, large, 

 dirty white, all the leaves pinnate or digitate, plant very 

 hairy ; high ; Pyrenees, Dauphiny, P. alchemilloides, 

 Lap. ; resembling the last, but stiH more silky, stipules 

 acuminate, amplexicaul; Pyrenees. 



D. Flowers pink : — P. nitida, L. (PI. 32) ; plant csespi- 

 tose, stem usually i -flowered, few-leaved, radical leaves 

 of 3 leaflets, covered with silky hairs ; high ; Jura, Car- 

 niola, Carinthia, Tirol, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



E. Flowers yellow ; sepals and petals 5 each ; leaves all 

 of 3 leaflets ; alpine plants : — P. nivea, L. ; leaves tomen- 

 tose, snow-white beneath from a coat of silky hairs ; very 

 high; Southern Switzerland, Tirol, Dauphiny, rare. P. 

 grandiflora, L. ; flowers large, stem erect, 4-8 in., leaflets 



