I04 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



common. 5. arachnoides^ Sternb. ; stem prostrate, plant 

 covered with long white arachnoid hairs, leaves all 

 radical ; Tirol, rare. 



C. Flowers yellowish-white or greenish-white : — S. 

 hieraciifolia^ W.K. ; flowers in a dense spike, light green 

 with purple edge, bracts leaf -like, leaves all radical, 

 ovate-lanceolate, entire ; Styria, rare. 6". bryoides, L. ; 

 stem 1-2 in. high, i-2-flowered, leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 with foliaceous buds in their axils ; high ; Alps. 6". 

 aspera, L. ; a larger plant, with more numerous flowers, 

 and the foliaceous buds larger ; high ; Alps, Pyrenees. 

 5. Seguieri, Spreng. ; caespitose, leaves spathulate, stem 

 usually I -flowered, downy, petals oblong-linear, as long 

 as calyx-teeth ; glaciers, rare ; Switzerland, Tirol. S. 

 pygnicea^ Haw. ; densely caespitose, leaves fleshy, entire, 

 those of the barren shoots linear, petals oval; high; 

 local. 5. Aisoon, L. (PI. 38); stem branched, 4-6 in., 

 glandular-hairy, petals green or white, radical leaves in 

 rosettes, thick, glabrous, ligulate, bordered with a row of 

 pits ; rocky places ; Alps, Jura, Vosges. 



D. Flowers white, with red or yellow spots, or other- 

 wise variegated : — 5. umbrosa^ L., London Pride ; stem 

 6-12 in., branched, leafless, radical leaves nearly orbicular, 

 narrowed into the leaf-stalk, crenate, flowers small, petals 

 with red and yellow spots ; Pyrenees. 6". hirsuta, L. 

 (including Geztm, L.); more hairy, leaves more sharply 

 toothed ; Pyrenees. 5. rotundifolia^ L. ; radical leaves 

 cordate-reniform, stem-leaves not cordate, shortly stalked, 

 stem 8-12 in., much branched, petals narrow, spotted; 

 woods, common. vS. cu7ieifolia, L. (including subintegray 

 Ser.) ; leaves glabrous, cuneate, crowded, thick, flowering 

 stem branched, leafless, petals usually with one yellow 



