io6 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



Savoy, Mont Cenis, rare. 6". squarrosa^ L. ; stem 1-3 

 in., few-flowered, glandular-hairy, rosette -leaves erect, 

 blunt, flowers sometimes yellowish ; Tirol, Carniola, 

 frequent. 6'. Bu7'serianay L. ; very caespitose, stem 

 usually I -flowered, glandular-hairy, flowers large, white, 

 sometimes with red veins, petals crenulate, calyx half- 

 superior, reddish, leaves subulate, ending in a sharp 

 spine ; dry places ; Alps. S. Vandellii, Sternb. ; very 

 caespitose, stem 2-9-flowered, densely glandular-hairy, 

 flowers large, milk-white, petals obovate-cuneate, much 

 longer than the calyx, leaves linear-oblong, mucron- 

 ate ; Switzerland, Tirol, rare. 5. tombeanensis, Boiss. ; 

 densely caespitose, stem 1-3-flowered, glandular-hairy, 

 flowers very large, petals obovate-cuneate, 3-4 times as 

 long as calyx-teeth, leaves ovate-lanceolate, ending in a 

 soft spine; Tirol, rare (Monte Baldo). S. longifolia^ 

 Lap. ; a very remarkable and distinct plant, with the 

 flowers in a very large pyramidal panicle, 6-18 in. high, 

 radical leaves very numerous, linear, coriaceous ; Pyre- 

 nees. 5. lingulata. Bell. ; resembling the last, but a more 

 glabrous plant, with narrow petals and fewer flowers ; 

 Pyrenees. 5. Lantoscuna, Boiss. ; also an aUied species, 

 but with shorter and broader leaves and fewer flowers ; 

 Maritime Alps. 



F. Flowers usually white; leaves without calcareous 

 pits: — »S. controversa, Sternb. (/^/r<^^. Gaud.; Bellardii^ 

 All.) ; a small annual plant resembling tridactylites^ but 

 more robust, and with somewhat larger flowers; Alps, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 5. cernuay L. ; flowers usually 

 solitary, drooping, stem leafy, leaves all palmately 5-7- 

 lobed, the upper ones bearing bulbs in their axils. wS. 

 geranioides, L. ; flowers large, pure white, numerous, 



