2 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



achenes or follicles. Abundant throughout the temperate 

 and colder parts of the globe. 



Tribe Clematide^e. — Sepals valvate, coloured. Shrubs 

 with opposite leaves. Genera i, 2. 



I. Clematis, L. 



Corolla o; sepals green orwhite^(in European species), 

 usually 4. 



The Swiss species are C. Vitalba^ L., the Traveller's 

 Joy or Old Man's Beard of our hedges, and C. recta^ L., 

 an erect shrub, with white sepals, hairy at the edge only, 

 growing in thickets. C, Flaimnula, L., a climbing species 

 with white scented flowers, occurs also in the Mediterranean 

 Alps, and in Styria. 



2. Atragene, L. 



Petals numerous, minute ; sepals large, lilac. 



A, alpinuy L. (PI. i), the only species, a beautiful 

 climbing shrub, with large lilac flowers, rarely white, 

 occurs in bushy places in the Alps, Carpathians, and 

 Eastern Pyrenees. 



Tribe AnemONE^E. — Sepals imbricate ; fruit com- 

 posed of achenes, each with i pendulous seed. Herbs, 

 Genera 3-6. 



3. Thalictrum, L. 



Sepals imbricate; petals o; fruit a small head of achenes. 



The following species are alpine or sub-alpine : — 

 T. aquilegifoliumy L. ; a beautiful plant with stalked 

 carpels, conspicuous violet or lilac stamens, and thrice- 

 ternate leaves ; frequent in bushy places ; T. alpinuiUy L. ; 

 a small high-alpine plant, with the flowers in a simple 



