52 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



elliptical, often tinged with red; rare; Engadine. A. 

 serpyllifolia^ L., is a very common plant in the lowlands ; 

 and A. leptoclados^ Giiss., a more delicate plant, with 

 smaller flowers and narrower sepals, in the South. 



D. Petals longer than sepals, usually tinged with red ; 

 capsule cylindrical: — A. purpurascens^ Ram.; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, glabrous or ciliate ; Pyrenees, abundant. 



i6. Alsine, Wahl. 



Petals 5, rarely 4, entire or slightly notched ; stamens 

 5, 8, or 10; styles usually 3; capsule 3-valved. Caespi- 

 tose or procumbent plants, usually with linear or linear- 

 lanceolate leaves ; mostly alpine. 



A. Leaves roundish, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or lanceo- 

 late: — A, aretioideSj M.K. {cherlerioides, Schrad., herni- 

 arioideSy Riou) ; plant forming a dense tuft, sepals and 

 petals 4 , stamens 8 ; very high ; Switzerland. A. lanceo- 

 lata, M.K. {Facchinialanceolata, Rchb., Stellaria mpestrisy 

 Scop.), densely csespitose, sepals and petals 5, stamens 

 10; high; Switzerland, Tirol, Dauphiny, Carinthia. A. 

 cei'astifolia, Fnzl. ; flower-stalk 2-flowered, corolla often 

 light pink ; Pyrenees. 



B. Leaves linear or subulate ; petals about one-third as 

 long as sepals : — A.Jacquiniy Koch ; flowers in fascicles; 

 hill-sides ; Switzerland, Jura, Tirol. 



C. Leaves linear or subulate ; petals about as long as 

 sepals : — A. mucronatay L. {rostratay Koch) ; caespitose, 

 flowers in a terminal corymb, sepals white ; high ; South- 

 ern Switzerland, Tirol. A. strictay Whlb. {uliginosay 

 Schleich.) ; plant glabrous, flowers 3-5, flower-stalk very 

 elongated ; peat-swamps ; Jura, rare. A. recurvay Whlb. ; 



