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plant glandular-hairy, flowers 1-3, flower-stalk short, 

 leaves linear, thick, reflexed ; high, frequent. A. verna^ 

 Bartl. (PL 21), {Gerardi. Whlb., nivalis, Fnzl.) ; csespitose, 

 plant glandular-hairy, flowers more numerous, leaves flat ; 

 Jura, Pyrenees. 



D. Leaves linear or subulate; petals ij to twice as 

 long as sepals: — A. laricifolia^ Crntz. {striata, Gren.); 

 flowers large (J-J in.), sepals Hnear, oblong, obtuse, 

 calyx not glandular, capsule as long as calyx ; Alps, Jura, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A. liniflora, Heg. ; flowers large, 

 sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, calyx glandular, capsule 

 longer than sepals; Jura. A. biflora, Whlb.; sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, flower-stalk 1-2-flowered, flower 

 about J in. ; Southern Switzerland, Tirol, very rare. 

 A. austi'iaca, M.K. ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 flower- stalk very long, 2-flowered; Tirol, Styria, Car- 

 niola, Carinthia. A. Vi/larsii, M.K. ; sepals linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute, flower-stalk very long, 3-7-flowered ; Southern 

 Switzerland, Carinthia, Dauphiny, Pyrenees, rare. 



A/sine tenui/olia, Crntz., a very slender plant, with 

 petals half as long as sepals, is generally distributed 

 through the lowlands ; and A. viscosa, Schreb., covered 

 with a glandular pubescence, is occasional in sandy 

 places. 



17. Cherleria, L. 



Petals 5, very narrow or o; stamens 10; sepals united 

 at the base. 



C. sedoides, L. {Alsine Cherleriy Fnzl.); densely caespi- 

 tose, leaves linear, trigonous, flowers small, sessile, 

 petals green or often wanting ; very high ; Alps, Pyrenees, 

 Carpathians, frequent. 



