loS THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



calyx-teeth cuspidate, leaves linear-subulate, cuspidate, 

 stem-leaves wnth axillar}' buds ; St3Tia ; rare. 6". plani- 

 folidy Lap. ; densely caespitose, flowers 1-5, petals obo- 

 vate, emarginate, twice as long as calj'x-teeth, leaves 

 linear-oblong, quite entire ; glaciers ; Alps, P}Tenees, 

 rare. 6". sponlionica, Gmel. ; flowers 3-9, cal^'x-teeth 

 acuminate, leaves linear, acuminate, aristate, plant slightly 

 hairy ; Jura. 6*. hyptioides, L. ; flow^ers 5-9, cah'x-teeth 

 mucronate, leaves linear, acuminate, mucronate, plant 

 caespitose, hair)-; frequent. 



Several other species are described in Floras of Svv'it- 

 zerland and P}Tenees ; but they are either slight varieties, 

 or sometimes probably h3'brids. 



2. Parnassia, L. 



Leaves entire, mostl}' radical ; flowers large, solitary ; 

 stamens alternating wath 5 large fan-shaped glandular 

 scales ; st3'les 3-4 ; capsule 3-4-valved. 



P. palustrisj L., Grass of Parnassus (PI. 39) ; flower 

 white, stem with one ovate-cordate leaf; damp places, 

 common. P. alpina, Briigg., is only a small mountain 

 variety. 



3. Zahlbruckxera, Rchb. 



Flowers small, solitary, green ; ovary 2-lobed ; capsule 

 2-celled. 



Z. paradoxa, Rchb. ; stem decumbent, lower leaves 

 cordate-reniform, 5-7-lobed, on long stalks, flowers on 

 long stalks, petals small, green, shorter than the cah^x- 

 teeth ; moist rocks ; Styria, Carinthia, Southern Tirol, 

 Lombard}', verj- rare. 



