Planche 4. 



Plantes alpines de haute 

 taille. 



Fig. 1. Gentiane pourpre. .Se distiiigue 

 des autres Geutianes des Alpes par la cou- 

 leur rouge de ses fleurs, et par son caliee 

 fendu d'un cöte. 



Päturages, gazons, eadroits pierreux, 

 de IGOO k 2700 m. 



Fig. 2. Gentiane ponctuee. Facile ä re- 

 connaiti-e ä la corolle jaune pale tachetee 

 de Points noirätres. 



Localites de la preeedente, de 1500 k 

 2800 lu. 



Fig. 3. Gentiane jaune. Plante luxu- 

 riante, tige atteignante uu nietre de hauteur ; 

 feuilles larges, profondement sillonees ; co- 

 rolles jaunes, fendues jusqu'ä la base, par 

 qnel earactere cette gentiane differe de 

 toutes les autres. La racine sert ä la dis- 

 tillation de l'eau de vie de gentiane. 



Commune, souvent tres repandue sur les 

 paturages de la region subalpine jusque vers 

 la limite des neiges eternelles (1600a 2400m.). 



Fig. 4. Aconit Napel (famille des Re- 

 nonculacees). Corolle rudimentaire; le ca- 

 liee bleu la remplace; le sepale superieur 

 a la forme d'un casque, sous lequel sont 

 Caches deux petalcs, transformes en nec- 

 taires. 



Plante vdne'neuse, abondante surtout 

 daus les terrains riches en engrais, de 1000 

 k 2900 m. 



Fig. 5. Verätre bianc. Plante fort belle, 

 mais veueueuse et tres nuisible dans les 

 paturages. Feuilles larges et profondement 

 sillonees conmie Celles du No. 3, mais alter- 

 nantes sur la tige et uon opposees. 



Se trouve dans les paturages de 700 ä 

 2200 m. 



Plate 4. 



Hig'hg'rowing' Alpine Herbs. 



Fig. 1. Purple Gentiane. Distinguished 

 trom the other Alpine Gentians by the co- 

 lour of its flowers and by its ealyx being 

 slit open on one side. 



Pastures, „AVildheuplätze"*), stony pla- 

 ees, from 1600—2700 m. 



Fig. 2. Dotted Gentian. Easily knoAvn 

 trom all other Gentians by its yellow co- 

 rolla which is only very little slit and which 

 is almost always provided \vith blaekish 

 red dots. 



Habitat as by the preceding; from 1500 

 to 2800 m. 



Fig. 3. Yellow Gentian. A luxuriant 

 plant attaining a height of a metre and with 

 huge, deeply lurrowed, broad leaves and 

 yellow corolla" which is divided doivn to its 

 base. This last peculiarity distinguishes it 

 trom all other Gentians. The great roots 

 which are often more than a metre Ion«- 

 serve like those of the other large Gentians 

 as material for the „Gentiana-bitter" or 

 „.Tenzner". 



Conunon and generally growing in 

 large numbers together on Alpine pastures, 

 from tlie mountain region up to the snow- 

 line (1000—2400 m.). It has in some places 

 become rare by being uprooted. 



Fig. 4. Monk's-hood (or common WolPs- 

 Herne). Belong to the f;imily of Crowfoots 

 (Ranunculaceae). The blue ealyx (the corolla 

 is rudimentary) has an upper helmit-shaped 

 sepal (as expressed in the German name). 

 Below this are situated two petals which 

 are transformed into nectaries. 



A poisonous weed often growing in 

 quantities, especially in places where ma- 

 nure abounds, from about 1000—2900 m. 



Fig. 5. White false Heilebore. Astately, 

 but very injurious poisonous plant of the 

 Alpine pastures. Leaves broad and deeply 

 grooved as by the yellow Gentian, but pla- 

 ced singly, not in pairs on the stalk. It be- 

 longs to the family of Lilyworts (Liliaceae). 

 Flowers with a perigon (that is to say the 

 ealyx and corolla are alike) of 6 white 

 leaves, with 6 stamens and 3 styles. 



From the lower Alps up to the limit of 

 the mown meadows, from about 700—2200 m. 



*) There is no English word for this 

 term, it signifies a steep highly elevated 

 Belt of grass which is mown by the „Wild- 

 heuern", that is to say it is not private pro- 

 perty. 



