Planche 1. 



Primevepes et Androsaces. 



Fig. 1. Primevere ä feuilles entieres. 

 Caracterisee par sa tige, portant une ou 

 deux fleursseulement, et ses feuilles entieres. 



Hauts päturages et gazons des Alpes; 

 plante fleurissant k cöt6 de la neige fon- 

 dante, de 1500 ä 2700 m. 



Fig. 2. Prlmevöre farineuse. Feuilles 

 poudreuses et blanches en dessous. 



Pres maröcageux, päturages humides, 

 de la plaine jusqu'ä 2700 m. 



Fig. 3. Primevere Auricule. Feuilles ehar- 

 nues, poudreuses sur les bords, ainsi qiie 

 les pedoncules, le calice et la gorge de la 

 corolle. 



Rochers, surtout ealcaires, de lOOO ä 

 2600 m. 



Fig. 4. Primevdre ä fleurs longues. Res- 

 semble au No. 2, mais s'en distingue par le 

 tube de la corolle qui est 3 fois plus long 

 que le calice, 



Päturages, de 1800 ä 2300 m. Rare ; En- 

 gadin, Col de Campolungo entre Faido et 

 Fusco, Ct. du Tessin. Vallee de Saas. 



Fig. 5. Primevöre fetide. 



Fig. 6. Primevere visqueuse. 



Ces deux especes diflFerent entre elles par 

 les caracteres suivants: 



No. 6. 

 3 ä 7 cm., d6- 

 passant ä peine 



No. 5. 

 Tige 10 kl5 cm., dev 



2 fois plus long 



que les feuilles. les feuilles. 

 Fleurs Poudrees ä la Non poudrees, 

 gorge de la co- corolle plutot 

 rolle, eouleur rouge, blanche 

 plutot violette, a la base. 

 aussi ä la base. 

 Capsule Plus longue que Deux fois plus 

 le calice. courte que le ca- 



lice. 



Fig. 7. Androsace ciliee. Feuilles, tiges 

 et pedoncules couverts de longs poils. 



Partout, dans le gazon et sur les rochers, 

 de 1400 a 3000 m. 



Fig. 8. Androsace carnee. Sur les ro 

 chers siliceux; assez rare. 



Valais, Vaud, de 2000 ä 3000 m. 



Fig. 9. Androsace ä feuilles obtuses. 

 Feuilles, tiges et pedoncules h poils courts. 



Hauts päturages et rochers, de 1800 k 

 3000 m. 



Plate 1. 



Primula and Androsace. 



Fig. 1. Entire-Ieaved Primula distinguished 

 by its 1—2 flowered stalk and its entire- 

 margined leaves. 



On pastures , turf , beds of mould, 

 floweriag in the vicinity of melting snow 

 in an elevation of 1500—2700 m. 



Fig. 2. Bird's-eye Primrose. Has its La- 

 tin, German and French names from the 

 easily removed coating of wax on theunder- 

 side of the leaves which appear as if sprin- 

 kled with flour. 



On marshy meadows, damp pastures, 

 from the piain up to 2700 m. 



Fig. 3. Auricula. Leaves thiek and juicy, 

 smooth, on the margin springled with Fa- 

 rina. 



On rocks especially on chalk, from 

 about 1000—2600 m. 



Fig. 4. Longtubed Primula. Most allied 

 to Bird's-eye Primrose, but with a much 

 longer coroUa-tube (3 times as long as the 

 calyx). 



On Alpine pastures from 1800—2300 m. 



Fig. 5. Stinking Primula. Grisons. 



Fig. 

 espec. 

 No. 5 and 6 are distinguished from one an 



other by the following characteristics : 



Viscous Primula. Widelyspread 

 on rocks. 



Stalk 



Flowers 



No. 5. 

 10 — 15 cm. as 

 much as double 

 as high as the 



leaves. 

 Themouthofthe 



corolla-tube 

 powdered, pur- 

 plish even at the 



No. 6. 

 3—7 cm. hardly 



protruding 

 above the leaves. 



The mouth of the 

 corolla-tube 



non-powdered, 



reddish, at the 

 base white. 



Twice a8 short 

 as the calyx. 



Seed Longer than the 



vessel calyx 



Fig. 7. Ciliated Androsace. Leaves, 

 stalks and petioles (= leaf-stalks) with tufts 

 of hair. 



Everywhere in the turf, on belts of rock 

 and on beds of mould, from 1400—3000 m. 



Fig. 8. Flesh*coloured Androsace. On 

 primary formations, somewhat rare. 



The Vallais, Vaud, from 2000—3000 m. 



Fig. 9. Blunl'leaved Androsace. Leaves, 

 stems and flowerstalks with quite short 

 hairs. 



In the turf, on roeky döbris and on the 

 mould of the aretes, from 1800—3000 m. 



