Planche 18. 



Fig. }. Linaigrette de Scheuchzer. 



Lieui marecaseux, de 1800 k 2650 m. 



Fig. 2. Trolle d'Europe (famille des Re 

 noneulacees). Calice forma d'un grand 

 nombre de sepales jaunes, petaloides ; eo- 

 rolle reduite k de petites languettes. 



Pres et päturages humides, de la region 

 raontagneuse jusqu'a 2100 m. 



Fig. 3. Eperviere orangee. Parmi les 

 Composees alpines k fleurs oranges c'est la 

 seule dont la tige ramifiee porte de nom- 

 brenx capitules. 



Päturages, gazons, de ea. 1400 k 2600 m. 



Fig. 4. Grassette des Alpes. Les feuilles 

 sont earoulees sur les bords et couvertes 

 de glandes nombreuses secretant un enduit 

 gluant, qui sert k capturer et k digerer des 

 insectes. — Les fleurs n'ont que deux öta- 

 mines et un stigmate bifide. 



Marecages, rochers humides, sources, de 

 la rögion montagneuse jusqu'k 2600 m. 



Fig. 5. Euphraisenaine. Plante annuelle, 

 ne mesurant souvent que quelques milli- 

 metres de haut. Fleurs bilabiees, k levre 

 infärieure jaune; feuilles k dents obtuses; 

 dans une variete lafleur est blanche kstries 

 violettes et porte une tache jaune sur la 

 levre inferieure. 



Päturages, humus de lOCO k 3000 m. 



Fig. 6. Renouee vivipare. Feuilles epais- 

 ses, coriaces, enroulees sur les bords; Tepi 

 porte des bulbilles dans sa partie inferieure. 



Päturages, humus, de euviron 1400 k 

 300O m. 



Plate 18. 



Fig. 1. Scheuchier's Cotton-grass. The 

 tuft of hair of this Cotton- grass acts as a 

 means of distribution for the fruits. A fas- 

 cicle of hair remains attached to each of 

 the small fruits and acts in the same way 

 as a parachute. 



Swampy places, from about 1800 lo 

 2600 m. 



Fig. 2. Mountain Globe-flower. A Ra- 

 nunculaceae whose ealyx is composed of 

 numerous yellow sepals , whereas the co- 

 rolla is reduced to small tongue-shaped 

 structures. 



Damp meadows and pastures, from the 

 mountain region up to 2100 m. 



Fig. 3. Orange Hawk-weed. This is cur 

 only orange coloured Alpine Composite with 

 numerous heads on a branched stem. 



Pastures, belts of turf, from about 1400 

 to 2600 m. 



Fig. 4. Alpine Butterwort. The leaves 

 are rolled inwards, they are covered with 

 nimierous glands which serve to catch in- 

 sects and to digest and absorb their prey. 

 The flowers have only 2 stamens which are 

 roofed over by the lobed stigma. 



Swampy, wet rocks, Springs, from the 

 mountain region up to 2600 m. 



Fig. 5. Dwarf Eye-bright. Oneofthefew 

 annual Alpine plants , often only a few 

 centimetres high. Known by its labiated 

 flower with a yellow under lip and by its 

 bluntly notched leaves; more rarely the 

 flower is white with violet stripes and with 

 k yellow spot on the under lip. 



Alpine pastures, moundsof raould, from 

 1000—3000 m. 



Fig. 6. Viviparous Alpine Bistort, Leaves 

 thick and leathery, rolled back on the mar- 

 gin. The stalk of the flower bears on its 

 under part pointed gemules (these form 

 one mode of asexual propagation) instead 

 of flowers. 



Alpine pastures, beds of mould, from 

 about 1400 — 3000 m. (often washed down in- 

 to the plains). 



