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violet beneath, upper part of scape and flower-stalks 

 downy; bushy pastures, local; Tirol, Carinthia, Styria, 

 Carpathians, Salzburg, Pyrenees. 5. pyrolcefolia^ S. and 

 K, ; leaves roundish, crenate, coriaceous, dark green, leaf- 

 stalk very long, stem and flower-stalk glabrous ; Carniola. 



B. Flowers solitary or in pairs; style shorter than 

 corolla : — S. minima^ Hoppe (PI. 80) ; flowers pale lilac, 

 bell-shaped, corolla slit to \ its length, leaves small, 

 nearly round, quite entire, thick and shining ; very high ; 

 Orisons, Tirol, Carniola, Carinthia, Styria. 6*. pusillciy 

 Baumg. ; corolla slit to about J its length, without scales, 

 violet, funnel-shaped, leaves cordate-reniform, somewhat 

 sinuate, leaf-stalk glandular; very high, local; Switzer- 

 land, Tirol, Carinthia, Styria, Carpathians, Salzburg. 



6. Cyclamen, L. 



Flowers large, solitary, nodding, on leafless scapes, 

 which are coiled spirally after flowering; corolla 5-lobed, 

 lobes reflexed; stamens 5 ; seed-vessel a 5-valved cap- 

 sule with reflexed valves ; leaves all radical, undivided ; 

 root-stock tuberous. 



C. europcBunij L. ; flowers fragrant, corolla pink or 

 purple, rarely white, not toothed, leaves roundish-ovate, 

 cordate or reniform, sinuate-crenate, root-stock globular; 

 this beautiful plant is found occasionally on stony bushy 

 hill-sides in Switzerland, Jura. C. iieapolitanum^ Ten. ; 

 flowers scentless, throat of corolla toothed ; stony bushy 

 hill-sides; Valais, very rare. C. repandu7n, Sm. (PI. 81); 

 flower red, longer than that of C. europcemn^ throat of 

 corolla not toothed, leaves cordate - ovate, somewhat 

 angular, root-stock elongated ; Pyrenees. 



