Androsace Chaiaii, Gren. et Godr., is stated by the authors of the 
species to grow near Gap, at La Baume, near Sisteron, on Mont Ventoux, 
and at Castellane in the old department of the Var. 
In the Alpes Maritimes it grows near Brianconnet, on Mont Cheiron, 
and Mont Lachen, above Séranon, and at Le Brec d’ Utelle (Ardoino), 
The general range of this species has not as yet been ascertained, but 
MM. Grenier and Godron thought that they recognised in a plant, sent 
by M. Fischer from southern Siberia, the true A. Chaivit! The annual, 
or at most biennial, growth of this plant readily distinguishes it from 
those species which, like A. lactea, L., for example, form branched and 
matted tufts of rosettes. A. septentrionalis, L., and A. elongata, L., approach 
A. Chaixii very closely, but appear to be separated from it by the character 
of the calyx, which is not enlarged round the fruit, and the more pubescent 
habit of their peduncles and pedicels. 
EXPLANATION oF PLarE LXXXV.—Fig. 1, calyx, pedicel, and bract, 
magnified, Fig. 2, calyx enclosing the dehiscent capsule, of the natural 
size, and fig. 3, the same, magnified. Fig. 4, dehiscent capsule, magnified. 
Fig. 5, a seed of the natural size, and figs. 6 and 7, the same magnified. 
Figs. 8 and 9, involucral bracts magnified, Figs. 10 and 11, leaves of 
the natural size. 
