4 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



B. Flowers solitary ; sepals white, or pink on the out- 

 side ; involucral bracts usually resembling the leaves : 

 A. baldensis, L. ; style of fruit short, not feathery, sepals 

 hairy beneath, usually 9; Alps, Pyrenees, Dauphiny. A. 

 sylvestris, L. ; calyx hairy, leaves 5 -partite, carpels very 

 woolly, style not feathery; Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A. 

 trifolia, L. ; sepals glabrous beneath, usually 6, style 

 not feathery ; Tirol, Carinthia. A . alpina, L. (PL 2) ; 

 style of fruit long, feathery, sepals 6-9, lanceolate; 

 common. A. Burseriana, Scop.; resembling the last, 

 but sepals broadly ovate, usually 7 ; frequent. 



C. Sepals purple or violet : A. Halleri, All. ; flower 

 solitary, lilac, whole plant covered with long silky hairs ; 

 local; Nicolaithal, Dauphiny. A. vernalis, L. ; flowers 

 light violet or nearly white, solitary, involucral leaves 

 sessile, united into a sheath. A. montana, Hoppe ; 

 flowers solitary, dark violet, drooping, leaves glabrous, 

 with linear lobes; local. A. hortensis, L. ; the origin of 

 our garden Anemone; flowers variable in colour, erect, 

 sepals glabrous outside, carpels woolly ; Pyrenees. 



D. Flowers yellow: A. sulphured, L. ; flowers soli- 

 tary, sulphur-yellow, style of fruit long, feathery; high 

 Alps. A. ranunculoides, L. ; flowers 1-3, small, yellow, 

 sepals 5-8, pubescent, plant glabrous; Jura, Dauphiny, 

 Vosges, Pyrenees. 



E. Flowers small, blue, leaves 3-lobed : A. Hepatic^ 

 L., the Hepatica ; Alps, Jura, Pyrenees. 



5. ADONIS, L. 



Petals 5-16, conspicuous ; leaves divided into very 

 narrow segments. Not alpine. 



