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uthern Switzerland, Savoy, Dauphiny. L. coronaria, 

 Lam. (Agrostemma coronaria, L.) ; flowers large, in a 

 loose cyme, petals pink, entire, leaves thick, lanceolate, 

 stem and leaves tomentose ; stony places ; Southern 

 Switzerland, Pyrenees, rare. L. alpina, L. (PL 20) ; 

 rs in compact cymes, petals pink, bifid; lower 



ves lanceolate, upper narrower, stem 3-6 in. high ; a 

 pitose glabrous plant; high altitudes; Switzerland, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. L. nummularia, Lap. (Petrocoptis 

 pyrenaica, Br.) ; caespitose, flowers white, in loose cymes, 

 calyx campanulate, petals entire or emarginate, wedge- 

 shaped, styles 5-6 ; rocks ; Western Pyrenees. 



8. GlTHAGO, Desf. 

 Calyx coriaceous, with leafy teeth ; petals entire, desti- 

 ite of a corona, clawed ; styles 5. Not alpine. 

 G. segetum, Desf. (Agrostemma Githago, L.) f Corn 

 :kle ; woolly, flowers large, solitary, petals light 

 irple; cultivated land. 



Tribe ALSINE^E. Sepals distinct; petals clawed, not 

 lished with a corona, usually white and small; disk 

 styles free. Genera 9-21. 



9. HOLOSTEUM, L. 



Petals jagged ; styles 3 ; capsule cylindrical, 6-valved ; 

 stem viscid. Not alpine. 



H. umbellatum, L. ; stamens often only 3, radical 

 leaves narrowly elliptic, stem nearly leafless ; walls and 

 dry places ; not common. 



