i 5 a THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



( Villarsiij DC.) ; flowers in short terminal cymes, leaves 

 6 in a whorl, very fleshy, fruit large; high; Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees. 



E. Flowers white ; stem and leaves not hispid'; leaves 

 very narrow : G. rigidum, Vill. (cinereum, Gaud. ); 

 resembling Mollugo, but the leaves linear-subulate; 

 Switzerland, very rare. G. alpicola, Jord. ; cyme narrow, 

 pyramidal, leaves 8-9 in a whorl, linear, mucronate, re- 

 flexed, stem somewhat hispid towards the summit ; high ; 

 Dauphiny. S. intertextum, Jord.; cyme broad, spread- 

 ing, leaves 7-9 in a whorl, linear, mucronate, reflexed, 

 somewhat warty ; Dauphiny. G. argenteum, Vill. ; leaves 

 6-8 in a whorl, linear, covered with silvery glands, stem 

 flexuose ; high ; Dauphiny. G. pusillum } L. (pumilwn\ 

 Lam. ; hypnoides, Vill.) ; cyme short, leaves linear, with 

 a long awn, sometimes hispid, plant caespitose ; Pyrenees, 

 Styria. G. ccespitosum. Ram. ; very caespitose ; flowers in 

 small cymes, almost hidden among the leaves, leaves 6-8 

 in a whorl, linear, awned; Pyrenees. G. pyrenaicum, 

 Gou. ; caespitose, flower-stalks shorter than the leaves, 

 I -flowered, leaves 6 in a whorl, linear, with long awns; 

 Pyrenees. G. margaritaceum, Kern.; Southern Tirol; 

 and baldense, Spreng., Switzerland, rare ; probably belong 

 to this section, but are insufficiently described. 



F. Flowers white, with a distinct tube : G. glaucum, 

 L. ; leaves 6-8 in a whorl, linear, flowers in long-stalked 

 cymes ; stony places ; Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



3. ASPERULA, L. 



Flowers very small, white, blue, or pink, in axillary 

 or terminal cymes ; calyx-limb 4-toothed ; corolla funnel- 

 or bell-shaped, 4-lobed ; stamens 4. Not alpine. 



