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climbing plant is usually found along the banks of the alpine 

 streams. 



ALPINE MARSH-MARIGOLD 



Caltha leptosepala. Crowfoot Family 



Stems: erect. Leaves: oblong-cordate, irregularly crenate-toothed. 

 Flowers: sepals petaloid, lanceolate, acute. 



This plant is found chiefly in moist localities, and often 

 grows abundantly in the wet alpine meadows at high eleva- 

 tions, where its white flowers, whose petaloid sepals are 

 deeply tinged with purple-blue on the outside, are extremely 

 beautiful set among their rich large-leaved foliage. The 

 stems bear one or two flowers, the lower of which is sub- 

 tended by a noticeable leaf -like bract. 



WHITE GLOBE FLOWER 



Trollius laxus var. albiflorus. Crowfoot Family 



Stems: weak, ascending. Leaves: palmately divided, the segments 

 many-cleft. Flowers: solitary; sepals five to six, white, with a green- 

 ish tinge outside; petals fifteen to twenty-five, bright yellow, minute, 

 much shorter than the numerous stamens. 



The White Globe Flower is one of the most conspicuous 

 of all the early spring mountain plants that grow at very 

 high altitudes. Close to the borders of alpine lakes and 

 streams, and in marshy places where the snow has recently 

 melted, beds of this beautiful large white flower may be 

 found, its brilliant golden centre gleaming in the sunshine, 

 and its rich, glossy foliage forming a superb setting for its 

 perfect purity. 



Do not confuse it with one of the Anemones. Note that 

 its centre is far larger and more golden in hue ; also that the 

 foliage is coarser and thicker. There is a bushy circle of 

 leaves set on the stalk about one inch below the blossom. 



