ANDROSACE. 



ing from the rocks in large pendent 

 tufts 2 to 6 in. in length. Flowers, 

 in July and August ; small, white, 

 solitary, on long slender footstalks, 

 covered with hairs, which are often 

 hooked and stellate ; sepals lanceo- 

 late-acute, with a prominent green 

 vein. Leaves, narrowly linear-lanceo- 

 late, more or less obtuse, very closely 

 set in deep somewhat cylindrical 

 rosettes, and covered with simple and 

 stellate hairs. Central Pyrenees, on 

 the calcareous rocks of St. Bertrand. 



Same treatment and positions as 



those recommended for A. pubescens. 



Androsace glacialis (Glacier A.} 

 A. alpina. A rather rare species, 

 growing in compact sheets, about 

 2 in. high. Flowers, in June; pale 

 purplish-rose, with yellow throat and 

 tube, solitary, on stalks about in. 

 long ; divisions of the calyx acute, 

 longer than the tube of the corolla. 

 Leaves, closely crowded, small, tongue- 

 shaped, narrowed at the base, pubes- 

 cent, as are the flower-stalks and 

 calyces, with very short, scattered, 

 stellate hairs, and forming small 

 rosettes at the ends of the stems ; 

 main stems slender, tinged with red. 

 Alps of Switzerland, the Tyrol, 



Styria, and Carinthia. The same 



treatment and the same positions as 

 those for A. pubescens. 



Androsace helvetica (Swiss Andro> 

 sace). A very attractive kind, form- 

 ing dense cushions of diminutive 

 ciliated leaves, about 1 in. high, com- 

 pact and hard to the touch. Flowers, 

 in spring and early summer ; white, 

 with a yellowish eye, almost twice as 

 large as the little rosettes of leaves on 

 each stalk, nearly sessile ; segments of 

 calyx somewhat acute ; valves of ripe 

 capsules erect. Leaves, closely im- 

 bricated, lance-shaped, obtuse. Alps 



and Pyrenees, on very high rocks. 



It requires considerable nicety of cul- 

 tivation, and should have a fully ex- 



posed well- drained position on rock- 

 work, and be placed between and 

 tightly pressed by stones about the size 

 of the tist ; in rich sandy loam and 

 peat. Seed and careful division,. 



Androsace imbricata (Silvery A.) 

 A. argentea. A species differing 

 from the other Pyrenean and Swiss 

 Androsaces by having the rosettes of 

 a beautiful silvery white instead of 

 greenish ; 1 to 2 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; white, stalkless, so 5 * freely 

 produced as often to overlap each 

 other; divisions of calyx acute; valves 

 of capsules at last spreading or re- 

 flexed. Leaves, densely imbricated, 

 lance-shaped, oblong, covered, espe- 

 pecially at the tip, with short hairs. 

 Pyrenees, Alps of JDauphiny, Switzer- 

 land, and North Italy. Rockwork, 



in narrow well-drained fissures, in 

 rich loamy soil with grit or sand. 

 Seed and division. 



Androsace lactea (Milk-white A.) 

 Rather a free -growing kind, 2 to 4 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; large, pure 

 white with yellow throat and heart- 

 shaped petals ; arranged in an um- 

 bel; scales 10. Leaves, numerous, nar- 

 row, almost linear, of a lively green, 

 arranged in rosettes, sometimes scat- 

 tered along the elongated branches, 

 and frequently fringed at the end and 

 on the sides with short hairs ; the old 

 leaves of a deep red. Alps and Pyre- 

 nees. On rockwork in deep calca- 

 reous soil. Seed or division. 



Androsace lanuginosa(.Z7i malayan A .) 

 A beautiful and very distinct kind 

 at once easily distinguished by its 

 spreading and, when in good health, 

 long stems, 6 to 9 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer; delicate rose, in umbels. 

 Leaves, nearly an inch long clothed 



with long silky hairs. Himalayas. 



On rockwork in ledges in a mixture of 

 sandy peat and loam, and in warm 

 positions. I have seen it grow into vi- 

 gorous wide-spreading tufts, in borders 



