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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. 1 . The Black Nigritella {Nigritdla angmti- 

 folia^ Rich.) .... 



[Major Dixon, photo 



Fig. 2. The Lesser Butterfly Orchid {Habenaria 

 hifolia^ R. Br.) 



{Major Dixon, pliol 



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XXXII. 



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Fig. 1 . The Spring Crocus (Crocus vermis, All.)' 

 Flowering in the Snow 



[Major Dixon, photo.] 



Fig. 2. Section of an Alpine Meadow, showing 

 the Peat Soil . 



[Major Dixon, photo.] 



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XXXIII. Typical High Alpine Cushion Plants 



Fig. 1. The Sessile-flowered Moss Campion 



(Silene exscajxi, All.) [Major Dixon, photo.] 



Fig. 2. The Swiss Androsace (Androsace hel- 

 vetica. Gaud.) [Major Dixon, photo.] 



XXXIV. High Alpine Cushion Plants 



Fig. 1. Cushion of the Glacial Androsace 

 (Androsace glacialis, Hopp.) 



[Miss Bacon, photo.] 



Fig. 2. Cushion of the Dwarf Alsine (Alsine 



SedoideS, Froel.) [Miss Bacon, photo.] 



'Fig. 1. The Eritrichium (Eritrichium namrni, 

 Schrad.) . . . . • 



[Miss Bacon, photo.] 



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Fig. 2. The Flowers and Bulbils of the Vivi- 

 parous Polygonum (Polygonum vivifmrtim, 

 Linn.). . . . . ' . 



[E.A.N. A., photo.]. 



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'Fig. I. The Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga^ 

 ojypositifolia, Linn.) . 



[Major Dixon, photo.] I 



Fig. 2. The Androsace-like Saxifrage (Saoci- 

 fraga androsacea, Linn.) 



[Major Dixon, photo.] 



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