INDEX 



343 



Draba tamentosa, Wahl., 183 

 Ihaba verna, Linn., sec the Whitlow- 

 grass 

 Draba xcahlenhergii, Hartm., 192 

 Drooping of flowers, signiticance of, 



277. 2S0 

 Drosera, sec the Sundews 

 Dryas octoitttaUi, Linn., see the 



' White I^yas 

 Dryas, the White, 39, 41, 105, 106- 

 109, 118, 1:^8, 186, 230, 284, 299, 

 300 

 age of stem, 107 

 carpet plant, lOG-107, 180 

 distribution of, 299-300 

 hairs on leaves, 108 

 soils, lis 

 Dwarf plants, 176-177, 201-202, 244 

 Dwarf plants, the High Alpine, 192- 



198 

 Dwarf Willows, the, 187-190, 234 



Early flowering in the Alps, 29, 30, 



64, 147, 154, 282, 283 

 Edelweiss, the, 14, 15-20, 36, 38, 103, 



118, 124,204, 297 

 and soils, 118 

 derivation of name, 17 

 hairy coat of, 17-20, 38 

 local distribution of, 16-17 

 the heads of, 18-19 

 Edible seeds and fruits, 243, 286 

 Elder-odour, the, 272 

 Empetraceae, see tlie Crowberry 



family 

 Empetrum nigrum, Linn., see the 



Crowberry 

 Endophyllum sempervici, 289 

 Engadine, the, 21, 80, 72, 116, 150, 



295 

 Engadine, the Lower, 43 

 Engstlen Alp (Canton Berne), 71, 



117, 120, 206, 243 

 Epilubiurn, see the Willow-herbs 

 Eranlhijt, see the Winter Aconite 

 Erica canisa, Linn., see the Mediter- 

 ranean Heath 

 Ericaceae, aee the Heath family 



Eritrichium uantitn, Schrad., sec the 



Kritrichium 

 Eritrichium, the, 44, 19, 18S-184. 306 

 Erythrcta cvntaurium, Pcrs. , see the 



Centaury 

 Eui'ltorfiia, sec the Spurges 

 Euphorbia ct/parisxias, Linn., 290 

 Kuphorbiaceje, sec the Si)urgc family 

 Euphrasia, see the Eycbright 

 Europe, Central, the flora of, 298, 



301, 302 

 Europe, Northern, the flora of, 231, 



232, 299 

 Europe, Southern, tlie flora of, 118, 



276, 298, 301 

 Europe, Western, the flora of, 291, 



298, 299, 304 

 Everlastings, the. 21. 279 

 Evolution of the flowers of the 



Gentians, 5^^-59 

 Exobasuiium rlKMixitmlri, 291 

 Experimental cultivation of Alpines, 



199-203 

 Explosive fruits, 162, 265, 286 

 Extinction of the Miocene European 



flora, 304 

 Eyebright, the, 218, 219 



•* Fair Maid of France," 209 



False Berry, 228 



False nectaries. 217-218 



Finns the. 232 



Finstcraarhorn. the, 174 



Fir, the Silver. 245 



Fir. the Scotch, see the Scotch Pine 



Firs. the. 234 



Field Pansy, the, l'-'9. 159-lGS 



Fisch, Dr, 44 



Flies as cross-pollinators, 46. 208-209, 

 217-218. 254, 260, 274 



Flower advertisements, 45, 124, 218, 

 270. 271-275 



Flower, structure of, 13, and Appen- 

 dix IL 



Flowering in tlie snow, G2-6 1, 154-155 



Flowers ami insccl.s, 'Jo^-'j?" 



Flowers that do not open. •J7S-279 



Flying Insects as unbidden gucstj, 

 275 



