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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Fig. 1. The Black Nigritella (Nigritella angusti- 

 folidy Kick.) ..... 



[Major Dixon, photo.] 



hFig. 2. The Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Hdbenaria 

 Ufolia, R. Br.) . 

 {Major Dixon , photo.]' 



Fig. 1. The Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus, 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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XXXIV. 



XXXV. 



XXXVI, 



Typical High Alpine Cushion Plants 

 Fig. 1. The Sessile-flowered Moss Campion 

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

 Fig. 2. The Swiss Androsace (Androsace hel- 

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



High Alpine Cushion Plants . i 4 



Fig. 1. Cushion of the Glacial Androsace 

 (Androsace glacialis, Hopp.) 



[Miss Bacon, photo.] 



Fig. 2. Cushion of the Dwarf Alsine (Alsine 



Sedoides y 'FlC&l.) [Miss Bacon, photo.] 



Fig. 1. The Eritrichium (Eritrichium nanum, 

 Schrad.) 



[Miss Bacon, photo.] 



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

 parous Polygonum (Polygonum viviparum, 

 Linn.), . 



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



Fig. 1. The Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga^ 

 oppositifolia, Linn.) .... 



[Major Dixon, photo.] 



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

 fraga androsacea, Linn.) 



[Major Dixon, photo.] 



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