60 TYPICAL FLOWERS OF ALPINE PASTURES 



land than the preceding species, has a dark red bell 

 corolla, spotted with black, and a bell-shaped calyx, 

 the teeth of which are bent backwards. 



In the union of the petals into a bell-shaped 

 corolla, in the position for the nectaries at the base 

 of the corolla, and in the colour of the flowers the 

 evolution of red or purple from yellow these flowers 

 show a marked advance on the primitive features met 

 with in Gentiana lutea. The male and female organs 

 also ripen at different periods, and not simultaneously, 

 as in the Yellow Gentian. 



