INDEX 



343 



Draba tomentosa, Wahl., 183 

 Draba vema, Linn. , see the Whitlow- 

 grass 



Draba wahlenbergii, Hartm., 192 

 Drooping of flowers, significance of, 



277, 280 



Drosera, see the Sundews 

 Dryas octapetala, Linn., see the 



White Dryas 



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

 109, 118, 128, 186, 230, 284, 299, 

 300 



age of stem, 107 

 carpet plant, 106-107, 186 

 distribution of, 299-300 

 hairs on leaves, 108 

 soils, 118 



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

 Dwarf plants, the High Alpine, 192- 



198 

 Dwarf Willows, the, 187-190. 234 



E 



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, 285 

 Elder-odour, the, 272 

 Empetraceae, see the Crowberry 



family 

 Empetrum nigrum, Linn., see the 



Crowberry 



Endophyllum sempervivi, 289 

 Engadine, the, 21, 30, 72, 116, 150, 



295 



Engadine, the Lower, 43 

 Engstlen Alp (Canton Berne), 71, 



117, 120, 206, 243 

 Epilobium, see the Willow-herbs 

 Eranthis, see the Winter Aconite 

 Erica carnea, Linn. , see the Mediter- 

 ranean Heath 

 Ericaceae, see the Heath family 



Eritrichium nanum, Schrad. , see the 



Eritrichium 



Eritrichium, the, 44, 49, 188-184, 306 

 Erythrcsa centaurium, Pers. , see the 



Centaury 



Euphorbia, see the Spurges 

 Euphorbia cyparissias, Linn., 290 

 Euphorbiaceae, see the Spurge family 

 Euphrasia, see the Eyebright 

 Europe, Central, the flora of, 298, 



301, 302 

 Europe, Northern, the flora of, 231, 



232, 299 

 Europe, Southern, the 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, 58-59 

 Exobasidium rhododendri, 291 

 Experimental cultivation of Alpines, 



199-203 



Explosive fruits, 162, 265, 285 

 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 



Finsteraarhorn, the, 174 



Fir, the Silver, 245 



Fir, the Scotch, see the Scotch Pine 



Firs, the, 234 



Field Pansy, the, 129, 159-168 



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 II. 



Flowering in the snow, 62-64, 154-155 



Flowers and insects, 268-277 



Flowers that do not open, 278-279 



Flying insects as unbidden guests, 

 275 



