INDEX 



351 



Ptarmigan, the, 221 



Pyrenees, the, 20, 200, 243, 297, 298 



Pyrola chlorantha, Sw., 261 



Pyrola media, Swartz, see the Inter- 

 mediate Wintergreen 



Pyrola minor, Linn. , see the Common 

 Wintergreen 



Pyrola rotundifolia, Linn., see the 

 Larger Wintergreen 



Pyrola secunda, Linn., see the 

 Serrated Wintergreen 



Pyrola, see the Wintergreens 



Pyrola uniflora, Linn., see the 

 Single-flowered Wintergreen 



Pyrolacese, see the Wintergreen 

 family 



Ragged Robin, the, 225 

 Rampion, the Round-headed, 91 

 Rampions, the, 34, 44, 61, 82, 85, 



91-92, 150, 152, 192, 272 

 stylar brush mechanism, 92 

 the petals, 92 

 Ranunculacese, see the Buttercup 



family 



Ranunculi, the Water, 209-210 

 Ranunculus alpestris, Linn., see the 



Alpine Buttercup 

 Ranunculus aconitifolius, Linn., see 



the Aconite-leaved Buttercup 

 Ranunculus acris, Linn., see the 



Field Buttercup 

 Ranunculus bulbosus, Linn., see the 



Bulbous Buttercup 

 Ranunculus glacialis, Linn. , see the 



Glacial Buttercup 

 Ranunculus parnassifolius, Linn., 



see the Parnassus-leaved Butter- 

 cup 



Ranunculus platanifolius, Linn. , 210 

 Ranunculus pyrenceus, Linn., see the 



Pyrenean Buttercup 

 Rare Alpine species, 294-296 

 Rattle, the, 218 



Replacements, Alpine, 114, 266 

 Reserve food materials, 11, 63, 64, 



125, 135, 146, 154, 155, 170 

 Resin, 242 

 Retreat of the Glaciers, the, 296 



Rhsetian Alps, the, 296 

 Rhinanthus, see the Rattle 

 Rhododendron ferrugineum, Linn., 



see the Common Alpenrose 

 Rhododendron hirsutum, Linn., see 



the Hairy Alpenrose 

 Rhododendrons, see the Alpenroses 

 Rhone Valley, the, 7, 150, 242, 294 

 Rieder Alp, the, 150 

 Riffelalp, the, 23, 29, 243 

 Riffelberg, the, 29 

 Ring- Ouzel, 221 

 Robbers, insect, 130, 164, 208-209, 



269, 275, 276 



Robin's Pin-cushions, 290 

 Rock Catchfly, see Catchfly, the 



Rock 



Rocky Mountains, the, 299, 304 

 Rolled leaves, 110, 141, 188, 222, 231 

 Rosa alpina, Linn., see the Alpine 



Rose 



Rosaceae, see the Rose family 

 Rose family, the, 106, 115, 127, 157, 



197, 279 

 Rose, the Alpine, 22, 91, 220 



absence of thorns, 22 

 Rosette plants, 73, 75, 79, 98-103, 



177, 178, 181, 182, 185, 190-192 

 Rosette plants, the High Alpine, 



190-192 



Rubus, see the Brambles 

 Rue, the, 195 



Rues, the Meadow, 124, 281 

 Rumex alpinus, Linn., see the Alpine 



Dock 



Rushes, the, 278 

 Russia, 180, 240 

 Rusts of Wheat, the, 287, 290 

 Ruta, see the Rue 

 Rye, 288 



S 



Saas Fee, 101, 244, 258 



Saas Grund, 150, 179 



Saas Thai, 7, 16, 72, 84, 90, 172, 242 



Saffron, the Alpine, 165-166 



Saffron, the Autumn, see the 



Meadow Saffron 

 Saffron, the Meadow, 152, 156, 165- 



168, 281 



