SUB-ALPINE PLANTS AND WHERE THEY GROW 9 



feature in the landscape. Among other characteristic plants the 

 following may be mentioned, viz. : Viola biflora, Saxifraga rotundi- 

 folia, Poly gala chamabuxus, Linncza borealis, very local, Adenostyles 

 glabra, A. albifrons, Gnaphalium sylvaticum, Homogyne alpina, 

 Pyrola secunda, P. rotundifolia, and more rarely, P. uniflora, 

 P. chlorantha and P. minor ; Phyteuma spicata, Melampyrum 

 sylvaticum, M. pratense, Veronica urticcefolia and Maianthemum 

 Convallaria. In the Beech woods, at a lower elevation, we find 

 such plants as Dentaria, Paris, Listera, Cephalanthera rubra, 

 Neottia Nidus avis, and various other orchids, of which several are 

 semi-parasitic. 



