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Rocky, bushy places and escarpments in the Alps ; 4500-6500 

 feet. July, August. Scattered and generally rare. 



Distribution. Switzerland, where it attains its eastern limit in 

 the Engadine ; Alps of Savoy, Dauphiny, and Provence ; Mont 

 Ventoux and Northern Italy. 



Aquilegia Einseleana F. Schulz (A. pyrenaica Koch, not DC.). 



Stem 6-12 inches high, tender, more or less covered with viscid, 

 glandular hairs, especially above. Leaves glabrous, once or twice 

 ternate, leaflets obovate-spathulate, 2-3 lobed, with rounded entire 

 or slightly indented lobes. Flowers about I inch broad, purple. 

 Spur of corolla nearly straight at the apex or curved, but not 

 rolled up. Receptacle rounded, as long as or longer than the 

 stamens. 



Rocky places in the lower Alps up to 5000 feet. June, July. 



Distribution. Upper Bavaria, Tyrol (Salzburg), Carinthia, etc. 

 Aquilegia pyrenaica DC., not Koch. 



Stem about a foot high, very slender, almost naked, with 1-3 

 flowers. Leaves small, 2- or 3-ternate, with entire or divided 

 leaflets. Flowers blue, rather large, but smaller than those of 

 A. alpina. Petals with rounded lip. Spur slender, straight, slightly 

 longer than the lip. Follicles rather small (12-15 mill.). 



Rocks and debris-strewn slopes in the Alpine and sub-alpine 

 region. July, August. 



Distribution. French and Spanish Pyrenees. 

 Aquilegia Reuteri Boiss. 



Stem iJ-2 feet high, simple or slightly branched, often rather 

 viscid, as several of the Aquilegias are, leafy, with 1-5 flowers. 

 Radical leaves biternate, with deeply incised lobes ; stem-leaves 

 with several linear lobes or entire. Flowers clear blue, in a narrow 

 panicle, shortly peduncled. Petals with lip rounded or sub-truncate. 

 Spur curved back into a hook, equalling the lip in length. Stamens 

 as long as the lip. Follicles small. 



Woods and rocky places in the Western Alps. June, July. 



Distribution. Western Alps only, as Hautes-Alpes, Basses- 

 Alpes, Maritime Alps, Var, Liguria, and Piedmont ; abundant in 

 some of the Ligurian and Maritime Alps, at from 2400 to 5500 feet, 

 where it takes the place of A. alpina. 



Aquilegia vulgaris L. Common Columbine. 



Stem 2-3 feet high, pubescent, branched above. Lower leaves 

 longly petioled, usually biternate, with broad incised segments ; 

 upper leaves sessile, with lobes often entire. Flowers purple, 

 rarely white or rose, large, longly peduncled. 



Woody places and rough hilly pastures, especially on lime- 

 stone, from the plains up to 5000 feet. May to July. 



