218 SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



Distribution. Central Europe, extending to Northern France, 

 Holland, Belgium, Germany, and Southern England. In Switzer- 

 land in the central plateau and such Alpine localities as Andermatt 

 and St. Moritz. N. Italy, Servia, Roumania, Russia. 



A more Alpine form of G. germanica is called G. rhcetica Kerner. 

 The corolla-lobes are never spreading, the stems are shorter and 

 the stem-leaves rather longer. It has been recorded from the 

 Albula in Eastern Switzerland. It apparently prefers siliceous 

 soil. 



Gentiana ciliata L. Fringed Gentian. (Plate XXVI.) 



Biennial or perennial. Stem 3-10 inches high, simple or branched, 

 leafy to the top. Leaves erect, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, i-nerved. Flowers rather pale blue, large and handsome, 

 solitary or several on a stem. Corolla divided to the middle into 

 4 spreading lobes, which are toothed and strongly ciliated. Calyx 

 campanulate, with 4 lanceolate, acuminate segments, much shorter, 

 than the long tube. The blue may be called electric. 



Pastures and sloping banks in the Alps, sub-Alps, and plains, 

 especially on shale or limestone. August to October. The writer 

 has found it from 8250 feet on the Aiguille de Goleon in Dauphiny, 

 and from near Annecy at only 1650 feet. It is distinctly an 

 autumnal species. 



Distribution. Central and Southern Europe, from Belgium to 

 Bulgaria ; Spain, Pyrenees, Italy, Alps, S. Russia, Cilicia, Armenia, 

 Caucasus. 



POLEMONIACE.E 



POLEMONIUM L. 



A small genus of about 10 species, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and 

 America. 



Polemonium caruleum L. 



Stem 1-2 feet high, erect, furrowed, hollow, glabrous, like the 

 leaves, or with a few scattered hairs. Rachis of panicle glandular- 

 downy. Leaves pinnatifid, segments ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 entire, acute or acuminate, often curled, dark green. Flowers in a 

 terminal panicle, handsome, bluish or white, with orange-yellow 

 anthers. 



Margins of woods and boggy meadows, and by streams in sub- 

 alpine districts, especially on turf. May, June. 



Distribution. Carpathians, Eastern and Central Alps, Savoy, 

 Jura, Pyrenees, Caucasus, Siberia, North America, Central and 

 Northern Europe. British. 



