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12. Evening among tlie fields of pink Bistort at Lac Champex ; 



sunset-glow on the Grand Combin, July .... 72 



13. Haymaking at Cliampex in the middle of July ... 80 



14. Tlie Autumn Crocus in the fields near the village of Trient, 



with the Aiguille du Tour in the background^ September . 88 



15. Anemone aulphurea and Gentiana excisa painted directly in 



the fields at the end of May 96 



16. Primula farino-sa, Gentiana verna, Micheli's Daisy, Bartsia 



alpina, Polygala alpina, and the two Pinguiculas or Butter- 

 worts, painted directly in the fields at the end of May . 104 



17. Genitana verna, the type-plant, and some of its forms . . 112 



18. Geranium sylvaticum, Potentilla rupestris, Centaurea montana, 



the pink Bistort, the little Alpine Bistort, painted on the 

 spot in the fields at the beginning of July ... 120 



19. Paradisia Liliastrum, the Paradise or St. Bruno's Lily . . 128 



20. Rosa alpina, the thornless Alpine Eglantine .... 136 



21. Young plants of Veratrum album, together with Salvia pra- 



tensis, Phyteuma hetonicaefolium, P. orbiculare, the white 

 and the yellow Euphrasia, and the yellow Clover, drawn 

 on the spot at the beginning of July 144 



22. Arnica, the Brown Gentian (G. purpurea), Campanula bar- 



bata, and the fiery little Hieracium aurantiacum, painted 

 from life in the fields towards the middle of July . . 152 



23. The tall yellow Hypochoeris uniflora, Centaurea uniflora, tlie 



Golden Hawk weed (Crepis aurea) drawn from life in the 

 July fields 160 



24. Gentiana campestris and Gentiana bavarica .... 168 



25. Astrantia major, A. minor, and the Apollo butterfly . . 176 



26. The Willow Gentian {G. asclepiadea) and the Alpine Cotton 



Grass {Eriophorum Bcheuchzei'i) . .... 182 



