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flowers which grow singly at the end of smooth or 

 slightly hairy stems, which are from 2 to 4 inches long. 

 The oval sepals fall off immediately after the buds have 

 opened. The petals are white, inversely egg-shaped, 

 and are about f of an inch long, which is double the 

 length of the sepals. 



4. Bammculus glacialis, Norwegian, Is Soleie, i.e. Ice 

 Ranunculus. A mountain plant found at a great height, 



often close to ever- 

 lasting snow, also 

 met with in Swit- 

 zerland. The 

 flowers are either 

 solitary or in pairs, 

 and grow on a stem 

 from 4 to 6 inches 

 high. The root 

 leaves are stalked, 

 and divided into 

 three lobes, the 

 stem leaves are 

 sessile {i.e. without 

 stalks). The large 

 white flowers turn 

 a pale reddish 

 violet when about 

 to fade. 



5. Saxifraga cotyledon, the most beautiful of all the 

 saxifrages, for which the Norwegian country people have 

 many names, amongst others. Mountain Rose (Fj eld- 

 rose), Mountain Bride (Bergfrue). It grows in clefts of 

 the rocks, and varies from 6 to 12 inches in height, or 



RANUNCULUS GLACIALIS. 



