Primulaceae 229 



Almost smooth, leaves lance- 

 Androsace 



septentrion- olate or oblong-lanceolate, nar- 

 aiis L. rowed at the base, from irregu- 



Alpine i ar i y denticulate to laciniate 



Androsace. _.. 



toothed. Flowers small, little 

 more than \ of an inch broad, white with 

 yellow centre, in spreading umbels; pe- 

 duncles 2-10 inches high. 



In open places and on grassy banks at 

 the v lower altitudes throughout the Rockies; 

 flowering in May and early June. 



Androsace More r leSS hair y- Leaves 

 diffusa rosulate, oblanceolate to spatu- 



Small. late or nearly linear, J-i J inches 



Spreading long> obtuse Qr ^^ sharply 

 Androsace. 



serrate above the middle or 

 sparingly toothed. Scapes erect and spread- 

 ing, often diffusely branched at the base, 

 2-4 inches long; pedicels thread-like from 

 J~3 inches long in the same umbel. Flow- 

 ers white or pink, the corolla included or 

 sometimes equalling the tips of the calyx 

 segments. 



