Planche 9. 



PrimevSres et Androsaces. 



Toutes les primeveres sont caracterisees 

 par une rosette de feuilles basilaires, la tige 

 sans feuilles porte les lleurs dans une ombelle 

 tcrniinale. 



Calice a 5 dents, corolles a long tube et aux 

 bords a 5 divisions, les 5 etamines n'alternent 

 pas avec les 5 divisions de la corolle. Primula 

 farinosa est la seule primevere des Alpes se 

 trouvant aussi dans le haut Nord. 



Fig. 1. Primevere a feuilles entieres Ca- 

 racterisee par sa tige, portaut uue ou deux 

 fleurs seulement, et ses feuilles entierps. 



Hauts paturages et gazons des Alpes; plnnte 

 tteurissant a cote de la neige fondante, de 15UO 

 a 2700 in. Manque dans les cantons de 

 Valais, Vaud, Fribourg. 



Fig. 2. Primevere farineuse. Feuilles pou- 

 dreuses et blanches en dessous. 



Pres uiarecageux, paturages humides, de 

 la plaine jusqu'a 2700 m. 



Plate 9. 



Primula and Androsace. 



All the primulas hare a radical rosette of 

 leaves, a leafless stalk with teiminal, umbellate 

 flowers, 6 calyx-lobes, a five-membered corolla, 

 the tube of which is like a funnel. There are 

 5 stamens opposite the lobes of the corolla, 

 ovary longer than the calyx with filiform stylo 

 and globular stigma. OnJy one of the Alpine 

 primulas (P. farinosa) is found in the North. 



Fig. 1. Entire-leaved Primula. Distinguished 

 by its 1 2 'flowered stalk and its entire-mar- 

 gined leaves. 



On meadows, turf, flowering in the vicinity 

 of melting snow at an elevation of 15002700 m. 



Fig. 2. Bird's-eye or Mealy Primrose. Has 

 its Latin, German and French names from the 

 easily removed waxy coating on the underside 

 of the leaves, which appear as if sprinkled 

 with flour. 



On marshy meadows, damp pastures, from 

 the plain up to 2700 m. 



Fig. 6. Primevere a fleurs tongues. Res- 

 semble au No. 2. mais s'en distingue par le 

 tube de la corolle qui est 3 fois plus long que 

 le calice. 



Paturages, de 1800 a 2300 m, rare; Engadine, 

 Col de Campolungo entre Faido et Fusio. Ct. 

 du Tessin. Vallee de Saas, Zermatt etc. 



Fig. 7. Androsace cili6e. Feuilles, tiges 

 et pedoncules converts de longs poils. 



Partout, dans le gazon et sur les rochers, 

 de 1400 a 3000 m. 



Fig. 8. Androsace carnee. Sur les rochers 

 siliceux, assez rare. 



Valais, Vaud, de 2000 a 3000 m. 



Fig. 9. Androsace a feuilles obtuses. Feuilles, 

 tiges et pedoncules a poils courts. 



Hauts paturages et rochers, de 1800 a 3000 m. 



Fig. 10. Gregoria fausse joubarbe. De la 

 famille des Primulacees, comme Androsace et 

 Primevere. 



En Suisse seulement dans les Alpes du canton 

 du Valais, de 2000 a 3000 m (Zermatt etc.). 



smooth, on the margin sprinkled with flour. 



On rocks especially on chalk, from about 

 1000-2GOO m. 



Fig. 6. Long flowered Primula. Most allied 

 to the Bird's-eye Primrose, but with a much 

 longer corolla-tube (3 times as long as the 

 calyx). 



On Alpine pastures from 18002300 m. 



Fig. 7. Hairy Androsace. Leaves and flower 

 stalks covered with tufts of hair. 



Everywhere in turf and on belts of rock 

 chalk loving. 14003000 m. 



Fig. 8. Flesh-coloured Androsace. On pri- 

 mary formations, somewhat rare not on chalk. 

 The Valais, Vaud, from 20003000 m. 



Fig. 9. Blunt-leaved Androsace. Leaves and 

 flowerstalk with quite short hairs. 



In the turf, on rocky debris and on arfites 

 particularly on primary rocks, from 1800 3000 m. 



Fig. 10. Vitali's Aretia. Belonging like 

 Primula and Androsace to the family of tbe 

 Primroses; stamens therefore opposite the lobes 

 of the corolla, not between them. 



In Switzerland only in the S. Alps of the 

 Valais, from about 25003000 m. 



Alpenflora. 



