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SPECIES III.— BART SI A ALPINA. Linn. 



Tlate DCCCCXCV. 



Reich. Ic. PL derm, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCCXXV. Figs. 1, 2. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. G02. 



Perennial. Rootstock shortly creeping, almost woody, pro- 

 ducing one or more stems. Stein erect, simple, t-sided, frequently 

 decumbent at the base. Leaves sessile, often scmi-amplexicnul, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenate or scrrate-crenate. Flowers in a dense head- 

 like or spikclike raceme at the extremity of the stem, not secund. 

 Pedicels much shorter than the tube of the calyx. Corolla ringent, 

 hairy with short gland-tipped hairs. Style slightly exceeding the 

 upper lip of the corolla. Capsule ovate-ovoid, acuminated, hairy, 

 longer than the calyx. Seeds with several membranous wings on 

 the back. Plant pubescent, with jointed glandular hairs, those on 

 the stem-florets and calyx mostly gland-tipped. 



In damp grassy places and ledges of rocks, by the sides of 

 streams in mountainous districts. Pare. In Teesdale, on the 

 plateau of Cronklcy Fell, and by the streamside at Upper Cronkley 

 and Winch Bridge, in the counties of Durham and York, and 

 near Malham Tarn, Craven, in the latter county ; said also to have 

 been found near Orton, Westmoreland. I have collected it in two 

 places in the Breadalbane Mountains ; viz., the eastern slope of 

 Ben Lawers, and by the side of a stream in the Glen Lochy 

 Mountains, a little to the east of Maol Oufillach. It is reported 

 to have been found on Maol Ghyrdy by Dickson, in Inverness by 

 Boue, and Ross by the Rev. G. Gordon. 



England, Scotland. Perennial. Late Summer. 



Stems 3 to 9 inches high. Leaves | to 1 inch long, not 

 scabrous above, nor reticulated beneath, as in the two preceding 

 species. Floral leaves or bracts similar to the others, but usually 

 tinged with dull-purple. Flowers few, generally all collected at 

 the top of the stem at the time of flowering. Calyx dull-purple. 

 Corolla f inch long, dull maroon-purple, the white hairs on the 

 anthers, which just appear beyond the apex, showing a striking 

 contrast with the dark colour of the corolla. Seeds rather large, 

 remarkable for the numerous parallel wings on the back. Plant 

 dull-green, glandular - pubescent, the hairs on the stem, bracts, 

 calyx, and corolla, gland-tipped. 



Alpine Bartsia. 

 French, fiarteie des A Ipes. German, Gebirga Bnrlschia. 

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