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8oldanella montana Mikan., which at the present day 

 takes the place of Soldandla aljpina in the forest- 

 region of the eastern Alps and of the Bohmer- 

 wald, as also of the mountain plateaux of the Sudetic 

 and Carpathian ranges in Moravia' and Bohemia. 

 This 8. montana differs from 8. alpina in having a 

 tall stem, glandular peduncles, strong and elongated 

 flaps over its nectar-cavity, and in flowering at a later 

 period, counting from the end of winter. These char- 

 acters it retains with much constancy even when 

 cultivated ; and if the two species are planted side by 

 side, as has been done by me for the last twelve years 

 in the botanical garden at Innsbruck, the 8. montana is 

 found to begin flowering some two weeks later than the 

 8. alpina, and not to open its buds until the latter is 

 already out of bloom.'' 



There can be no doubt that a similar variety, pre- 

 senting some or all of the above-mentioned char- 

 acters of 8. montana, can even make its appearance 

 in the alpine region ; and, as a matter of fact, I have 

 repeatedly noticed in the Tirolean Alps, where 

 8. montana does not grow, single plants of 8. alpma 

 with taU stems and with four flowers, and I have also 

 found specimens in which the scales of the corolla 

 were stronger and of greater length than usual These 



1 On an average of ten years' observations made in the botanical 

 gardens at Innsbrtick, S. alpina L. begins to flower on April 4th, 

 S. montana Mik. on April l7tli. 



