igS SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



sand and peat, from well-established plants, in a sheltered and 

 somewhat cool position. 



Rhododendron Chameecistus L. 



A small, prostrate, under-shrub, not exceeding 6 inches in height, 

 with ascending branches. Leaves very small, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 more or less serrate, ciliated, otherwise glabrous, coriaceous, ever- 

 green, grass-green on both sides, shining, not dotted, cilia often 

 glandular. Flowers in clusters of 1-3, on long stalks, erect, rotate 

 or expanding, rose-coloured, very deciduous. Calyx-teeth lanceo- 

 late, acute, reddish purple. Anthers purple-black. 



Abundant, but local, in stony Alpine and sub-Alpine places, 

 on limestone, but not making such a feature in the landscape of 

 the Eastern Alps as the other species, the flowers being paler, 

 and the leaves appearing only after the flowers. May to July. 



Distribution. — Carpathians, Eastern Alps from Tyrol to Camiola, 

 4000-5000 feet. A partially shaded place suits it best. 



To succeed in the sun with it, the plant must be well established 

 before planting out, or it must be shaded from the sun by artificial 

 means ; then it will bloom much more freely than in a shady place. 



Hard peat and sand should be pressed firmly against the roots, 

 and it should be top-dressed twice a year with the same compost. 

 (W. A. Clark.) 



Andromeda L. 

 Andromeda polifolia L. Marsh Andromeda. 



A low, branching, wiry shrub 6-12 inches high, glabrous. Leaves 

 alternate, oblong, lanceolate, evergreen, revolute at the edges, 

 and very glaucous beneath. Flowers on pedicels, in short terminal 

 clusters ; corolla pale pink or nearly white, waxy, ovoid and 

 enclosing the 10 stamens. 



Peat bogs of Northern Europe, Asia, and America to the Arctic 

 regions, and in similar places in the mountains of Central Europe 

 (Alps, Jura, Pyrenees). Rather rare in Switzerland. British, but 

 strangely absent from the Scotch Highlands, where so many plants 

 of similar continental distribution are found. It flowers in May 

 and June. In 1901 it was found by Mons. Beauverd in the 

 Tourbieres des Glieres at 1500 m. in the Alps of Annecy, and 

 hitherto in only one other French Alpine station. 



Arctostaphylos Adanson. Bearberry. 

 Low, straggling shrubs, with alternate, entire, or toothed leaves, 

 and rather small flowers, 2 or 3 together in short, terminal racemes. 

 Ovary with only one ovule in each cell. Fruit a berry. The genus 

 is represented more fully in America than in Europe or Asia. 



Arctostaphylos alpina Spreng. 

 A small under-shrub, forming great masses or cushions on rocks 



