220 SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary 4-lobed, with a 

 simple style inserted between the lobes. Fruit of 4 i-seeded nuts, 

 like seeds, and enclosed within the calyx. 



A large family in the northern hemisphere, with a few repre- 

 sentatives in the tropics and southern hemisphere. 



Cerinthe L. 



Glabrous and glaucous plants with entire, amplexicaul leaves 

 with more or less heart-shaped base. Ovary composed of 2 carpels. 

 Corolla yellowish, throat naked without scales. 



Cerinthe glabra Miller (C. alfina Kit.). 



A glabrous plant. Stem 12-18 inches high, erect, branched, 

 leafy to the summit. Leaves ovate-cordate, embracing the stem. 

 Flowers yellowish or purplish, rather small, pendent, in a long 

 panicle, very dense at the top. Sepals lanceolate, obtuse, not 

 ciUated as in major, nor toothed as in minor. Corolla about one- 

 third longer than the calyx, with short, triangular, sub-obtuse 

 teeth. Anthers terminated by a short appendix. Nuts small. 



Pastures, stony slopes, and borders of woods in Alpine and sub- 

 alpine districts up to 6000 feet, especially on limestone. June to 

 August. 



Distribution. — ^Alps, Jura, Corsica, Pyrenees, Central Europe. 



Cerinthe major L. 



About the same height. Stem leafy, erect. Leaves ciliate, 

 spotted with white tubercles, obtuse. Corolla large, yellow at the 

 base, violet at the insertion of the stamens, limb red, but some- 

 times entirely yellow or purple. Anthers as long as the filaments. 



Dry hillsides and stony places ; rare. June in Switzerland ; 

 earlier in the South. 



Distribution. — In Switzerland very rare ; near Sion. Southern 

 Europe, Corsica, N. Africa. 



Cerinthe minor L. 



A smaller plant, with smaller flowers and narrower corolla-lobes 

 and sepals edged with minute teeth. 



Mountain woods and pastures (not in Switzerland). May to 



July. 



Distribution. — Savoy, Dauphiny, Provence ; W. Central Europe, 

 W. Asia. 



Cynoglossum L. 



Cynoglossum montanum L. Hound's-Tongue. 



Leaves green, with scattered hairs, but almost glabrous above, 

 shining ; lower leaves elliptic or oval-elliptic narrowed into a 

 petiole ; upper leaves heart-shaped at base, amplexicaul. Flowers 

 reddish or violet, small in forked cymes. Corolla funnel-shaped. 



