8o THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



L. (including Balbisii, Hornem., Ehrharti, Stev., and 

 Neesii, Wirtg.), occur similarly in wet places; also the 

 following : — S. canina, L. ; panicle with nearly sessile 

 glands, upper lip of corolla one-third as long as tube, 

 flowers black-purple mixed with white, stem nearly simple, 

 leaves pinnatifid; stony places; Rhine Valley, Rhone 

 Valley, Jura, Pyrenees. S. Hoppei, Koch ; flowers violet, 

 panicle with stalked glands, upper lip of corolla more than 

 half as long as tube, leaves pinnate ; dry, alpine, frequent. 

 5. vernalis, L. ; cymes on axillary peduncles, flowers 

 greenish-yellow ; hedge-banks ; Switzerland (possibly in- 

 troduced), Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 5. pyrenaica, Benth. ; 

 flowers in stalked leafy axillary cymes, yellow, upper lip 

 purple, leaves on long stalks, deeply incised, whole plant 

 hairy; Pyrenees. 5. alpestris, Gay; flowers in a leaf- 

 less pyramidal panicle, purple, leaves pubescent, cordate, 

 serrate; high; Pyrenees. .S. Scopoli, Pers. ; resembling 

 the last, but leaves smaller, ovate, not cordate, less hairy ; 

 Carniola, Carinthia. 



•J. Erinus, L. 



Flowers in short terminal leafless cymes ; corolla 

 saucer-shaped, nearly regular, with five emarginate lobes, 

 violet ; stamens 4 ; capsule curved. 



E. alpinus, L. (PI. 92) ; stem 2-5 in., leaves spathulate, 

 strongly serrate in the upper part, csespitose ; alpine pas- 

 tures, frequent. 



8. LiMOSELLA, L. 



Flowers very small, solitary, axillary ; corolla S-lobed, 

 nearly regular ; stamens 4 ; leaves very narrow. Csespi- 

 tose aquatic herbs. 



