1 62 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



leaves lanceolate, flowers pale purple, sepals lanceolate- 

 oblong ; meadows, common. C. alpinum, DC. ; flowers 

 pink or lilac, sepals linear-elliptic, leaves linear-lanceolate ; 

 Valais, Ticino, Savoy, Tirol, Piedmont, Dauphiny. 



2. BULBOCODIUM, L. 



Perianth-segments spreading, united at the throat by 

 small scales; stamens 6; styles 3, united nearly to the 

 summit. 



B. vernum, L. (PI. 117); flowers pink or white, ap- 

 pearing with the lanceolate concave leaves; meadows, 

 rare ; Valais, Savoy, Piedmont, Dauphiny. 



3. Merendera, Ram. 

 Resembling Bulbocodium, but styles distinct. 



M. Bulbocodium, Ram. ; flowers pink, perianth-segments 

 distinct nearly to the base, leaves linear, not appearing 

 with the flowers ; pastures, Pyrenees. 



4. Veratrum, L. 



Flowers in branched panicles, sometimes unisexual; 

 stem leafy, springing from a creeping rhizome; leaves 

 oval, with very strong nerves. 



V. album, L. (including Lobelianum, Bernh.) ; flowers 

 white or greenish, perianth-segments longer than the 

 flower-stalk, leaves downy beneath; pastures, frequent. 

 V. nigrum, L. ; flowers very dark red, perianth-segments 

 not longer than flower-stalk, leaves glabrous ; rare, Ticino, 

 Carniola, Styria. 



