60 TYPICAL FLOWERS OF ALPINE PASTURES 



land than the preceding species, has a dark red bell 

 corolla, spotted with black, and a bell- shaped calyx, 

 the teeth of which are bent backwards. 



In the union of the petals into a bell-shaped 

 corolla, in the position for the nectaries at the base 

 of the corolla, and in the colour of the flowers — the 

 evolution of red or purple from yellow — these flowers 

 show a marked advance on the primitive features met 

 with in Gentiana lutea. The male and female organs 

 also ripen at different periods, and not simultaneously, 

 as in the Yellow Gentian. 



