INDEX 



343 



Draha tomentoaa, WahL, 183 

 Draba vema, Linn. , see the Whitlow- 

 grass 

 Draba wahlenbergii, Hartm., 192 

 Drooping of flowers, significance of, 



277, 280 

 Drosera, see the Sundews 

 Dryas octopetala, Linn,, see the 



White Dryas 

 Dryas, the White, 39, 41, 105, 108- 

 109, 118, 128, 186, 230, 284, 299, 

 300 

 age of stem, 107 

 carpet plant, 106-107, 186 

 distribution of, 299-300 

 hairs on leaves, 108 

 soils, 118 

 Dwarf plants, 176-177, 201-202, 244 

 Dwarf plants, the High Alpine, 192- 



198 

 Dwarf Willows, the, 187-190, 234 



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Early flowering in the Alps, 29, 30, 



64, 147, 154, 282, 283 

 Edelweiss, the, 14, 16-20, 36, 38, 103, 

 118, 124, 204, 297 

 and soils, 118 

 derivation of name, 17 

 hairy coat of, 17-20, 38 

 local distribution of, 16-17 

 the heads of, 18-19 

 Edible seeds and fruits, 243, 285 

 Elder-odour, the, 272 

 Empetracese, see the Crowberry 



family 

 Empetrum nigrum, Linn., see the 



Crowberry 

 Bndophyllum sempervim, 289 

 Engadine, the, 21, 30, 72, 116, 150, 



295 

 Engadine, the Lower, 43 

 Engstlen Alp (Canton Berne), 71, 



117, 120, 206, 243 

 Epilobiwm, see the Willow-herbs 

 Eranthis, see the Winter Aconite 

 Erica camea, Linn., see the Mediter- 

 ranean Heath 

 Ericaceae, see the Heath family 



Eritrichium nanum, Schrad. ,^ee the 



Eritrichium 

 Eritrichium, the, 44, 49, 183-184, 306 

 ErythrcBa eentaurium, Pers. , see the 



Centaury 

 Evphorbia, see the Spurges 

 Euphorbia cyparissias, Linn., 290 

 Euphorbiacese, see the Spurge family 

 Ewphrasia, see the Eyebrignt 

 Europe, Central, the flora of, 298, 



301, 302 

 Europe, Northern, the flora of, 231, 



232, 299 

 Europe, Southern, the flora of, 118, 



276, 298, 301 

 Europe, Western, the flora of, 291, 



298, 299, 304 

 Everlastings, the, 21, 279 

 Evolution of the flowers of the 



Gentians, 68-69 

 Exobasidium rhododendri, 291 

 Experimental cultivation of Alpines, 



199-203 

 Explosive fruits, 162, 266, 285 

 Extinction of the Miocene European 



flora, 304 

 Eyebright, the, 218, 219 



" Fair Maid of France," 209 



False Berry, 228 



False nectaries, 217-218 



Finns the, 232 



Finsteraarhorn, the, 174 



Fir, the Silver, 245 



Fir, the Scotch, see the Scotch Fine 



Firs, the, 234 



Field Pansy, the, 129, 159-163 



Fisch, Dr, 44 



Flies as cross-pollinators, 46, 208-209, 

 217-218, 254, 260, 274 



Flower advertisements, 45, 124, 218, 

 270, 271-275 



Flower, structure of, 13, and Appen- 

 dix n. 



Flowering in the snow, 62-64, 154-155 



Flowers and insects, 268-277 



Flowers that do not open, 278-279 



Flying insects as unbidden guests, 

 275 



