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The Alpine Anemone (Page 6) is one of the loveliest of 
Alpine plants. The flower is snow white with a tinge of blue on 
its outer surface, especially in the bud. After the petals are shed 
the seeds develop long feathery appendages, no doubt to assist in 
their dispersion by the wind, and even in late summer when the 
flowers themselves are scarce, these “Chamois' beards," as they are 
called, may still be found. Except in colour, the Yellow Ane- 
mone (Page 7) closely resembles the above, indeed there is some 
doubt whether it ought really to be regarded as a separate species. 
The Spring Anemone (Page 8) comes up directly the snow is 
melted. The long hair covering the outside of its flowers with a 
furry coat seems most appropriate to the situation where it grows. 
Though really a spring flower it may be found well on in summer 
close to the snow line. The Narcissus-flowered Anemone 
(frontispiece) differs from those previously described in that its 
seeds do not develop feathery tufts. 
The Crowfoots (Pages 9, to, 11) are distinguished from the 
Anemones by possessing two distinct varieties of floral leaves, green 
sepals and coloured petals, the Anemones having one kind only. 
The Pyrenean Crowfoot (Page 9) is recognised by its p-ass- 
like bluish.green leaves. The Aconite-leaved Crowfoot (Pap 
10) is a large plant with a much branched stem. It is common in 
moist places. All its leaves are divided by deep fissures reaching 
almost to the stem. Closely resembling this species is Ranunculus 
platani/olius , but it is not such a large plant and its upper leaves 
are hardly at all divided. The Alpine Crowfoot (Page tt) has 
dark green kidney-shaped leaves with serrated edges. 
The beautiful Globe Flower (Page ra), though very abundant 
on the Alps, is not exclusively Alpine, being found also in mountain 
pastures all over Europe. It is not unlike a buttercup, but is 
distinguished by the fact that its globe-shaped flowers never fully 
open. 
On page 13 is seen a very characteristic group of the Two- 
flowered Violet, growing, as it so often does, in a moist spot at 
the base of a rock. The bright yellow flowers, streaked with brown, 
and the kidney shap< d leaves are its distinctive features. 
The Long-spurred Pansy (Page 14) bears a single large and 
beautiful flower, and is common in rocky places at high altitudes. 
It is recognised by its long spur which is as long as the corolla and 
by its notched leaves. 
The Wood -Pink (Page 15) grows in dense tufts from the 
crevises of rocks. 
The Moss Campion (Page 16) is a good example of the 
Cushion plants so characteristic of Alpine regions. The individual 
plants are closely huddled together in the form of a tuft, not only on 
account of warmth and mutual protection, but also because the 
dense felt-like cushion acts as a sort of reservoir or sponge, and 
prevents the little plants being dried up by the fierce rays of the 
sun. Silent excapa closely resembles the above, but its flowers are 
smaller and less brightly coloured, and its seed vessel or capsule is 
hardly longer than the remains of the sepals which enclose it. 
'I he capsule of the Moss Campion projects well beyond the encir- 
cling calyx leaves. 
