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The Wood Crane's-bill (Page 17) is a frequent inhabitant of 
Alpine meadows. Both stem and flowers are erect, and the finely 
divided leaves are placed opposite to one another on the stem. The 
violet-red petals and yellow stamens will also assist in its recogni- 
tion. 
The beautiful Alpine Clover (Page 18) is widely distributed in 
the Alps. It is easily recognised by its long stalked flower-heads 
composed of three to eight large red flowers. Its leaves are made 
up of three pointed leaflets. 
The light green stipules, which embrace the bases of the opposite 
leaves of the Cold Milk- Vetch (Page 19), should be carefully- 
noted. The Alpine Mountain-lentil ( Phaca A Ipina), which is 
not unlike this plant, has darker yellow flowers, and its leaves are 
made up of more numerous leaflets. 
The White Dryas (Page 20) is not unlike an Anemone at first 
sight, more especially as the seeds develop long feathery appen- 
dages after the petals are shed. But the tough leathery leaves, 
with their edges rolled back, are quite different from the finely 
divided leaves of the Anemones. 
The Mountain Avens (Page 21) is another plant with long 
feathery seeds. The Creeping Avens ( Sieversia replans), which is 
very like it, has rather larger flowers, and, unlike the Mountain 
Avens, sends out long creeping runners in all directions over the 
ground. 
The House-leeks are fairly abundant in the Alps. Two of the 
commonest are here illustrated. The Cobweb House-leek (Page 
22) is at once recognised by its rosettes of leaves bound together on 
top by long hairs, like a spider’s web. The Mountain House- 
leek (Page 23), which is common in dry places among rocks, has 
open rosettes of leaves and very short hairs. 
The Saxifrages have been extremely successful in the Alps, and 
form a very characteristic part of the Alpine flora. The pretty littte 
Purple Saxifrage (Page 24) is really a cushion plant. With its 
regularly arranged opposite leaves and rose-red, or later violet, 
flowers it makes a charming picture. The White Mountain- 
Saxifrage (Page 25) has a rosette of leaves like a House-leek at its 
base. The leaves are, however, serrated, and have chalky scales on 
their margins; the flowers too are quite different from those of a 
House-leek. The Yellow Mountain-Saxifrage (Page 26) is 
common by the side of mountain torrents, especially near the foot 
of a glacier. The narrow somewhat fleshy leaves, yellow petals 
alternating with and scarcely longer than the sepals and broad 
disc, are among the characteristic features. The Rough Saxifrage 
is seen on Page 27. The Mosslike Saxifrage ( Saxifraga bryoides), 
which resembles this plant, is smaller and grows in more compact 
masses. The Furrowed Saxifrage (Page 28) is found in rocky 
places. The three to five furrows on its leaves are perhaps its 
most strongly-marked characteristic. 
The Large Astrantia (Page 20) is common in Alpine meadows 
and on the borders of woods. The Small Astrantia ( Astrantia 
minor ) is a much more slender plant with smaller flower-heads and 
more finely divided leaves. 
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