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The Alpine Coltsfoot (Page 30) will be recognised by the 
photo. It is a very common plant in Alpine pastures. 
The Mountain Everlasting, or Cat's-foot (Page 31), has 
soft, woolly leaves like the Edelweiss. It is cammon on dry heaths. 
The Carpathian Cudweed ( A ntennaria carpathica ), which is rather 
like it, has brown instead of pink or white flower-heads. 
The Musk Milfoil is illustrated on page 32. It has an aromatic 
smell especially if rubbed, and is used for the preparation of a sort 
of herb beer called “ Iva.” The [Hack Milfoil (Achillea atrata) 
closely resembles this plant, but its leaves have no spots on them, 
and it is without aromatic scent. 
The Glacial Aronic(Page 33) and the Arnica (Page 34) are 
not unlike at first sight. The Arnica is at once distinguished from 
all similar plants by the pair of opposite leaves which embrace its 
flower-stem. The Aronic is more difficult to recognise, but apart 
from technicalities perhaps the firm fleshy leaves and hollow stem 
are the most useful guides. 
The Spiked Rampion (Page 35) is very abundant in thickets 
and woods. Its elongated flower-heads of greenish white flowers 
and heart-shaped leaves should make its identification an easy 
matter. 
Scheuchzer’s Bell-Flower (Page 36) is one of the commonest 
of the bluebells so abundant in Alpine meadows. It grows in small 
tufts, its flowers are large and both flowers and flower-buds hang 
down. These points help to distinguish it from other species which 
are very similar. 
The Red- Whortleberry, or Cowberry, is photographed on 
page 37 - It is common in woods and on moors, and bears red 
berries. The leaves are evergreen and leathery with rolled back 
margins and brownish spots on their under surfaces. 
The two species of the Alpenrose so characteristic of Switzerland 
are illustrated on pages 38 and 39. The hairy-leaved variety has 
bright green leaves with long hairs at the margins and occasional 
brown spots on the under surface. The rusty-leaved Alpenrose has 
rather larger and more darkly coloured flowers. Its leaves are 
entirely without hairs, and have turned over margins. They are 
of a deep green colour above and a rusty-red felt covers the whole 
of their under surface. 
The Gentians are abundant on the Alps. The Yellow Gentian 
(Page 40) is a large and conspicuous plant. It is common in 
Alpine meadows and pastures, and is often three or four feet in 
height. Its long root is used in medicine, and preparations of it 
form the Gentian-bitter used especially for indigestion. The bright 
yellow corolla is usually covered with fine brownish-purple spots, and 
if these are numerous the Yellow Gentian may closely resemble the 
spotted Gentiana punctata. The fact that the corolla is divided 
into segments right do« n to the base in the former, but only 
notched at its free border in the latter will prevent any mistake 
arising. The Stemless Gentian (Page 41) bears a single large 
flower of a deep azure blue. It is fairly common in mountain 
pastures. It is often quite a difficult matter to distinguish between 
