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SPECIES TIL— BART SI A ALPINA. Linn. 
Plate DCCCCXCV. 
Reich. Ic. PL Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDUCXXV. Figs. 1, 2. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 602. 
Perennial, llootstock shortly creeping, almost woody, pro- 
ducing one or more stems. Stem erect, simple, 4-sided, frequently 
decumbent at the base. Leaves sessile, often semi-amplcxicaul, 
ovate, obtuse, crenate or serrate-crenate. Flowers in a dense head- 
like or spikelike raceme at the extremity of the stem, not secund. 
Pedicels much shorter than the tube of the calyx. Corolla ringent, 
hairy with short gland-tipped hairs. Style slightly exceeding the 
upper lip of the corolla. Capsule ovate-ovoid, acuminated, hairy, 
longer than the calyx. Seeds with several membranous wings on 
the back. Plant pubescent, with jointed glandular hairs, those on 
the stem-florets and calyx mostly gland-tipped. 
In damp grassy places and ledges of rocks, by the sides of 
streams in mountainous districts. Rare. In Teesdale, on the 
plateau of Cronkley Fell, and by the streamside at Upper Cronkley 
and Winch Bridge, in the counties of Durham and York, and 
near Malham Tarn, Craven, in the latter county ; said also to have 
been found near Orton, Westmoreland. I have collected it in two 
places in the Breadalbane Mountains ; viz., the eastern slope of 
Ben Lawers, and by the side of a stream in the Glen Lochy 
Mountains, a little to the east of Maol Oufillach. It is reported 
to have been found on Maol Ghyrdy by Dickson, in Inverness by 
Boue, and Ptoss by the Rev. G. Gordon. 
England, Scotland. Perennial. Late Summer. 
Stems 3 to 9 inches high. Leaves \ to 1 inch loner, not 
scabrous above, nor reticulated beneath, as in the two preceding 
species. Floral leaves or bracts similar to the others, but usually 
tinged with dull-purple. Flowers few, generally all collected at 
the top of the stem at the time of flowering. Calyx dull-purple. 
Corolla f inch long, dull maroon-purple, the white hairs on the 
anthers, which just appear beyond the apex, showing a striking 
contrast with the dark colour of the corolla. Seeds rather large, 
remarkable for the numerous parallel wings on the back. Plant 
dull-green, glandular - pubescent, the hairs on the stem, bracts, 
calyx, and corolla, gland-tipped. 
Alpine Bartsia. 
French, Bartsie des Alpes. German, Gebirgs I'/rtschia. 
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