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16. The foliaceous buds half as long as the leaves which 
support them. Stem 10—15 cm, many- (3—7-) fid.—Rocks 
of Alp. and subalp. 7 aspera L. 908. 
— The foliaceous buds as long as the Is which support them. 
Stem 5 cm, gen. 1-fld.—High Alp. 8 bryoides L. 909. 
17 (12). Rt.-stock with barren shoots. High mountain pis 18 
— Rt. or rt.-stock without barren shoots . . . 25 
18. Stas dilated towards the top. Ls glabr., roundish ob- 
ovate, surrounded by a cartilaginous rim. Stem leafless. 
Pets white, with, rarely without, a yellow spot.—Alp.; 
descending to the Rhone valley. 6 cuneifolia L. 910. 
— Stas subulate. Pis often pubescent-glandular . 10 
19- Lower ls palmatifid, with 3—5—9 lobes, sometimes mixed 
with entire ls (rarely in 914 all entire) . . 20 
— Ls all entire, rarely, in 915 and 916, 3-toothed at the 
top, . . . . . . . . . 28 
20. Pets narrow linear, acute, only Vs the breadth of 
the cal.-lobes and barely longer, lemon-yellow. Stem 
1- fld. S. aphylla Sternb.—High Alp.; (4. U. A. O. (Foot 
of the Rothstock); not found any farther west. 
stenopetala Gaud. 911. 
— Pets oval, oblong or obovate, obtuse. Stem 2-12- 
(rarely 1-) fld. 21 
21. Pets narrowed to a distinct claw. Style much longer 
than the stig. Cal.-lobes almost linear. FIs large.—Alp.; 
southern side of Mont Rosa. 7 * pedemontana All. 912 
— Pets with no claw. Style about 2 or 3 times as long as 
the stig. Cal.-lobes oval or oval-oblong . . 22 
22. Ls with 3—5 furrows when fresh, when dry with 3—5 
prominent nerves Pets gen. twice as long as the cal.- 
lobes, white or yellowish, rarely spotted with red, or 
almost entirely red (v. maculata Rchb. Albula). S. ccespi- 
tosa Gaud, not L., intermedia Gaud., leucantha Thom., 
striata Hall. f. ?—High Alp., fairly distrib.; descending 
almost to the valley in Wall. 7 . exarata Vill. 913. 
— Ls when fresh without furrows, when dry with a few 
nerves. Pets as long as, or barely longer than, the cal.- 
lobes, greenish yellow, rarely almost white, very rarely 
of a dark red (v. atropurpurea Sternb.) S. muscoides 
auct. not All., moschata Gren. Engl., acaulis Gaud. (f. 
compacta), crocea Gaud. (fl. of a saffron yellow; accord¬ 
ing to Koch, on Mont Rosa). — Alp. and Jura (Reculet, 
Colombier). 7 . - . . . . variens Sieb. 914. 
23 (19). Ls linear-oblong, round-obtuse at the top; those 
of the preceeding years whitish gray at the top. Stems 
2 — 5-fld. Pets white, becoming yellow in drying (with 
pets of a lemon-yellow, v. citrina Heg., reported from 
