( 1797 ) 



Phyteuma Scheuchzeri. Scheuchzer's 

 Rampion. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. rotata, 5-partita : laciniis linearibus. Stigma 2- s. 

 3-fidum. Caps. 2- s. 3-locularis, infera. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Phyteuma Scheuchzeri ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis serrato- 

 dentatis, bracteis linearibus capitulo longioribus, corollae 

 laciniis medio fenestratis, stigmate trifido. 



Phyteuma Scheuchzeri ; capitulo subfolioso, bracteis lineari- 

 bus capitulo longioribus, foliis lanceolatis dentatis. 

 IVilld. Sp. PL 1. p. 919 — Enum. 214. 



Phyteuma Scheuchzeri. Allioni Pedem. n. 428. t.39.f. 2. 



Rapunculus alpinus petrseus casruleus, foliis flori substratis 

 longis angustioribus. Scheuchz. it. 6. p. 460. 



Rapunculus foliis imis longe petiolatis, caulinis linearibus, 

 integris, bracteis linearibus, duabus imis longissimis. 

 Hall. Hist. n. 682. 



Descr. Stems erect, somewhat angular, smooth, a foot 

 or foot and half high. Radical leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 narrowed at both extremities, toothed : petioles very long. 

 Cauline leaves linear, somewhat toothed, Bractes linear, 

 quite entire : one of them generally much longer than in the 

 individual from which our drawing was taken. Head oj 

 flowers hemispherical. Calyx five-cleft, segments subulate. 

 LacinicB of the corolla cohering at the base in a globular 

 inflated tube, distinct and expanded in the middle, admitting 



the 



