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Upper part of the stem and cauline leaves, except the lowest, 

 glabrous, or the leaves ciliate. Involucral bracts externally glabrous. 



Occurs in sandy districts of South-East England and probably 

 elsewhere. 



ft. major Mert. & Koch, Deutschl. Fl. ii. 147 (1826). 



Exsicc. Wirtgen, PI. Rhenan. Ease. ix. 502 ! 



Stems suberect, robust, 30-60 cm. high. Cauline leaves linear- 

 oblong, 25-30 mm. long and about 4 mm. broad, ciliate or sparingly 

 pilose. Involucral bracts ovate, acuminate, somewhat dentate, 

 usually glabrous externally, not exceeding the heads, which are 

 20-25^ mm. broad. Flowering pedicels rather long, as in the type. 

 Calyx as in the type. 



Known in Britain from Beds (Woburn Sands, Hb. A. French in 

 Hb. Mus. Brit.) and from Cheshire (Sale, in Hb. C. Bailey). 



y. LiTTORALis Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec, ed. 2, 269 (1828). 



Exsicc. E. Fries, Ystad, Scan. Austr., in Hb. Kew ! E. F. Lin- 

 ton, Parkstone, 1890, in Hb. Mus. Brit. ! 



Plant dwarf, with slender, nearly prostrate stems from the original 

 rosette, becoming more or less branched above and sometimes finally 

 forming a matted tuft. Cauline leaves small, oblong or linear-oblong, 

 5-10 mm. long and 1-5-2 mm. broad, glabrate or rarely pilose. 

 Involucral bracts generally rhomboidal rather than ovate, acute or 

 obtuse, subentire or with few teeth, usually glabrous externally, and 

 not exceeding the heads, which are 6-12 mm. broad. Pedicels 

 relatively shorter than in the type. Calyx of the type, but with 

 shorter and less rigid teeth. 



Occurs in Britain on the cliffs and sand-hills around Bournemouth. 



c. latifolia var nov. 



Exsicc. E. S. Marshall. Hurlstone Pt., W. Somerset, 1907, 

 in Hb. Mus. Brit., ut J. montana var. majorl H. H. Johnston, Eday, 

 Orkney, 1883, in Hb. Kew, ut J. montana ! Britten & Nicholson, 

 Bray Head, Wicklow, 1881, in Hb. Mus. Brit., ut Jasione — — ! 



Robusta, parce ramosa, caule primario quam in aliis formis magis 

 distincto, suberecta vel caulibus secundariis decumbentibus, 10-30 cm. 

 alta. Pedunculi ut caules interdum pilosi. Folia eaulina oblonga vel 

 obovato-oblonga, 10-25 mm. longa et 4-9 mm. lata, obtusissima, 

 pilosa, marginibus incrassatis nonnunquam undulato-crenata. Bractea? 

 magna?, late ovata? (in formis montanis hibernicis angustiores), acuta? 

 vel obtusse, marginibus incrassatis obscure dentatse, saepissime externe 

 pilosaa, calathia qua? 20-30 mm. lata quam in aliis formis planiora 

 sunt sequantes vel etiam superantes. Pedicelli sub anthesin quam in 

 typo breviores. Calycis tubus glaber vel minute pilosus ; dentes 

 glabri vel rarissime pilis sparsis brevibus prsediti, subulati, plane 

 uninervii, quam in typo latiores brevioresque. Corolla quam formarum 

 aliarum nonnunquam pallidior. 



Plant robust, more sparingly branched and with a more distinct 

 central stem than in other forms, suberect or with decumbent 

 branches, 10-30 cm. high. Peduncles sometimes pilose like the stem. 

 Cauline leaves oblong orobovate-oblong, 10-25 mm. long and 4-9 mm. 

 broad, very obtuse, pilose, with thickened margins, sometimes 

 undulate-erenate. Involucral bracts large, broadly ovate (narrower 



