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inflexed lobe; vittae one in each furrow, elongated. 

 Not alpine. 



F. RivinZy Host, {vulgaris, Bernh.) ; flowers small, 

 white, leaves rather thick, radical ones stalked, entire or 

 ternate, stem-leaves pinnatifid, with linear lobes ; fields ; 

 Switzerland (rare), Pyrenees. 



17. BUPLEURUM, L. 



Flowers yellow ; bracts of partial involucre usually 

 coloured and resembling a corolla ; calyx-teeth o ; petals 

 hooded, with an inflexed point ; vittae o, or 1-2 in each 

 furrow ; leaves simple, entire. Mostly alpine. 



A. General involucre o: — B. rotiindifolium, L., Hare's 

 Ear ; partial involucre of 3-5 bracts, connate at the 

 base, upper stem-leaves nearly round, perfoliate ; fields, 

 occasional. 



B. General involucre present ; bracts of partial in- 

 volucre connate at the base : — B. stellatmn^ L. (PI. 47) ; 

 bracts of partial involucre 5-10, bright yellow, stem- 

 leaves very few, Hnear-ovate, radical leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late ; alpine pastures ; Switzerland, Tirol, Carinthia, 

 Dauphiny. 



C. General involucre present ; bracts of partial in- 

 volucre free ; leaves with one principal nerve : — B. longi- 

 folium, L. ; bracts of partial involucre 5-7, ovate-acumi- 

 nate, yellowish-green or brown, upper leaves cordate- 

 amplexicaul ; thickets ; Switzerland (rare), Jura, Vosges, 

 Dauphiny. B. angidostim, L. {pyrencsum, Gou.) ; bracts 

 of partial involucre yellowish-green, nearly round, not 

 mucronate, stem leafy, lower leaves linear-acuminate, 

 upper cordate-amplexicaul, plant glaucous ; Pyrenees. 



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