30 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



30. DORONICUM, L. 



Resembling Senecio^ but involucral bracts in several 

 rows; ray-flowers usually female; stem-leaves amplexi- 

 caul ; pappus-hairs rigid. Alpine. 



D. austriacum, J acq. ; flowers golden-yellow, stem 2-3 

 ft., radical leaves cordate, obtuse, stem-leaves auriculate, 

 receptacle pubescent; mountain-woods; Bavaria, Tirol, 

 Styria, Carniola, Jura, Pyrenees, Puy-de-D6me. D. Par- 

 dalianches, L., Leopard's-Bane ; capitules numerous, um- 

 bellate, radical leaves cordate-ovate, stalk of stem-leaves 

 sheathing, root-stock tuberous; mountain-woods, local. D. 

 Matthioliy Tausch. ; capitules fewer, on elongated stalks ; 

 Switzerland, Austrian Alps, local. D. cordatuin^ Kern. 

 {ColumncBy Ten.); stem 1J-3 ft., leaves glabrous, lower 

 cordate-ovate ; Tirol, Styria, Carpathians, Salzburg. 



31. Aronicum, Neck. 



Resembling Doronicum^ but achenes of both ray- and 

 disk-flowers crested. Alpine. 



A.glacialCy Rchb.; capitule large, solitary, leaves thick, 

 stiff, ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-dentate ; very high, near 

 glaciers. A. Doronicuniy Jacq. {Clusii, Koch, hirsutumy 

 Lam.) ; leaves entire or distantly toothed, soft, stem and 

 leaves hairy; Alps, Dauphiny, Carpathians. A. Bauhiniy 

 Saut. ; leaves inciso-dentate, stem and leaves covered 

 with rough hairs; Tirol, rare. A. scorpioideSy Rchb. 

 (grandiflorum, Lam.); stem 9-18 in., capitules 1-4, 

 radical leaves cordate-ovate, on long stalks, coarsely den- 

 tate, stem-leaves not auricled, plant foetid , high ; Swit- 

 zerland, Jura, Austrian Alps, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. A, 



