COMPOSITE 39 



Cpygmcea^ L. ; stem somewhat prostrate, leaves sinuate- 

 dentate, leaf-stalk winged ; high ; Switzerland, Tirol, 

 Piedmont, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. C, Frolichiana, DC. 

 [parvifloray Schleich.); flowers light yellow, capitules 3-7; 

 pastures, local. C. jubata, Koch ; stem simple, 1-2 in., 

 capitule solitary, involucre woolly ; Switzerland, Tirol, 

 rare. 



D. Flowers yellow; stem more or less leafy: — C. 

 virenSy L., nearly glabrous, upper leaves sagittate; C. 

 biennisy L., hispid, upper leaves sessile ; and C. tectoruiUy 

 L., with the leaves rolled back at the edges, are common 

 lov/land plants. The following are alpine or sub-alpine: — 

 C. hyoseridifoliuy Tausch. {tergloviensiSy Kern.); stem 

 simple, leafy to the top, thickened beneath the solitary 

 capitule, stem and involucre woolly; high, local. C. 

 blattarioideSy Vill. ; capitules 1-5, large, flowers light 

 yeflow, upper part of stem leafless, stem-leaves cordate 

 or sagittate, amplexicaul; high, local. C. chondrilloides, 

 L. {Jacguini, Tausch.) ; stem branched, involucre nearly 

 glabrous, lower leaves nearly entire, stem-leaves pinnatifid; 

 alpine pastures. C. alpestris, Tausch.; stem not thickened 

 below the capitule, leaves sinuate-dentate or runcinate; 

 alpine pastures. C. pontana^ L. (Soycria montanay Jacq.) ; 

 capitules very large (ij in.), stem thickened below the 

 capitule, leaves irregularly denticulate ; Alps, Jura, Pyre- 

 nees. C, grandifioray Tausch. (conyzcBfoliay Gou.); capi- 

 tules large, 2-10, leaves glandular-pubescent, stem- leaves 

 sagittate-amplexicaul ; dry, local. C. hteraczoides, W. and 

 K. isucciscefoliay Tausch.) ; capitules several, leaves 

 rounded at the base, glabrous or hairy, nearly entire, 

 flowers golden-yellow; pastures, frequent. C. lampsan- 

 oidesy Frol. ; involucral bracts acuminate, radical and 



