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forms under only 10 species. No attempt is made here 

 even to enumerate all the forms which are regarded as 

 species by the compilers of Swiss floras ; the leading 

 types only are mentioned, round which the remainder 

 may be regarded as grouping themselves. 



A. Stem simple, leafless or with very few leaves ; capi- 

 tules very few ; flowers light yellow ; plant usually with 

 long runners : — H. Pilosella, L. ; a very common low- 

 land species ; with which are associated the alpine forms 

 Hoppeanum, Schultz; Peleterianuni^ Mer; and tardans^ 

 N. P. 



B. Resembling the last, but stem more leafy ; capitules 

 more numerous : — H. Auricula^ Law., a lowland species ; 

 with the alpine forms fuscumy Vill. ; acutifolium, Vill. 

 (furcatum, Hoppe); alpicolunty Schleich.; and glaciale^ 

 Reyne. 



C. Resembling the last, but stem much branched, leafy; 

 capitules numerous, crowded ; flowers often orange : — H. 

 aurantiacuiUy L. ; piloselloides, Vill. ; Laggeri, Schultz. 



D. Root-stock without stolons, but with rosettes of 

 radical leaves at the time of flowering ; capitules solitary, 

 umbellate ; involucral bracts in many rows. 



a. Pits of receptacle neither ciliate nor margined : — 

 H. helveticuniy Briigg. ; alpinuniy L. ; nigrescens^ Fries ; 

 glanduliferum, Hoppe ; armerioideSy Arv. ; piliferuniy 

 Hoppe ; Berne7ise, Christ ; villosum, L. ; flexuosum, W. 

 and K. ; dentatuniy Hoppe ; glabratum, Hoppe ; areni- 

 coluy Godr. ; bupleuroides, Gmel. ; porrifoliuniy L. 



b. Pits of receptacle with a ciliate or slit membranous 

 margin ; involucre and stalk of capitule glandular-hairy : 

 — H. lo?igifoliu7n, Schleich. ; amplexicauley L. ; pulmon- 

 arioideSy Vill. 



