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1063. Flowers rather large, the calyx equally whitish. 



Dwarf ; somewhat herbaceous ; branches beset with hairlets ; 

 leaves from oval to elliptical, nearly flat, almost glabrous; 

 involucral bracts four, similar to the leaves, oval, about 

 as long as the headlet of flowers, somewhat beset with 

 hairlets inside ; flowers numerous in each headlet ; calyx 

 invested with appressed shining hairlets ; fruit dry. 



F. humilis. 



Flowers rather small, the calyx much red-tinged. 



A dwarf highland -plant ; leaves small, from lanceolar- to 

 oval-elliptical, as well as the branches glabrous; involucral 

 bracts four, about as long as the headlet of flowers, some- 

 what broader than the leaves ; flowers several in each 

 headlet ; calyx somewhat beset with short hairlets. 



F. alpina. 



1064. Flowers in axillary clusters. 



Finally tall, almost totally glabrous ; leaves usually elon- 

 gated and from broad-linear to narrow-lanceolar, some- 

 what recurved at the margin ; involucral bracts two to 

 four, very short ; calyx small, nearly glabrous or slightly 

 beset with short hairlets ; fruit dry. Figure 74. 



F. axiflora. 



Flowers in terminal headlet s ... ... ... 1065 



1065. Fruit succulent 1066 



Fruit dry 1067 



1066. Calyx beset with short hairlets. 



Finally tall ; leaves glabrous, from lanceolar- to broad -linear, 

 acute, flaccid, somewhat incurved at the margin; involucral 

 bracts two to four, often shorter and somewhat broader 

 than the leaves, surpassing the headlets ; flowers very 

 small, few or several in each headlet, yellow inside ; fruit 

 yellowish. F. xnicrocephala. 



Calyx quite glabrous. 



Finally tall, quite glabrous; leaves generally linear-lanceolar; 

 involucral bracts two, similar to the leaves, but often 

 somewhat broader, surpassing the headlets, the latter 

 occasionally rendered axillary ; flowers very small, few 

 in each headlet or sometimes only two together ; calyx 

 pale-yellow ; fruit reddish or dark-purplish. 



F. pauciflora. 



