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SESEXiX. 



1238. Segments of lower leaves from lanceolar to broad- 

 linear and partly subdivided. 



Alpine herb, erect, perennial ; leaves on ample clasping 

 stalks, stem-leaves simply pinnatisected ; primary in- 

 volucres almost or quite absent ; secondary involucres of 

 only two or three narrow bracts ; fruit ellipsoid, glabrous. 



S. Harvey aiium. 



Segments of lower leaves from rhomboidal to cuneate, 

 incised and at the upper end denticulated. 



Alpine, almost prostrate, greyish -green, perennial ; leaves 

 on ample clasping stalks, the basal leaves simply pinnati- 

 sected, some of the segments trifid ; primary involucres 

 reduced to from one to three narrow bracts ; secondary 

 involucres consisting of several bracts ; fruit truncate- 

 ovate, only imperfectly known. (Possibly referable to 

 the following genus. ) S. algens. 



SXUIK. 



1239. Leaflets of stem-leaves irregularly and deeply serrated 

 or somewhat incised. 



Stem streaked ; leaflets from ovate to lanceolar, sessile ; 

 umbels chiefly opposite to leaves ; stalklets longer than 

 the fruit ; oil- ducts about six between the ridges of the 

 fruitlets, immersed. S. erectum. 



All leaflets regularly serrulated. 



Deleterious ; stem furrowed ; leaflets from broad- to narrow- 

 lanceolar, sessile ; umbels chiefly terminal ; stalklets 

 nearly as long as the fruit ; oil-ducts about three between 

 the ridges of the fruitlets, prominent. S, latifoliuni. 



DAUCUS. 



1240. Secondary umbel-stalks few, unequal. 



Never tall ; leaves comparatively small, doubly pinnati- 

 sected, the segments often again incised ; leaf-stalks 

 slightly dilated ; bracts of secondary involucre very short ; 

 petals minute, often reddish ; bristlets of fruit barbed 

 at the apex. D. brachiatus. 



