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notched; calyx-teeth small; fruit subterete, ridges not 

 thickened or corky. 



S. LibanotiSy Koch (Libanotis montana, Crntz.), (includ- 

 ing daucifolium and gracile) ; general involucre of many 

 bracts, leaves bi-pinnate, bluish-green beneath, fruit 

 rough with short hairs ; mountain slopes. S. montanum, 

 L. ; general involucre o, bracts of partial involucre with 

 narrow membranous edge, branches of umbel 6-10; 

 calcareous hills. 5. annuum, L. (coloratum, Ehrh.) ; 

 branches of umbel 15-20, bracts of partial involucre with 

 broad membranous edge ; hill-sides, local. 6\ tortuosum, 

 L. ; resembling the last, but with tortuous stem, much 

 branched from the base, branches of umbel 3-10; Tirol, 

 Pyrenees. 6". caruifolium, Vill. ; stem slightly branched, 

 solitary, bracts of partial involucre with broad mem- 

 branous border, fruit glabrous ; pastures ; Dauphiny. 



27. LIBANOTIS, All. 



General and partial involucre of many bracts; calyx- 

 teeth subulate; petals with a long inflexed point ; vittae I, 

 rarely 2, in each furrow. 



L. athamantoides, DC. ; lower leaves bi- or ter-pinnate, 

 with ovate leaflets and mucronate segments, fruit gla- 

 brous; pastures; Carniola. 



28. ATHAMANTA, Koch. 



General involucre of few, partial of many bracts ; petals 

 hairy on the outside ; fruit flask-shaped, hairy. 



A. cretensis, L. (including rupestris, Scop.) ; leaves ter- 

 pinnate, hairy or nearly glabrous, with linear segments, 

 fruit ovate, covered with short distant hairs; pastures, 



