COMPOSITE 359 



C. montana. Leaves unequally toothed ; flowers clear 

 yellow on stem of 16 in., which is thickened towards the 

 head. July-August. Grassy slopes of the alpine zone. 



In C. alpestris the capitules are smaller, the stems 

 more slender and hardly thickened toward the head, and 

 the leaves more regularly cut. Alpine or subalpine. 



Lastly mention must be made of C. pygmxa, a small, 

 creeping plant with cordiform leaves, shining white grey 

 above, brownish below; flowers clear yellow in capitules, 

 tinged with violet near the involucre ; native of the higher 

 peaks among debris. The tiny species jubata is rare in 

 Switzerland. Leaves entire or slightly toothed ; flowers 

 golden-yellow; stem 1-2 in.; involucre very woolly. 

 Found on a few desolate rock ridges of the high Alps. 



Aposcris 



Jl. fcetida (PI. LX). Resembles the Dandelion, but 

 the leaves are more deeply divided into regular, triangular 

 lobes ; stem first erect, drooping after florescence. Shady 

 places of limestone mountains. Not wanted in gardens. 



Saussurea 



S. alpina*. A plant with running rootstock, grey, 

 sinuate-dentate leaves, cottony below, bearing on a 

 simple, leathery stem, 4-10 in., corymbose heads of 

 small, bluish-purple thistle flowers, whose florets are 

 entangled in cobwebby wool. Sporadic in moist alpine 

 meadows ; 2009-2500 m. 



Mulgcdium 



Eng. : Sow-Thistle; Fr.: Laitron ; Ger. ; Milchlattich. 



JW. alpinum* (PI. LX1). Vigorous plant; stem erect, 

 with glandular hairs, hollow, terminated by an oblong 



