sections, subnculisli :il llic lop. '\'\\r lower leaves aie ioiii^-pclioled. Ilie ii|)iiei- oiios 

 sessile, 'i'lie llowcr eliislei is vei v lew -How ered, i^eneialiy 2-ilo\verecl, iiioie rarely 1 or 

 !5-llow('re(l. on eomparalivel y sliorl pedicels, nUiier densely covered with veilowisli green 

 liairs, lull nol Ljlaiidulai-, oT wliicli I have been alile lo ascerlaiii IliroULili a microscopic 

 exaniiiialioii. I his haiiiiiess con.sists of 2-celled hairs, loniied iioiii one hioader, swol- 

 len and harrel-l'oi ined hasal cell, and one loniJ and narrow, even, nearlv hvaline ioj) 



l"ig. i)0. Acoiiiliim iimhifiniim I^icicnKxii. subspcc. alpinum (Tlkczan.) 

 nov. comb. a. Flower iC;i. - 1). - b. Nectaries — c. Stamens, (ca. "/i). 



cell. A similar hairiness is to be found in several other species of Acuniliiin. as for 

 instance in .4. Utcvc. but not in all. The hairiness of ,1. batbidiim. for instance, con- 

 sists of hairs of a ([uile different sirnebire. i'he pedicels are somewhat swollen at the 

 to]i. The biaets are very small. Irniicale, unnerved, more or less hairy, according to 



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