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bladdery ; vittae solitary in the furrows, leaves ternately 

 compound. 



P. aquilegi(zfolium y Koch ; flowers white, stem 1^-3 ft., 

 glabrous, involucre small, bracts linear ; alps of Dauphiny. 



7. MOLOSPERMUM, Koch. 



Leaves ter-pinnate ; general involucre of few bracts or 

 o, partial of many bracts; petals with a long incurved point. 



M. cicutarium, DC. {Ligusticum peloponesiacum, L.) ; 

 foetid, stem hollow, glabrous, 3-6 ft, leaflets ovate, acumi- 

 nate, deeply pinnatifid, flowers white; Western and 

 Southern Switzerland, Tirol, Carinthia, Dauphiny, 

 Eastern Pyrenees. 



8. PLEUROSPERMUM, Hoffm. 



Leaves bi- or ter-pinnate ; general and partial involucre 

 of many bracts ; petals without a recurved point ; fruit 

 inflated. 



P. austriacum, Hoffm. ; stem 2-4 ft., glabrous, striated, 

 hollow, flowers rather large, white, leaves ter-pinnate, 

 with elliptic dentate segments; pastures; Southern and 

 Eastern Switzerland, Dauphiny. 



9. CONIUM, L. 



Leaves pinnately compound; general and partial in- 

 volucre of many small bracts; calyx-teeth o; petals 

 obcordate ; fruit crenulate, with many vittae. Not alpine. 



C. maculatum, L., Hemlock; stem 3-6 ft., striated, 

 hollow, with purple spots in the lower part ; wood-sides 

 and stony places ; local ; very poisonous. 



