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frequent. A. Matthioli, Wulf. ; leaves glabrous, fruit 

 velvety ; Tirol, Carniola. 



29. TROCHISCANTHES, Koch. 



Bracts of general involucre o or I ; leaves several times 

 ternate; flowers greenish -white, the greater number 

 barren ; fruit slightly winged ; vittae 3-4 in each furrow. 



T. nodiflorus, Koch; leaf- segments ovate-lanceolate, 

 toothed, stem glabrous, striated, hollow, much branched ; 

 woods ; Rhone Valley, Tirol, Dauphiny. 



30. LlGUSTICUM, L. 



General involucre various, partial of many bracts 

 flowers white or pink ; calyx-teeth small or o ; petals with 

 a long inflexed point; fruit densely compressed; vittae 

 numerous ; stem leafy. 



L. ferulaceum, All., Lovage ; stem 1-2 ft., bracts of 

 general involucre numerous, pinnatifid; Jura, Saleve, 

 Dauphiny, rare. L. Seguieri, Koch ; stem 2-4 ft., bracts 

 of general involucre o or very few, entire ; rare ; Monte 

 Generoso, Monte Baldo, Carniola. 



31. PACHYPLEURUM, Led. 



General involucre of many bifid or trifid bracts ; flowers 

 white or pink ; petals with a long inflexed point ; calyx- 

 teeth o ; leaves bi- or ter-pinnate ; fruit much compressed ; 

 stem leafless. 



P. simplex > Rchb. (Gay a simplex. Gaud.) ; leaf-segments 

 linear, bracts of general involucre 7-10, flowers often 

 dark pink, in crowded umbels ; very high ; Switzerland, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



