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Salsify; stem bearing several capitules, leafy below, 1^-3 

 ft.; rare; Aostathal, Dauphiny (but often cultivated). 

 vS\ aristata, Ram. ; capitule solitary, stem leafless, stem 

 8 1 6 in.; Tirol, Carinthia, Carniola, Salzburg, Pyrenees. 

 B. Flowers pink : 5. rosea, W. and K. ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate ; rare ; Tirol, Carniola, Carinthia, Carpathians. 



60. PODOSPERMUM, DC. 



Resembling Scorzonera; but achenes swollen, prolonged 

 at the base into a stalk ; leaves pinnatifid. Not alpine. 



P. laciniatum, DC. ; flowers pale yellow, stem erect, 

 simple, capitule solitary, leaf-segments distant, usually 

 linear ; road-sides ; Valais, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. P. cal- 

 citrapcefolium, DC. (decumbens } G. and G.) ; stems often 

 decumbent ; Dauphiny. 



61. SONCHUS, L. 



Flowers yellow; capitules numerous, corymbose; in- 

 volucral bracts in many rows ; pappus-hairs simple, silky. 

 Very milky plants ; not alpine. 



Our English species of Sow-Thistle, 6*. oleraceus, L., 

 with very soft pinnatifid leaves ; asper, All., with spiny 

 leaves ; and arvensis, L., with much larger capitules and 

 auricled stem-leaves, are common in cultivated land. 5. 

 palustris, L., with pale yellow flowers and sagittate stem- 

 leaves, is occasionally met with in marshes in Southern 

 Switzerland. 



62. PRENANTHES, L. 



Flowers purple; capitules small, numerous, few- 

 flowered; involucral bracts in one row, few; pappus- 

 hairs simple. 



