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C.pygntGect) L. ; stem somewhat prostrate, leaves sinuate- 

 dentate, leaf-stalk winged ; high ; Switzerland, Tirol, 

 Piedmont, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. C. Frolichiana, DC. 

 (parviflora, Schleich.); flowers light yellow, capitules 3-7; 

 pastures, local. C. jubata, Koch ; stem simple, 12 in., 

 capitule solitary, involucre woolly; Switzerland, Tirol, 

 rare. 



D. Flowers yellow ; stem more or less leafy : C. 

 vtrens, L., nearly glabrous, upper leaves sagittate; C. 

 bienms, L., hispid, upper leaves sessile; and C. tectorum, 

 L., with the leaves rolled back at the edges, are common 

 lowland plants. The following are alpine or sub-alpine: 

 C. hyoseridifolia, Tausch. (tergloviensis. Kern.); stem 

 simple, leafy to the top, thickened beneath the solitary 

 capitule, stem and involucre woolly; high, local. C. 

 blattarioides, Vill. ; capitules 1-5, large, flowers light 

 yellow, upper part of stem leafless, stem-leaves cordate 

 or sagittate, amplexicaul; high, local. C. chondrilloides, 

 L. (Jacquini, Tausch.) ; stem branched, involucre nearly 

 glabrous, lower leaves nearly entire, stem-leaves pinnatifid; 

 alpine pastures. C. alpestris, Tausch.; stem not thickened 

 below the capitule, leaves sinuate-dentate or runcinate; 

 alpine pastures. C. pontana, L. (Soyeria montana, Jacq.) ; 

 capitules very large (ij in.), stem thickened below the 

 capitule, leaves irregularly denticulate ; Alps, Jura, Pyre- 

 nees. C. grandiflora, Tausch. (conyzcefolia, Gou.) ; capi- 

 tules large, 2-10, leaves glandular-pubescent, stem- leaves 

 sagittate-amplexicaul ; dry, local. C. hieracioides, W. and 

 K. (sucds&folia } Tausch.) ; capitules several, leaves 

 rounded at the base, glabrous or hairy, nearly entire, 

 flowers golden-yellow; pastures, frequent. C. lampsan- 

 oides, Frb'l. ; involucral bracts acuminate, radical and 



