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pappus-hairs short, rough; Ticino, Lombardy. L. alpi- 

 nus, Vill. ; corolla red on the under-side, leaves all 

 radical, dentate, not pinnatifid ; very high ; Dauphiny. 



S3. Hypoch^ris, L. 



Flowers yellow ; capitules on simple or branched leaf- 

 less scapes; pappus of one row of feathery hairs and 

 usually an outer row of short stiff bristles; receptacle 

 scaly. 



H. glabra, L., with toothed or sinuate, and radi- 

 cata, L., with runcinate-pinnatifid leaves, are common 

 meadow plants. H. maculata, L. ; capitules large, 1-3, 

 stem thickened towards the top, involucral bracts entire, 

 leaves usually spotted with dark brown; high alpine 

 pastures. H. uniflora, Vill. ; capitule very large, solitary, 

 with greatly thickened stalk, involucral bracts fringed, 

 woolly; very high; Switzerland, Carniola, Dauphiny, 

 Carpathians. 



54. Taraxacum, Juss. 



Flowers yellow ; capitule solitary, on a leafless hollow 

 scape; involucral bracts in several rows, the outer ones 

 often recurved ; receptacle naked, pitted ; pappus-hairs in 

 several rows ; fruit ribbed and beaked. 



T. officinale, Web., Dandelion ; everywhere. T. palus- 

 tre, DC. ; differing in its erect outer involucral scales ; 

 wet places, common. T. Icsvigatum, DC. ; with smaller 

 and paler capitules and more divided leaves ; dry pastures, 

 local. T. nigricans, Kit. ; flowers golden-yellow, outer 

 involucral bracts spreading, stalk of pappus much longer 

 than the fruit; alpine pastures, local. T. Pacheri, Schultz; 

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