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very large, runcinate, with winged leaf-stalk; Western 

 Switzerland, Jura, Vosges, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



B. Flowers yellow ; stem-leaves decurrent : — L. vimi- 

 nea, Lk. {Phcenixopus vimineus, Rchb.) ; flowers pale 

 yellow, slightly violet beneath, stem simple, white, 2^4 

 in.; stony places; Valais, Dauphiny, Piedmont, Pyre- 

 nees. L. chondrillceflora, Bor. ; stem branched, flowers 

 bright yellow on both sides ; Pyrenees. 



C. Flowers yellow ; stem-leaves not decurrent : — The 

 four English species : — L. muralis, Fresn. ; leaves lyrate- 

 pinnatifid; very common. L. virosa, L. ; leaves bristly 

 beneath ; waste places, occasional. L. Scariola, L. ; less 

 prickly, capitules smaller ; stony places, local. L. saligna, 

 L. ; scarcely bristly, capitules sessile, crowded, flowers 

 pale yellow ; Western Switzerland, local. 



65. Crepis, L. 



Flowers yellow, orange, or pink ; capitules small, nume- 

 rous, many-flowered ; involucral bracts numerous, linear ; 

 stem usually branched, few-leaved ; pappus-hairs in many 

 rows, simple, silky. 



A. Flowers pink or white: — C. montana, Scop. (/«- 

 carnata, Wulf.) ; capitules numerous, corymbose, stem 

 nearly leafless ; pastures ; Tirol, Carniola, rare. 



B. Flowers orange-red : — C. aurea, Cass. ; stem usually 

 unbranched, nearly leafless, capitule solitary, stem and 

 involucre covered with black hairs, leaves glabrous; 

 pastures ; Alps, Jura, Dauphiny, Pyrenees, Carpathians. 



C. Flowers yellow ; stem nearly leafless : — C. prm- 

 morsa, Tausch. ; stem simple below, panicled above, 

 leaves nearly entire ; bushy ; Switzerland, Jura, Vosges. 



