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Group III. Auriculastra. — Young leaves involute. Calyx short, both 

 tube and teeth. 



True Auriculastra. — Leaves, calyx and pedicels not viscose. 



9. P. Auricula, Linnaeus. — Leaves large, entire or minutely toothed. Under 

 side of leaves, pedicels and calyx mealy. Bracts small. Flower pale yellow. — 

 Distrib. : Mountains of Central Europe. 



10. P. Palinuri, Petagna. — Differs mainly from the large forms of 

 P. Auricula by its constantly inciso-crenate leaves and larger foliaceous bracts. 

 Flower pale yellow. — Distrib. : Promontory of Palinurus, Naples. 



11. P. marginata, Curtis. — Much dwarfer than Auricula, with strongly 

 inciso-crenate leaves with a white mealy margin. Flowers fewer, lilac — 

 Distrib. : Alps of Dauphine and Piedmont. 



12. P. carniolica, Jacquin. — Leaves oblong, thin, entire, not at all mealy. 

 Flowers lilac. — Distrib. : Alps of Austria and Lombardy. 



Erythrodosa. — Leaves, pedicels and calyx viscose. 



13. P. v iscosa, Villars. — Leaves obovate, strongly inciso-crenate. Pedicels 

 twice as long as calyx. Calyx-teeth nearly as long as the tube. Flowers few 

 or many, lilac. — Distrib. : Pyrenees and mountains of Central Europe. Many 

 varieties (villosa, Wulfenius, latifolia, Lapeyrouse, &c). 



11. P. daonensis, Leybold. — Differs from dwarf few-flowered forms of 

 viscosa in its narrower leaves, shorter pedicels and much smaller calyx, with 

 very small obtuse teeth. — Distrib. : Granitic Alps of Switzerland and Austria. 



Group IV. — Arthritica. — Young leaves involute ; calyx long ; tube 

 cylindrical or infundibuliform. Flowers always lilac. 



Corolla lobes shallowly bifid. 



15. P. calycina, Duby. — Leaves large, entire, acute, with a distinct white 

 mealy edge. Bracts large, linear. Calyx ^ inch long; teeth lanceolate, as 

 long as tube. — Distrib. : Alps of Lombardy. 



16. P. spectabilis, Trattinick. — Leaves large, entire, obtuse or subacute, 

 with an indistinct pale edge. Bracts smaller than in the last. Calyx 5 — £ inch 

 long ; teeth much shorter than the tube. — Distrib. : Alps of Central Europe ; 

 several varieties ; was included by Linnaeus under integrifolia. 



17. P. integrifolia, Linnaeus, ex parte. — Dwarfer than spectabilis, with 

 smaller leaves and only 1—3 flowers. — Distrib.: Pyrenees and mountains of 

 Switzerland and Lombardy. 



18. P. Allioni, Loiseleur.— Dwarf, 1—2 flowered, with very short peduncle 

 and pedicels. Leaves obovate, very obtuse, subentire, viscose. — Distrib. : Alps 

 of Piedmont, very rare ; and a geographical variety (P. tyrolensis, Schott) in 

 the Tyrol. 



Corolla-lohcs deeply bifid. 



19. P. minima, Linnaius. — Very dwarf; leaves small, obtuse, sharply 

 toothed, not viscose ; flowers 1 — 2 ; peduncle and pedicels both very short. — 

 Distrib.: Mountains of Switzerland, North Italy, Austria, and Turkey. 



20. P. glutinosa, Wulfen. — Leaves obtuse, denticulate, viscose Flowers 

 many, in a dense umbel, with an elongated peduncle, and large oblong obtuse 

 bracts ; pedicels absent. — Distrib. : Mountains of the Engadiue, Lombardy, 

 and Austria. — J. G. Baker. 



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