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4. Seps glabr. on both sides, white, often streaked with 
rose or violet. Invol.-ls 3-sect; segments 2—3-fid, un¬ 
equally inciso-dentate; petioles about x /2 the length of 
the invol. 1.—Woods, thickets; everywhere. 4 
nemorosa L. 17. 
— Seps villous or pubescent on the back . . 5 
5. Carps as in Clematis terminated by a long, plumose 
queue (prolongation of the style) ... 6 
— Carps with short, glabr. styles .... 10 
6. Invol.-ls free at the base, with short, broad petioles, 
resembling the rad. Is. FIs white, sometimes tinted on 
the outside with violet, or (b. sulfurea L.) sulphur- 
yellow.—Alp , subalp. and Jura; b. only on granite soil. 6 
alpina L. 18. 
— Invol.-ls sessile, united at the base in a sheath, palmati- 
partite, differing from'the rad. Is. FIs light or dark 
violet ......... 7 
7. Rad. Is persist, during winter, simply pinnatisect; seg¬ 
ments obovate-cuneiform, 2—3-fid, with broad lobes. 
Hairs shining, brownish-yellow.—Alp. and subalp. 5—7 
vernaiis L. 19. 
— Rad. Is dying in the autumn, 2—3-pinnatisect, with 
linear or linear-lanceolate lobes . ... 8 
8. Ls very villous, hardly 2-pinnatisect, with linear-lanceo¬ 
late lobes.— Alp. of Wall, (upper Nicolaithal). 7 
Halleri All. 20. 
— Ls glabr. throughout almost their entire development, 
3-pinnatisect, with linear lobes (Type of A. Pulsatilla) 9 
9. FIs. more or less erect, gen. light violet. —Sunny hills, 
here and there; G. W. Y. J. Z. S. 3, 4 Pulsatilla L. 21. 
— FIs. drooping, dark violet, rarely rose, light blue or 
whitish (Montorge!).—As the last; G. W. T. 3, 4, rather 
later than the last .... montana Hoppe. 22. 
10(5). Invol.-ls sessile, entire or slightly incised, differing 
from the rad. ls. Anthers blue. A- hortensis auct. p.— 
Southern Europe; formerly near Chillon! 4 
*stel!ata Lam. 23. 
— Invol.-ls petioled, almost like the rad. ls. Anthers yellow 
11 
11. Ls 2-ternatisect, with 2 -5-fid segments. Stem 10—15 cm. 
—High Alp. W. Y. B. 0. 7 . . . Baldensis L. 24. 
— Ls palmate 5-partite, with 2—3-fid segments. Stem 20 
to 40 cm. —Slopes; northern side of Hauenstein above 
Laufelfingen; and on the northern frontier near Grenzacli 
(and Mundelfingen). 5 . . sylvestris L. 25. 
