100 
Alsinacese. 
more distinctly granular.—Grassy places, road-sides; 
everywhere. 5—9 .... triviale Link. 394. 
— Ann. or bienn. pis. Stems 5—15 cm, never rooting, gen. 
glandular-viscous ....... O 
9. Edges of all the bracts broadly ( 1 /a— 1 / 2 ) scarious. Fr.- 
pedicels reflexed.—Grassy places, slopes; not every¬ 
where (wanting in A. U.). 4 . semidecandrum L. 395. 
— Lower bracts herbaceous, the edges not or scarcely 
scarious. Fr.-pedicels inclined or horizontal. C. pumi- 
lum Curt, ex Babgt.—As the last, but rarer; Y. B. J. 
A. (?) Z. 4.glutinosum Fr, 396. 
10 (5). Bracts all entirely herbaceous, resembling the cauline 
Is. Seeds marginate. Type of C. latifolium . . 11 
— Bracts with more or less scarious edges. Seed emar- 
ginate ......... 12 
11. Pets spreading in the form of a basin, more than twice 
as long as the cal. Caps, inflated at the base, rather 
curved. Seed 2—3 mm. — High Alp., apparently only on 
calc. 7, 8.latifolium L. 397. 
— Pets as in the last, but never more than twice as long 
as the cal. Caps, ovoid at the base, curved. SeedlV2—2 mm. 
Ls softer, pedicels longer than in the last C. subacaule 
Heg., C glaciale Gaud.—High Alp., probably only on 
silicious soil; G. W. U. 7, earlier than the last 
uniflorum Murith, 398. 
— Pets bell-shaped, less spreading than in the 2 last, ex¬ 
ceeding the cal. by 1 /s at most. Caps, almost cylindric, 
straight. Seed 1 — 1 ! /2 mm. Growth slenderer with nar¬ 
rower ls and longer pedicels. C. pedunculatum Gaud. 
•—High Alp., especially in the neighbourhood of glaciers, 
sometimes by the side of C. uniflorum, only in the 
central Alps. 7. Earlier than C. latifolium. 
filiforme Schleich, 399. 
12. Ls oblong, gen. without fascicles of small ls in their 
axils. Pets very spreading, straight. Stem 1—5-fld. Hair 
long, flexible.—b. lanatum Lam. Ls white-woolly.—High 
Alp., not common. 7 alpinum L. 400. 
— Ls linear or linear-lanceolate, gen. with fascicles of 
. small ls in their axils. Pets spreading in the shape of 
a bell (curved outwards). Stem 5 —15-fld . . IS 
13. PI. entirely white-tomentose.—Walls: Vevey! Bevieux! 
PonteTresa! (probably naturalised, widely distrib., however, 
in Italy). 6 f tomentosum L. 401. 
— PI. not tomentose.—b. srictum Hcinke. PI. more glabr., 
forming denser tufts, the stems more erect.—c. visci- 
clulum Grml. As b. but entirely glandular-viscous (Zer¬ 
matt). — Boad-sides, slopes; b. alpine form. c. Mattmark 
(Saas). 5—7.arvense L, 402. 
