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10(6). Upper Is altern. Ann. pi. FIs of a dark blood-red, 
rarely (b. Molinerii Balb.) of a more or less pinky- 
white.— Cultivated and sometimes subspontaneous. 6 
f incarnatum L. 518. 
— Upper Is opp. Perenn. pis (except 522) . . 11 
11. Cal.-teeth almost equal. FIs white . . . 17 
— Cal.-teeth unequal ....... 12 
12 FIs yellowish-white. Cal.-teeth lanceolate-subulate, the 
lower (odd) one bent back at maturity.;—Pasturages; 
here and there (wanting in G. T.). 6 ochroleucum L. 519. 
■— FIs rose-coloured, rarely varied to white or dirty white. 
Cal.-teeth filiform, or subulate-filiform, erect . IS 
13. Cal.-tube glabr. Stipules lanceolate, narrowed insensibly 
to a point, more herbaceous than in T. pratense.— 
Hills; wood-sides; distrib. 6 . . medium L. 520. 
— Cal.-tube hairy ....... 11 
14. Leaflets narrow, oblong-lanceolate, distinctly denticulate. 
Stipules lanceolate-subulate, narrowed insensibly. PI. 
without a central rosette, with a central stem.—Hills; 
here and there (wanting in U. L.). 6 alpestre L. 521. 
— Leaflets broader, oval or rhomboidal-oval, with entire 
or indistinctly denticulate edge. Stipules demi-oval, sud¬ 
denly narrowed to an awn. PI. with a central rosette 
and lateral stems.—b. pediinculcituni Ser. (sativum Rchb.?) 
Heads with fairly long peduncles (without invols); fis 
paler; rad. Is gen. withered. (A r evey!)—c. nivale Sieb. 
Alpine form with thicker, dirty white or rose-coloured 
heads.—Plains, pasturages; everywhere, also cultivated. 5 
pratense L. 522. 
15 (2). Heads few-fld, lower tooth of the cal. distinctly 
longer than the others. FIs very large, about 20 min long, 
rose-coloured, very rarely yellowish-wliite.—Alp. 6 
alpinum L. 523. 
— Heads many-fld. Cal.-teeth of equal length or the 2 
upper ones longer . . . .. . .Id 
16. Pedicels not deflexed after flowering (except sometimes 
the lower ones). Common peduncles rising from the 
root-stock. T. ceespitosum Reyn.—Alp. and Jura (Dole, 
Marchairuz, and Mont Tendre). 7 . . Thalii Vill, 524. 
— Pedicels deflexed after flowering . ' . . . 17 
17. Cal.-teeth of equal length. Leaflets hairy underneath, 
closely nerved at the edge.—Pasturages, especially of 
the mountains; distrib. 6 . . montanum L. 525. 
— Cal.-teeth unequal, the 2 upper ones longer. Leaflets 
gen. glabr. ..... ... IS 
18. The 2 upper cal.-teeth contiguous, separated by an acute 
sinus which is not so deep as the others . . 1U 
