Stellatse. 
201 
— As G. Mollugo erectum, but the Is thicker and narrower, 
linear or linear-subulate, often longer-mucronate and 
with a broader nerve on the back. Stems more solitary, 
erect, lower. Branches of the panicle gen. more spreading. 
G. erectum auct. p., G. lucidum auct. not All.*) G. 
cinereum Gaud. — As the last; G. T. W., Lake of Wallen- 
stadt, Sargans. 5, 6 . . . rigidum Vill. 1063. 
16 (12). Fr. entirely covered with tubercles visible to the 
naked eye. PI. with barren, tufted stems. Ls in whorls, 
gen. of 6, broader than in 1066.— Chur, Briigg; other 
localities appear doubtful! 7 . . saxatile L. 1064. 
Fr. smooth or finely granular. Ls gen. in whorls of 8 17 
17. Ls bordered with small prickles which are directed 
forwards, otherwise glabr., rather fleshy, with scarcely 
any middle nerve; very short-mucronate. Fr.-pedicels 
arched-reflexed. PI. with numerous stems, spreading on 
the ground and forming a tuft, becoming yellow when 
dried.—Debris of the Alp., descending sometimes with 
torrents. 7 helveticum Weig. 1065. 
— Ls glabr. or pubescent, the middle nerve more or less 
prominent underneath; distinctly mucronate. Fr.-pe¬ 
dicels straight.—Var.: glabr., or (var. Bocconei Dec.) 
short-pubescent in the lower portion; with fls white 
or (var. rubellum) reddish. With this are connected 
G. montanum Vill., G. commutatum Jord. &c.— b. 
anisophylhim Vill. (alpestre R. and Sch ) Stem lower, 
more erect; panicle almost corymb-shaped; fls rather 
larger; pi. easily becoming black in drying.—c. tenne 
Vill. like the last var., but stem slenderer, ls narrower, 
and longer-mucronate; fls almost only half the size ; pi. not 
turning black when dried. **) — d. austriacum Jacq. (pu- 
milum Gaud. Koch p. ***) Stem branching from the 
base, with spreading branches; ls stiff, shining, linear- 
subulate, not, or scarcely broader towards the top.— 
Pasturages, wood-sides, slopes; distrib.; b. and c. Alp. 
and Jura; d. Simplon; 6, 7 . . sylvestre Poll. 1066. 
18(10). Perenn. pis growing in marshy places. Diameter 
of the cor. greater than that of the adult fr.; the 
latter without hooked bristles .... 10 
*) G. corrudaefolium Vill. (lucidum All.) appears to me to differ in 
the stiffer acicular ls, the broader, silvery middle nerve, and narrower, almost 
unilateral panicle. Piemont! Wall.: Rchb. f. — G. cinereum All., an entirely 
different species, is not found in this country. 
**) G. puberulum Christ (Ravellenfluh) appears to be a pubescent 
G. tenue. 
***) The true G. pumilum Lam. does not grow in Switzerland. 
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