Composite. 
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16. Invol.-ls strongly nerved, Avithout, or Avith a faint brownish, 
spot at the top, the inner in particular slightly drawn 
together below the top; lateral fringes 5—7 on each 
side. —As the last; W. 7 . . valesiaca Jord. 1283. 
—• Invol.-ls less strongly nerved, with a distinct black 
spot at the tip, triangular, acute, broader than in the 
last; lateral fringes 7—12 on each side. C. Mureti Jord.! 
rhenanaBor.—As the last; Lower Engadine, Chur, Bale. 7 
maculosa Lam. 1284. 
17 (14). Scarious edge of the invol.-ls (blackish) not hiding 
the invol. Stem gen. branchy, with several heads. Heads 
fairly large.—Pasturages, road-sides; distrib. 6 
Scabiosa L. 1285. *) 
— Scarious edge of the invol.-ls more or less hiding the 
invol.; fringes longer, almost silvery. Stem not tall, 
gen. simple and 1-headed; in a form nearer to C. Sca¬ 
biosa (var. intermedia) taller and with several heads. 
Heads very large (2—3 cm broad). C. Kotschyana Koch 
not Heuff.—Alp.; Grraub.! Wall.! Tess ! Mt. Pilatus. 8 
alpestris Heg. 1286. 
OBS. Hybrids: C. Jacea-nervosa; C. Jacea-rhontica. 
333. Crupina. Crupina. XIX, 38. 
1. Caul. Is pinnatipartite, with finely toothed segments, the 
teeth acuminate. Invol. oblong-cylindric. FIs red. Cent- 
aurea Crupina L. —Stony hills. W. 6 vulgaris Pers. 1287. 
334. Xeranthemum. Xeran hemum. XIX, 29. 
1. Inner (rayed) invol.-ls V /2 times as long as the diam. 
of the disk.—Dry places. W. 6 . inapertum Willd. 1288. 
— Inner invol.-ls twice as long as the diam. of the disk. 
X. radiatum Lam.—W. (Tourbillon, but probably only 
adventitious). 6 *annuum L. 1289. 
335. Lampsana. Dock-cress. XIX, 4. 
1. Stem leafy, many-headed. Heads small (invol. 5 mm long). 
—Fields, road-sides, wood-clearings; distrib. 8, 9 
communis L. 1290. 
336. Aposeris. Aposeris. XIX, 5. 
1. Ls rad., runcinate-pinnatifid, with almost triangular seg¬ 
ments. Heads large. Stems 1-headed.— Subalp. of western 
Switz. 6. foetida Less. 1291. 
*) C. spinulosa Roch., taller, up to 1 l/2 m; heads smaller, supported 
by slenderer, longer peduncles ; scarious edge of the invol.-ls narrower, with 
more distant, much shorter, fringes: Yvorne, in company with C. Scabiosa; 
(adventitious); Jaccard! 
