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345. Podospermum. Podosperm. XIX, 10. 
1. Stem leafy. Ls pinnatifid, with distant, linear lobes, 
rarely undiv.—Road-sides; W. 6 facinsatum Dec. 1312. 
346. HypocSiceris. Cat’s-ear. XIX, 7. 
1. Some of the outer rays of the pappus not plumose, 
only rough. Stem leafless, gen. with several heads, glabr. 
—Wood-clearings, grassy places; distrib. 7 
radicata L. 1313. 
— Pappus hairs all plumose. Stem gen. hispid, with 1 or 
several Is towards the base . . ... . 2 
2. Stem bearing 1—3 heads; peduncles slightly thickened 
below the heads. Heads large. Ls bright green, often 
spotted with violet.—Pasturages of the subalp.; rare; 
W. Y. B. J. 6 . . . maculata L. 1314. 
— Stem 1-headed, rarely with 2 heads, much and insensibly 
thickened towards the top. Heads very large. Ls pale 
green (yellowish).—-Alp. 7 . . uniflora Vill. 1315. 
347. Willemetia. Willemetia. XIX, 19. 
1. Most of the ls rad., oblong-obovate, sinuate-dentate or 
almost runcinate. Stem bearing 1—several heads, rough 
above, like the invols, with long black hairs. W. stipi- 
tata C. H. Schultz, W. apargioides Cass.—Alp.; eastern 
Switz. 7.hieracioides Monn. 1316. 
348. Taraxacum. Dandelion. XIX, 18. 
1. Beak shorter than, or at most as long as, the achene. 
Pappus reddish. T. Pacheri Schultz bip.?—Alp.; Zermatt! 
St. Bernard! and probably in other parts also. 7 
nigricans Rchb. 1317. 
— Beak slenderer than in the last, about twice as long as 
the achene. Pappus white . .... 2 
2. Outer invol.-ls applied, oval-acuminate. Ls erect or 
erect-spreading, faintly toothed or almost entire.—b. de¬ 
pression Grml. (udum Jord., Scorzon'era Rchb.?) PI. 
more robust with several stems; ls almost as in 1319, 
spreading on the soil. T. palustre Dec.—Marshy fields; 
probably distrib.; b. Constance, Vaud, between the type 
and 1319, perhaps hybrid? 4,5 paludosum Schlecht. 1318. 
— Outer invol.-ls reflexed or, at any rate, spreading 3 
3. Outer invol.-ls linear or linear-lanceolate, reflexed, the 
inner gen. not callous at the top. Ls gen. runcinate- 
pinnatifid, more rarely laciniate, or only sinuate.— 
Meadows, pasturages, road-sides; everywhere; 4—10 
officinale Web. 1319. 
