Composure. 
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fields after harvest (smaller branchy-spreading form: 
v. diffusa). 6 . . . . . virens Vill. 1341. 
— Outer invol.-ls slightly spreading. Styles brown. Achenes 
narrowed to the top ...... 1 
4. Caul. Is rolled under at the edges. Outer invol.-ls 
linear, the inner with an applied pubescence on the 
inner side. Achenes chestnut-brown. PI. pubescent or 
almost glabr. Heads rather small.- Fields, road-sides; 
rare; Engadine, Simplon, Nicolaithal, Schaffh. 6 
tectorum L. 1342. 
— Caul. Is flat. Outer invol.-ls lanceolate, the inner glabr. 
on the inside. Achenes yellowish brown. PI. rough. Heads 
rather larger than in the last but smaller than in 1340. 
—Meadows, introduced with foreign grass-seeds; Y. (not 
uncommon), Bern &c. 5, earlier than C. biennis 
nicEeensis Balb. 1343. 
5 (1). Stem leafless or rarely with 1 leaf at the base G 
— Stem leafy (but sometimes with only 2—1 Is), by ex¬ 
ception sometimes leafless ..... .9 
6. FIs orange-yellow. Stem 1-lieaded, covered above, like 
the invol., with long black hairs. Ls glabr. Habit of a 
Leontodon, but pappus composed of simple, not plumose, 
hairs.—Alp., subalp. and Jura. 7 . aiirea Cass. 1344. 
— FIs.yellow ........ 7 
7. Stem bearing several or many heads; heads small. (Ls 
oblong-obovate, entire or slightly denticulate) . 8 
— Stem 1-headed, or with 1 or few 1-headed branches; 
heads larger . . . . - . . . .9 
8. Heads numerous, in a raceme, the lower branches of the 
raceme bearing 2—3 heads.—Pasturages, wood-edges; 
not common (wanting in T. W. Y. U.). 5, 6 
proemorsa Tausch. 1345. 
— Heads 3—7, in a corymb. C. incarnata lutea Koch. — 
As the last. T. 5 . . . Froelichiana Dec. 1346. 
9. Rt-stock cylindric-fusiform, vertical or oblique . 10 
— Rt-stock truncate, oblique or horizontal . . 12 
10. Ls pubescent-glandular, the caul, with sagittate base. 
Achenes with 20 ribs. Stem bearing 2 — 5 (1—10) heads ; 
heads very large.—Alp. 7 . grandiflora Tausch. 1347. 
— Ls without glands, the caul, narrowed to the base, or 
half-clasping with rounded auricles. Achenes with 5 or 
10 ribs. Stem 1-headed, or (more rarely) div. into 2—3 
1-lieaded branches ....... 11 
11. Heads very large (45 mm in diam.). Peduncles thickened 
below the fls (as in Ilypochseris). Ls irreg. denticulate. 
Soyeria montana Monn. — Alp. and Jura (Dole, Chasse- 
ron). 7.montana Tausch. 1348- 
