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9. Invol.-ls oval, broad (3—4 win/), more or less obtuse, 
blackish with a whitish or greenish border, gen. clearly 
imbricated. PI. more robust than H. Pilosella, with short, 
thick stolons bearing crowded, large Is. H. piloselleeforme 
Hoppe (1814).—Eastern Alp. 7 
Hoppeanum Schult. (1814) 1359. 
— Invol.-ls acute or acuminate, not imbricated . 10 
10. Stolons short, thick, with close-set Is almost all of 
the same length. Invol.-ls about 3 mm broad at the base, 
distinctly acuminate. Ls gen. longer than in II. Pilo¬ 
sella, with more numerous and longer bristle-like hairs 
on the upper face. Invols with long, fine, very numerous 
hairs, without glands.—Alpine valleys; Graub. (Avers), 
Wall.; 500—2500m. 5 . . Peleterianum Mer. 1300. 
— Stolons, more or less, long and slender, leafy, ls gen. 
decreasing in size towards the end of the stolon. Invol.- 
ls about 1—2 mm broad, acute (neither acuminate nor 
obtuse) ......... 11 
11. Invol. gen. glandular, more or less tomentose (with 
stellate hairs), and having, at the same time, long, simple 
hairs. Species very variable; var.: stem forked (v. caules- 
cens); ls hardly tomentose, almost greenish underneath 
(v. virescens); invol. dark-coloured, very villous (v. 
melanops); or covered with very numerous, glandiferous, 
black hairs (v. nigrescens).—b. velutinum Ileg. (incanum 
Dec.) Ls more or less tomentose above.—Hills, road¬ 
sides; distrib., ascending to 2600 m; b especially in the 
Alps. 5. . Pilosella L. 1361.*) 
— Invol. almost always without glands, very tomentose, 
with very fine, short (silken!) hairs. Rad. rosette small; 
stem slender; head small; flowering 4—5 weeks later. 
H. Pilosella niveum Mull. arg.—b. amphipolium N. P. 
Analogous variety of II. Pilosella velutinum.—Wall., up 
to 2000 m. (Eginenthal, Simplon, vallee de la Yiege, 
Sion, Martigny), Noirmont (Jura); b. Sion. 6 
- tardans N. P. 1362. 
Section II. Aurieulina. (5.) 
12. Ls rather glaucous, more or less spatliulate (dilated 
towards the upper portion, almost obtuse at the top), 
glabr. or with scattered, bristle-like hairs, absolutely 
without stellate hairs. Invol.-ls obtuse, dark-co¬ 
loured with a pale margin, more rarely (v. melanei- 
lema) dark all over. Rt-stock producing longer or shorter, 
above-ground stolons.—Dry fields and damp pasturages, 
up to 2500 m; distrib. 5 . . Auricula Lam. 1363. 
*) Nag. and Peter mention 4G varieties in Switzerland. 
