Composite?. 
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above.—Alps (1450—2300 m); Graub., Wall., Vaud (Alp 
de Montreux) and probably in other places, but con¬ 
fused with H. cymosum sabinum; b. Graub. 7 
cruentum Nag. Pet. 1365a. 
— Stem gen. ascending, bearing 3—10 (rarely more) heads 
arranged in a, more or less, lax corymb. Ls without 
stellate hairs above and only few below. Stolons some¬ 
times under-ground, brittle, bearing pale, scaly ls; some¬ 
times above-ground, firmer, with ls more developed Id 
16. Ls soft, green, rarely rather bluish, oblong-lanceolate. 
Stem 20—45 cm, hollow and easily compressed. Invols 
medium sized or fairly large, broad, with more or less 
obtuse ls. Hairs (at least in the most distributed forms) 
soft, very numerous and very long, often blackish at 
the base. Ligules dark purple, or pale-purple*) (see 
var. d.). H. Hinterhuberi Schultz bip. — b. spanochcetiiim 
Nag. Pet. Form approaching H. Auricula by its bluish, 
spathulate, less-hairy ls.—c. pseudoaurantiacum Nag. 
Pet. Approaching H. cymosum sabinum in habit, and 
invols covered with numerous stellate hairs; also resem¬ 
bling H. cruentum.—d. auropurpureum Nag. Pet. Ap¬ 
proaching H. furcatum in its lax inflorescence; hairs 
very long; resembling H. fulgens (aurant.-fuscum).— 
e. decolorant Fr. (aurant. luteum Koch). Ligules orange 
yellow, those of the circumference streaked with red 
underneath.—Alp. (1450—2100 m) ; reported also from the 
Jura (Mt. Tendre and Chasseron); b. Graub. (Spliigen, 
Engadine); c. Graub. (Avers), Wall. (Eginenthal, Sion, 
St. Bernard); d. Graub. (Avers); e. Graub. (Parpan, 
Engadine). 7. aurantiacum L. 1366. 
— Ls more or less bluish-green and often spathulate (as 
in H. Auricula). Stem 12—30 cm, solid. Invols variable. 
Hairs sometimes rare, sometimes numerous and long. 
Ligules dark or pale purple, or orange-yellow, those of 
the circumference red underneath. Rt-stock with stolons 
partly under-ground, short, scaly; partly above-ground, 
more or less elongated. H. aurantiacum bicolor Gaud. 
—A collective species of the intermediate forms between 
H. aurantiacum and H. Auricula (b. chrysanthes N. P.), 
and between H. aurant. and H. niphobium (c. fuscum 
Villarsii ), also having the habit of H. niphobium, with 
yellow ligules, but those of the circumference red under¬ 
neath (d. chrysoniphobium N. P.), or, lastly, very near to 
H. aurantiacum, but the heads smaller and slighter, and 
*) There are no forms with entirely yellow fls in this species, Nag. and 
Pet. refer, with hesitation, the var. flavum Gaud, to a form of H. auran- 
ti cum with broader invol.-ls and pale purplish fls. See also the var. e. 
