262 
Composite. 
heads; branches hearing small Is and heads often partly 
suppressed. —Rocks and Avails, especially of the mount, 
and subalp.; distrib. 7 . . . amplexicaule L. 1412. 
— Hairs (especially of the lower Is) at any rate partly 
without glands ....... 62 
62. Invol. with yellowish glandiferous hairs neither very 
long or numerous. Styles yellow. Stem branched, often 
from the base, covered entirely with numerous white, 
rather stiff, hairs. Caul. Is not or half-clasping. Heads 
large, Avith long, almost rayed, feebly ciliate, ligules. 
H. amplexicaule opimum Fr.! H. ligusticum Reut.! not 
Fr. — Saleve! in company with H. amplexic. and humile. 
Fort do l’Ecluse! Yverdon! 7 Reichenbachii Verb 1413.*) 
— Invol. with glandiferous hairs, fairly long and numerous, 
and gen. blackish, but without, or only with scattered, 
simple hairs Styles gen. livid (brownish). Stem branchy, 
or only so above. Very near to H. amplexicaule, but 
some of the hairs are always Avithout glands, the branches 
often more erect, the glandiferous hairs of the in¬ 
florescence gen. blackish, the invols with more numerous 
stellate hairs, and the caul. Is narrower and not usually 
clasping.—b. glciucescens Grml. (H. valesiacum Reut.! non 
Fr.). Ls glaucous, sometimes almost glabr. above; hairs 
more distinctly denticulate; stem not tall. — As H. am¬ 
plexicaule, but, in general, rather rarer; b. Wall. (Sim¬ 
plon! Iserabloz!). 7 . . pulmonarioides Vill. 1414. 
— Invol. with short, black glandiferous hairs, and with 
fairly numerous longer hairs which are simple and 
black at the base. Styles yellow. PI. in other respects 
approaching the last, but the stem less leafy, ls thinner, 
inflorescence less separated; branches long, less spread¬ 
ing, without, or with small, ls; upper ls entire, often 
almost glabr. above; invol. ls appressed; fls dark yellow. 
H. amplexicaule aureum Gaud.! Mount, and subalp., 
rare; W. (Lourtier, Iserabloz), 0. (Meiringen: Christener), 
U.? 7 .ligusticum Fr. 1415. 
Section 14. ltupicola. 
63 (24). Ls oval-oblong, coarsely inciso-dentate or pinnati- 
fid, rarely (v. subintegrifolium Ser.!) almost entire; 
the lowest caul, leaf often of the same form as the rad. 
ls, and petioled. Stem not tall, slightly arched, bearing 
2 — 3 ls and div. into 2 or several long, 1-headed branches. 
Invol. Is Avith long, white, spreading hairs, obtuse, the 
inner ones pale. H. Jacquini Yill., H. braehiatum Schl.! 
H. nigrescens Schl.! — b. glabrescens Grml. Ls rather 
*) A very similar form is H. utricaceum (amplexic.-humile) Arv.-Touv»i 
