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2. Cor. div. almost to th'e base. FIs yellow. — Mount, and 
subalp. 7.lutea L, 1511. 
— Cor. only lobed to J /3 or '/4 its length . . 3 
3. Cal. cleft almost to the base of one side only, in the 
form of a spathe. Cor. reddish outside, yellowish inside, 
rarely yellow (v. flavida), very rarely white. — Alp. and 
subalp. 7.purpurea L. 1512. 
— Cal. campanulate, with almost equal teeth . . 4 
4. Cal.-lobes erect. Cor. yellow, spotted with red-brown, 
rarely (v. concolor) without spots.—As the last but rarer. 7 
punctata L. 1513. 
— Cal.-lobes reflexed Cor. dark red, spotted with black. 
— Alp.; on the northern side of the ChUrfirsten! 7 
pannonica Scop. 1514. 
5(1). Throat of the cor. fringed with m u 1 ti fi d scales 6 
-— Throat of the cor. not fringed . . . .10 
6. Cor. 4-partite almost to the base. Stem 2 — 5 cm, branched 
almost from the base, with long, gen. 1-fld, branches. 
G. glacialis Thom. — High Alp.; not common. 7 
teneila Rottb. 1515. 
— Cor. cleft to, at most, 2 /s its length. Stems 15—30 cm, 
except in dwarf pis ...... 7 
7. Cal. almost always 4-partite; the two outer lobes 3 to 
4 times as broad as the others, like bracts. Cor.-lobes 
gen. more obtuse than in G. germanica. — Alp , subalp. 
and Jura, also lower. 7 . . campestris L. 1516.*) 
— Cal. 5-fid to the middle (rarely 4-fid); lobes fairly equal, 
rarely in G. germanica the 2 outer broader . 8 
8. Ls lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. FIs narrower and 
smaller than in G. germanica. Ovary hardly contracted 
at the base (sessile).—Lower Engadine; Uechtritz; the 
true species? ..... * Amarella L. 1517. 
— Ls broader, oval-lanceolate or oblong. FIs fairly large. 
Ovary much contracted at the base (appearing stipit- 
ate). 9 
9. Caul, ls, except the lowest which are gen. withered, 
with broad bases, oval-lanceolate, acute or acuminate.— 
Pasturages, wood-edges; distrib. 8 germanica Willd, 1518. 
— Caul, ls, except those at the top, spathulate or oblong- 
oval, obtuse. Varied ; with sulphur yellow fls fv. flava Lois?). 
— Alp , especially on granite, by preference in tho eastern 
Alp.; also in the Bodenseeried near Rheineck. 7, 8, in 
the low lands earlier than G. germanica 
obtusifolia Willd. 1519. 
*) G. chloraefolia Nees {campestris-germanica Griseb. obtusifolia Gren. 
jur. ?) with 5 cal.-divisions, and broader ls, indicated at Saleve. — Intermediate 
forms between G. campestris and obtusifolia are found, according 1 to Nageli, 
on the Piz Padella in the Upper Engadine. 
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