Plantaginaeeae. Amarantacese. 
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with a less dense villosity).—Lucern- and clover-fields, 
observed in 1874 in immense quantities near the railway 
station at Kreuzlingen, with Ainmi, Centaurea solstitialis, 
Helmintliia &c.; near Geneva. 7 . * Lagopus L. 1859. 
8. Ls glabr. or with long scattered hairs. Spikes few-fld. 
Peduncles 8 —12 cm.—Alp., subalp. and Jura. 7 
montana Lam. 1860. 
— Ls almost villous-silken, as also the peduncles. Spikes 
several-fid. Peduncles taller. Bracts larger. - Alp.; in¬ 
dicated at the baths of Loueche and at Zermatt. 7 
fuscescens Jord. 1861.*) 
9 (1). The 2 front cal.-segments obliquely spathulate, very 
obtuse. Stem herbaceous.—Sandy fields; Sesegnin, Canton 
Geneva; in other places sometimes adventitious in lucern- 
fields. 6. arenaria W. K. 1862. 
— The 2 front cal.-segments broad-oval, mucronate. Stem 
almost shrubby below. Uncultivated places, rare. Y. 
Freibg., Monnetier. 6 Cynops L. 1863. 
483. Littorella. Littorel. XXI, 33. 
1. Rad. ls linear-subulate. Male fls solitary on a short ped¬ 
uncle; fem. fls 2—3 together, sessile at the base of the 
male peduncles.—Sandy and damp shores; here and 
there (wanting in G. U. L.). 5 . lacustris L. 1864. 
85. Amarantacese. 
484. Amarantus. Amarantus. XXI, 35. 
1. Perianth with 3 divisions. Stas 3. Fr. indehisc. Upper 
clusters forming a spike-shaped, leafless panicle Stems 
decumbent or ascending. Comp. Albersia (Euxolus). 
— Perianth with 3 divisions. Stas 3. Fr. opening circularly 
about the middle. Clusters all in the 1.-axils. Stem erect, 
glabr. Like Albersia Blitum, but the ls are sub-obtuse 
at the top, not emarginate. A. Blitum Moq.—Rubbish- 
heaps, road-sides, rare; Wall., Yaud; Geneva, Freibg.; 
Bale. 7. sylvestris Desf. 1865. 
— Perianth with 5 divisions. Stas 5. Fr. opening ciroularly. 
Clusters forming a compact spike-shaped panicle. Stem 
erect, hairy.—As the last; G. T. V. W. J. Z., partly 
adventitious. 7 .... retroflexus L. 1866. 
*) But, according to Decn., P. montana holosericea Gaud. = P. argentea 
Chaix. (Victorialis Poir.). 
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