838 
Thymeleacete. Laurineae. Santalace®. 
— FIs in short racemes, drooping, in the 1.-axils, yellowish 
green. Ls persist., leathery. — Mountain woods, es¬ 
pecially in the Jura (wanting in G. 0. S. A.) and W. 
above St. Maurice. 2, 3 . . . Laureola L. 1923. 
— FIs in terminal, umbel-shaped fascicles, white or rose- 
coloured ......... 2 
2. Ls soft, oblong-obovate, hairy when young. Perianth 
white, villous.—Alp., subalp. and Jura (wanting in U. A.) 4 
alpina L. 1924. 
— Ls leathery, linear-cuneiform, always glahr. Perianth 
rose-coloured ........ 3 
3. Perianth glabr. —Limestone Alp. ; G. T. U. A. (wanting 
in the eastern Alp.). 6 . . . striata Tratt. 1925. 
— Perianth hairy.—Jura (Marchairuz to Eglisau); Tess. 
(Mt. Salvadore). 6 . . . . Cneorum L. 1926. 
90. Laurineae. 
496. Laurus. Bay. IX, 1. XXII, 14. 
1. Ls oblong-lanceolate, leathery, persistent. FIs greenish, 
in fascicled umbels placed in the l.-axils.—Often cul¬ 
tivated in gardens near the lake of Geneva; subspon- 
taneous, it is said, in Tess. (near Gandria). 4 
f nobilis L. 1927. 
91. Santalacese. 
497. Thesium. Thesium. V, 57. IV, 26. 
1. Below each fl. 1 bract. Stem terminated by a tuft of 
ls without fls.—Pasturages, rare; G. Zurich, Schaffh., 
Thurgau (Mammern). 6 . . rostratum IYI. K. 1928. *) 
— Below each fl. 3 bracts. Stem bearing fls up to the top 2 
2. Perianth, after flowering, only rolled up at the top and 
then equal to or longer than the fr. ... 3 
— Perianth, after flowering, rolled up almost to the base 
and then only O 3 as long as the fr. ... 5 
3. Fr.-bearing branchlets spreading almost horizontally, 
gen. in every direction (the axis bent in a zigzag). 
Stem 15—30 cm. —Pasturages, especially of the mount, 
and subalp. 6 .... pratense Ehrh. 1929- 
— Fr.-bearing branchlets erect-spreading ... 4: 
4. Stem 15 — 30 cm, almost erect, gen. terminated by a 
panicle; panicle lax, not unilateral.—Schwyz, Zurich, 
Winterthur, Chur. (Valley-form of T. alpinum?) 
tenuifolium Saut. 1930. 
*) A form with smaller fls and longer styles: Th. Heerii Muret In 
Grml. Excfl. 3rd ed. 332: Jaggi, Schroter. 
