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Succisa pratensis Moencli. (Hisp. Mordisco del diabio). 
lii pratis et ericelis Cantabriæ hine inde (Cuesta Descarga, 
Santarider, Encinillas); in monte Sierra Meirarna Gal- 
leciæ! 
S pinnali/ida Lge. ri. sp., [/erennis, multicaulis; caules 1-2-pe- 
dales, adscendentes, strigoso-pilosi, semel v. repetito-tricho- 
tome ramosi, ramis elongatis gracilibus; folia dense pilosa, 
radicalia obovata, lyrato-pinnatifida v. rernote et adpresse 
serrata, caulina intermedia basi dilatata connata, lyrato-piri- 
natisecta, segmentis 2-4 jugis (terminali elliptico v. lanceolato 
acuto, subserrato, lateralibus lineari-lanceolatis), fol. caulina 
superiora et ramealia linearia integra; capitula minuta (sub 
antbesi 1 centirn. longa paulloque amplius lata), flores majo¬ 
res sed pauciores quam in S. pratensi (c. 20 in quovis ca- 
pitulo); foliola involueri capitulo breviora, sensim in paleas 
ianceolatasj aeuminatas, breviter puberulas (nec ciliatas) Irans- 
eunlia; iiivolucellum inæqualiter 6-7 dentatum, dentibus 
brevioribus interjectis; calycis limbus 5-aristatus; corolla 
infundibularis 4-loba ; styli staminaque exserta, stigma oblique 
truncaturn; achæuium campanulatum, tetragono-compressius- 
culum, 8-costatum, secus costas longius, in intervallis brevius 
sericeo-et adpresse pilosurn. 
In ericetis monlanis ad pagum Porrino Galleciæ meridionalis 
(25 Aug. c. fl.)f 
Obs. Differt a S. pratensi Moench præter habitum alieniim cau- 
libus gracilioribus magis elongatis ramosisque, foliis pinnatifidis 
V. pinnatisectis, capitulis parvulis paucifloris, bracteis non ci- 
liatis, involucelli limbo 6-7-(nec 4-dentato). — S. microcephala 
Willk. (Sert. bisp. p. 72) dilTert a nostra caule simplici v. 
parce ramoso, glaberrirno, foliis lineari-lanceolatis integris, in- 
volucello obovato teretiusculo, lobis coronæ rotundatis, calycis 
limbo setis carente, corolla lutescente v. rubella (in nostra 
violacea basi albida). 
