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others than those who subscribe to the set, and we reproduce most 

 of them here with the authors' permission. 



" H. amjlicum Fr. var. calcaratnni E. F. Linton. This variety 

 resembles var. jacuUfoUum F. J. Hanb. in the stalked narrow stem- 

 leaf (if present, which more often it is not) and stem smoother than 

 the type, but in other respects it differs much. Tiie petioles are 

 shaggy, the root-leaves are broadly oval, the earlier ones more 

 rounded, stem grey, and peduncles cano-floccose ; phyllaries rather 

 narrow and short (recalling some of the Vulf/ata), floccose especially 

 on the margins, ligules well developed, pilose at the tips. Lime- 

 stone cliffs near Kendal, Westmoreland, and the west borders of 

 Brecon. 



" H. Orarium Lindeb. form or var. ? The plant now sent out 

 differs much in appearance from the var. fulvuni F. J. Hanb. oc- 

 curring near Bettyhill, so much so that this name was denied it by 

 Mr. Hanbury. It is, however, this species, and may be a mere 

 sandhill form, but if the undulate and rubescent margins of the 

 strongly dentate leaves, and the more equal proportion of involucral 

 hairs and glands prove permanent characters, the varietal name 

 erythrcBum, E. F. Linton may be used to denote it. 



" H. vulgatum Fr. var. sejimctmi W. R. Linton. Root-leaves 

 rosulate, stems floccose and with long white hairs, usually few- 

 leaved (2-4, rarely -9) ; leaves yellowish-green, yzr^^i in texture, sharply 

 dentate with several large cusped teeth, stellately pubescent beneath 

 hairy above ; panicle subumbellate, heads 4-12, floccose hairy and 

 thinly setose, styles livid, Hgules glabrous at the tip. The Rev. 

 E. S. Marshall, who gathered the series, considered that the texture, 

 colouring, and dentation of the leaves separated it from H. vuhjatum. 

 The iuflorescence, however, presents no distinctive feature, and we 

 think it best under this species. We have what seems to be the 

 same form from Cantire, Arran, and Dumbarton. 



" H. surreianum F. J. Hanb. var. megalodon E. F. Linton. Mr. 

 Hanbury pronounced the previous number (146) typical, and this 

 (147) a varietal form. The latter is embraced by his description of 

 H. surreianum, but differs from the type in paler heads (greener when 

 dry and not so dark) and more coarsely dentate leaves. Neither 

 occurs in Scandinavia. 



" H. stenophyes W. R. Linton var. oxyodus W. R. Linton. This 

 variety grows near the Midlaw Burn, Moffat Water, and differs from 

 the type in the following particulars : inner root-leaves and stem- 

 leaves more lanceolate, much more deeply cut, with large lon» 

 cusped teeth ; peduncles straight or nearly so, floccose, setose, and 

 slightly hairy, as are the heads ; phyllaries broad, blunt, even the 

 margins rather dark ; ligule tips ciliolate. 



" ii. cantianum F. J. Hanb. var. siihrigidnm E. F. Linton. 

 Differs from the type in the more densely floccose peduncles, more 

 numerous involucral hairs, and somewhat livid style. An approach 

 towards H. rigidum in these points and in its general facies. 



" Besides these, some other numbers call for comment : 



" H. Grijfithii F. J. Hanb., originally described as a variety of 

 H. clovense Linton in Journ. Bot. (1894), with but a few characters 



