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to separate it from that species, was raised to specific rank (B. E. C 

 Rpt. 1895, 486 ; 1897, 553) with no more complete description. It 

 has been confused with H. saxifragiim Fr. var. orimeles F. J. Hanb., 

 from which the long white hairs all up the stem and rather villous 

 involucre help to distinguish it ; and seems to require some marks 

 to separate it from forms of H. Schmidtii Tausch. 



" H. saxlfragum Fr. var. orimeles F. J. Hanb. The plant we are 

 issuing is that which has appeared in lists under this name, but 

 we are not content with its position under H. saxifraifiun Fr., nor do 

 we think it identical with some //. saxifraijum forms from Scotland 

 that have been united with it. The leaves are much broader in 

 proportion to their length than any H. saxifragum variety, more 

 abruptly reduced to the petiole (which is less winged), much greener 

 and thicker ; the cauline leaves have a tendency to be patent and 

 not suberect as in H. saxifragum, the panicle is laxer. It does not 

 appear to have been described, even as a variety (see Journ. Bot. 

 1894, 228; 1893, 18) ; we therefore give a description (drawn up 

 by W. R. L.) to accompany our specimens. 



'' H. orimeles (sp. nov. "?) Green, slightly glaucous. St. 12-15 in., 

 hairy, floccose, 3-4-leaved. Radical leaves ovate to ovate-oblong^ 

 denticulate, roughly hairy on both sides, ciliate with lougish white 

 stiff hairs ; cauline ovate-lane, to lanceolate, often toothed, pL m. 

 patent. Panicle few-headed, irregularly lax ; peduncles floccose, 

 moderately setose, with a few hairs and patent bracts: ; invols. floccose, 

 with some seta) and many black-based hairs ; phyllaries rather 

 broad subobtuse deep blackish green, even the margins rather dark. 

 Ligules somewhat orange-yellow, tips puberulous, styles livid-yellow 

 or livid. Plentiful in the Carnarvonshire hills, ranging from 

 500-2500 ft. 



" H. stenolepis Lindeb. This species is closely connected with 

 H. hritannicum F. J. Hanb., but differs in the following particulars: — 

 it usually has one stem-leaf; root-leaves oblong-lanceolate, very 

 variable at the base, with stelligerous pubescence beneath ; pedun- 

 cles long and incurved ; phyllaries still more attenuate into a long 

 linear point. Of the Craig Cille H. stenolepis Mr. Hanbury rightly 

 observes, ' A modification of the Scandinavian form ' (B. E. C. Rpt. 

 1893, 417). The fact is, the British plant is a departure from the 

 Scandinavian type towards H. britanniciim. 



" H. angustatum Lindeb. The type specimens are frequently 

 branched from the base, and have subentire leaves. British speci- 

 mens have more dentate leaves and are usually unbranched below. 

 The Scotch series (No. 151) are in the direction of Lindeberg's var. 

 etatujn. 



^^ H. zetlandicum Beeby forma. So named by the Rev. E. S. 

 Marshall and confirmed by Mr. F. J. Hanbury, and recorded under 

 this name in Journ. Bot. 1898, p. 172 ; and we issue it as such on 

 their authority rather than our own. We have gathered the same 

 form in Farr Bay, E. of Bettyhill, ourselves, as long ago as 1888, 

 and cultivated it both at Bournemouth and Shirley, without being 

 able to exactly determine it, but have not had H. zetlandicum in 

 cultivation for comparison. It may be, as Mr, Marshall thinks, 



