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siuscule pilosus, parce stellatus, medio subglaber v. rare pilosus, 

 vix stellatus, apice glaber, sub inflorescentia parce stellatus. — 

 Folia infima (sæpe sul) anthesi emarcida) 1 — 2 + brevia ovalia — 

 oblongo-lanceolata obtusa v. [anceolata acutiuscula petiolata, proxima 

 1 — 2 + anguste oblonga - oblongo-linearia obtusiuscula, reliqua 

 4—5 lanceolato-linearia — linearia + acuta, inferiora internodiis 

 sæpe triplo -- quadruplo longiora, intermedia internodiis duplo v. 

 plus duplo longiora, superiora inter se longe remota parva, summa 

 bracteiformia, omnia remote - remotissime denticulata dentibus 

 patentibus, sæpe mucrone solum significatis, in inferiore parte folii 

 nuinero 2 — 3 evolutis, interdum subintegra v. summa magis con- 

 spicue dentata, inlimis exceptis sessilia, basi ipsa + dense pilosa, 

 supra glabriuscula, obscure viridia, fuscopurpureo-maculata, subtus 

 pallidiora, rubropurpureo-maculata, cæterum in marginibus et sub- 

 tus in pagina sparsim, in nervo dorsali, + stellato, præsertim basin 

 versus densius pilosa. - Inflorescentia paniculata ramis + erecto- 

 patentibus subrectis — leviter curvatis, summis brevibus, inferiori- 

 bus sat longis, acladium 10 — 20( — 55) m. m. longum æquantibus v. 

 vulgo + superantibus, sæpe e ramis brevibus ex axillis fol. summo- 

 rum ortis + indeterminata, ramis pedicellisque sparsim — sal dense 

 floccosis, pilis rigidiusculis sparsis v. sub involucris sæpe densioribus 

 obsitis, eglandulosis. — Involucra mediocria 11 — 12 m. m. longa, sat 

 angusta, atrovirescentia, basi + ovato-turbinata, poslea sat turbinata, 

 squamis exterioribus linearibus sat angustis obtusis, intermediis ovato- 

 lanceolatis in apicem obtusiusculum eito attenuatis sæpe triangulari- 

 lanceolatis (2 — 2,5 mm. latis), intimis ex ovata basi + lanceolatis 

 late viridimarginatis in apicem longum + obtusum — obtusiusculum 

 v. (in paucis) subacutum abrupte v. sensim attenuatis, exterioribus 

 parce v. sparsim pilosis, cæteris glabris, omnibus v. plurimis ad mar- 

 ginen) apicis parce floccosis, dorso efloccosis v. rare stellatis. — 

 Calathium parvum , c. 30 mm. diametro, ligulis glabris, slylo luteo, 

 leviter fuseohispidulo. 



Sydero, on rocks at Vaag H. G. Simmons), »Gjov al Vaag (J.Hartz 

 and C.Ostenfeld); Frodebo J.Hartz and C.Ostenfeld); Ostero, Borgen 

 in Toftevatn (J.Hartz and C.Ostenfeld); Kuno, »hammer at Haraldsund 

 (J. Hartz and C. Ostenfeld). 



H. færoerne is easily distinguished from the otlier Færoese forms 

 known to me by its dark-purple spotted leaves. It is very much 

 like H. epileucum (which sometimes occurs with spotted leaves), but 

 is easily distinguished from it by the fewer hairs on the involucres 



