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effusa, ramo ex axillo folii caulini summi evoluto sæpe aucta, ramis 

 + superantibus aeque ae pedicellis et acladio 30—60 ctm. longo 

 floccis interne pareis superne sparsis v. densiusculis et pilis sparsis 

 v. apice densioribus obtectis. — Involucra sat magna 14 — 15 ra. m. 

 longa, crassa, fusco-virescentia, basi rotundata, postea truncata, 

 squamis plurimis, exterioribus late linearibus, obtusis, intermediis 

 triangulari- v. ovato-laneeolatis in apicem obtusiusculum — obtusum 

 cito contractis, interioribus e basi lata lanceolatis sensira in apicem 

 late obtusum + albocomosum sanguineo- v. vinoso-coloratum con- 

 tractis, omnibus, præsertim exterioribus, inferne in marginibus spar- 

 sim stellatis, cæterum parce stellatis et pilis mediocribus albidis 

 crassis, densiusculis — sat densis glandulisque minutis parcis ob- 

 tectis. — Calathium 40 — 45 m. m. diametro, subplenum. — Ligulæ 

 apice glabræ. — Stylus siccus fuscus. 



Sydero: Vaag, on rocks (H. G. Simmons); Strorao: Kirkebo (J. Hartz 

 and C. Ostenfeld). 



A very characteristic form, belonging undoubtedly to tbe Cerin- 

 thoidea, and closely related to forms from the British Isles. In 

 habit it reminds one of several rigidum-Yike forms of Vulgata, e. g. 

 H. norvegicum of the Oreadea. It is distinguished by its usually 

 high, stiff, leafy stem, with broad, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves: short, coarse involucres, often gathered into an elongated, 

 sometimes dichotomous, as well as more contracted inflorescence, 

 usually with long acladium, and erect, or slightly spreading but 

 generally straight branches. The base of the involucres is to begin 

 with ovate, afterwards truncate. The phyllaries are dark, broad, ob- 

 tuse, tipped with red, and bear a tuft of hairs at the top ; moreover, 

 they are covered with solitary, glandular hairs, and short, coarse, 

 rather numerous hairs; and are sparingly floccose at the margins. 

 As regards habit and character it is quite distinct from the other 

 Færoese Cerinthoidea , and approaches forms such as H. epileucoides 

 and allied forms. Comes very near to H. scoticum Hanb., but dillers 

 mainly from it by having more faintly toothed leaves, most of which 

 are sessile, somewhat broader and more obtuse phyllaries, more 

 sparingly clothed with simple hairs and glands, and less floccose 

 peduncles with fewer glands and hairs. 



