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BRITISH FLORA 



Hieracium iricum, Fr. — The habitat of this 

 species is inounlainous districts, the margins of 

 streams, &c. The stem is rigid, stout, and has 

 scattered, stiff, white hairs below, glands and 

 hairs above. The radical leaves are oblong, oval, 

 with line teeth, narrowed into short leaf-stalks, 

 with few, stiff, scattered hairs below. The 3-7 

 stem-leaves are clasping, egg-shaped to lance- 

 shaped. The panicle is corymbose. The 4-8 heads 

 are large, bhmt below. The dark phyllaries are 

 rather blunt, except the inner, with hairs and 

 glands. The ligules have a fringe of sparse hairs. 

 The styles are livid. The plant flowers in July 

 and August, and is a herbaceous perennial, x-3 

 ft. high. 



Hieracium alpinum, L. — This species occurs on 

 grassy slopes, ledges of alpine clifTs, exposed 

 stony knolls on hill summits, on granite, mica- 

 schist, hornblende, and slate, up to 1000 metres. 

 The stem has long, soft hairs, woolly felt, and 

 glands above. The radical leaves are inversely 

 egg-shaped, spoon-shaped, bent back above, 

 blunt, narrowed to the leaf-stalk, entire or slightly 

 toothed, sparingly stiffly hairy above, with bulbous- 

 based hairs below and on the margins. The stem- 

 leaf is lance-shaped or strap-shaped, the upper 

 ones bract-like. The heads are large, rounded 

 below. The dark phyllaries are broad, the outer 

 loose, acute, the inner linear, lance-shaped, with 

 a long, narrow point, the innermost with a bristle- 

 like point, with hairs and glands. The ligules are 

 strongly stiffly hairy. The styles are yellow. The 

 plant is 3-9 in. high, and flowers in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium holosericeiim, Backh. — The stem of 

 this species is shaggy, with white hairs, white 

 felted, glandular above. The radical leaves are 

 inversely lance-shaped, blunt, entire, the outer 

 broader, rounded, with a blunt point above, the 

 inner rather acute, shaggy, with long, white hairs. 

 The heads are conical or narrowed below. The 

 outer phyllaries are loose and broad, blunt, the 

 inner linear, acute, with dense, long, white hairs. 

 The ligules are stiffly hairy. The styles are 

 yellow. 



Hieracium eximiiiiii, Backh. — The habitat of 

 this species is lofty mountains, precipitous escarp- 

 ments, inaccessible crags, on mica -schist and 

 granite. The plant is green, the stem i-headed, 

 woolly- felted, shaggy, glandular. The radical 

 leaves are yellowish, lance-shaped or inversely so, 

 acute, narrowed to the leaf-stalk, entire or toothed, 

 cut, with sharp acute teeth, with blunt points, 

 hairy both sides. The leaf- stalks are broadly 

 winged. The stem-leaves are single or absent, 

 or 2-3, linear, lance-shaped. The solitary heads, 

 or 2 or more, are rounded, bell-shaped. The 

 outer phyllaries are loose, short, blunt, the inner 

 linear, with a long narrow point, or narrow acute, 

 with shaggy hair and glands. The ligules are 

 stiffly hairy. The styles are dark-livid or black. 

 The plant is 6-15 in. high, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium calendulijlorum, Backh. — The habi- 

 tat of this plant is lofty mountains, grassy slopes, 



and rocky ledges. The plant is dark-green, the 

 stem is stout, woolly-felted, shaggy, and glandu- 

 lar. The radical leaves are elliptic, inversely 

 egg-shaped, blunt, entire, lance-shaped, toothed, 

 abruptly narrowed to the leaf-stalk, the inner 

 narrower, acute, with acute teeth below. The 

 1-2 stem-leaves are usually bract-like. The 1-3 

 heads (usuall)' 1) are large, rounded below, long- 

 stalked. The outer phyllaries are lance-shaped, 

 blunt, loose, the inner linear with a long narrow 

 point, acute, shaggy. The ligules are stiffly hairy. 

 The styles are very dark. The pits of the recep- 

 tacle have raised borders, shortly-toothed, with a 

 margin of hairs. The plant is 6-14 in. in height, 

 flowering in Julj-and August, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Hieracium gracilenium^ Backh. — The habitat of 

 this plant is lofty mountains, grassy slopes, and 

 rocky ledges. It ascends to 1200 metres in Ross, 

 Banff, Aberdeen, Perth, Inverness, Argyll. The 

 stem is woolly-felled, glandular, hairy. The radical 

 leaves are bright-green, inversely egg-shaped, 

 spoon-shaped, round-tipped, narrow below, the 

 inner narrower, acute, toothed, smooth above, 

 stiffly hairy below. The stem-leaves are 1-4, 

 the lowest large, inversely lance-shaped, linear, 

 acute, toothed, the upper bract-like. The heads, 

 usually solitary or 2-3, are bell-shaped, rounded 

 below. The phyllaries are few, broad, dark, the 

 outer triangular, lance-shaped, the inner with a 

 narrow long point, the innermost narrow, bristle- 

 like, hairy, and glandular. The ligules are tipped 

 with short, stiff hairs. The styles are livid or 

 greenish-yellow. The plant is 6-10 in. in height, 

 flowering in July and August, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Hieracium peliolaium, Elfstrand. — The habitat 

 of this plant is lofty mountains. The rhizome is 

 knotted. The plant is green, with a metallic 

 coppery lustre on the leaves. The stem is woolly- 

 felted, hair}', glandular above. The outer radical 

 leaves are spoon-shaped, the inner inversely lance- 

 shaped to spoon-shaped, elliptic, narrowed to the 

 winged leaf-stalk, the margin wavy, nearly entire 

 or with few small teeth, stiffly hairy below. The 

 stem-leaf is linear, with 1-2 bract-like leaves above. 

 The heads, usually solitary, are large, round 

 below, the flower-stalks woolly-felted, hairy and 

 glandular. The phyllaries are lance-shaped, awl- 

 like, the outer and intermediate one blunt or acute, 

 the inner narrower with a long narrow point, hairy 

 and glandular. The ligules are yellow, stiffly 

 hair\-. The styles are dark. The plant is 4-7 in. 

 high, flowering in July and August, and is a herb- 

 aceous perennial. 



Hieracium globosuni, Backh. — The habitat of 

 this plant is mountains, the crevices of shelving 

 rocks, grassy ledges, on debris below granite 

 cliffs. The plant is bluish-white or green. The 

 stem is woolh-felted, glandular, with white hairs 

 above. The primar\' radical leaves are rounded 

 to spoon-shaped, the later ones lance-shaped, egg- 

 shaped, blunt, the inner acute, narrowed to the 

 short leaf-stalk, irregularly toothed at the base, 

 or with large, acute, ascending teeth, stiffly hairy 



