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14-16 in. in height, floweriiijj in July .ind August, 

 and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium hyparclictim, Almq. — The habiLit ol 

 this species is mountainous. The rhizome is long, 

 woody. The stem is branched, woolly-felted, yel- 

 lowish-green, the outer leaves oval, elliptic, nearly 

 entire, with a blunt point, the inner elliptic, egg- 

 shaped, toothed below, narrowed to the bent-back 

 stem-leaf, woolly-felted, and hairy beneath and on 

 the border. The stem-leaf is solitary or absent, 

 stalkless, narrow, woolly • felted below. The 

 panicle is cymose, with 2-3 long, arching, spread- 

 ing branches, the flower -stalks woolly- felted, 

 glandular, with lew stift hairs. The j-5 heads 

 are cylindric in bud, long, narrowed to the flower- 

 stalk. The phyllaries are deep green, the outer 

 short, lance-shaped, blunt, the inner narrow, acute, 

 woolly - felted on the border, senescent, hairy, 

 glandular. The ligules are yellow, tipped with 

 stiff hairs. The yellow styles turn dingy. The 

 plant is 12-20 in. high, flowering in July, and is 

 a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium lima, F. J. Hanb. — The habitat of 

 this species is limestone clifls. The stem is bluish- 

 white, woolly-felted, hairy below and glandular 

 above, branched or simple. The primary radical 

 leaves are purplish below, egg-shaped, entire, 

 wedge-shaped, or rounded below, the inner lance- 

 shaped, oblong, sharply toothed below, narrowed 

 to the shaggy long leaf-stalk, hairy both sides. 

 The stem-leaf is stalked, oblong, lance-shaped, 

 acute, or absent. The panicle is falsely forked, 

 in a corymb, the branches spreading or erect, 

 arching. The 3-7 heads have arching, woolly- 

 felted, glandular stalks. The phyllaries are nar- 

 rowly long- pointed, with pale margin, hairy, 

 glandular, woolly-felted, especially on the borders. 

 The tips of the ligules are smooth. The styles are 

 yellow. The borders of the receptacle pits are 

 toothed and fringed with teeth. The plant is 

 8-14 in. in height, flowering in July and .-Vugust, 

 and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium Leyi, F. J. Hanb. — The habitat of 

 this species is mountain cliffs. It is found in eleven 

 vice -counties — Carnarvon, Merioneth, Brecon, 

 Yorks, Perth, Forfar, Aberdeen, &c. The stem 

 is reddish, stiffly hairy below, glandular above, 

 rough, furrowed. The primary radical leaves are 

 small, oval, dark bluish-green, with black spots 

 or purple, the outer egg-shaped, the inner lance- 

 shaped, acute, stalked, toothed below, narrowed 

 to the foot-stalk, stiffly hairy, then smooth. The 

 stem-leaf is lance-shaped, or may be wanting. The 

 panicle is a forked corymb, the branches straight, 

 or curved above. The flower-stalks are woolly- 

 felted, glandular. The 2-7 heads are large. The 

 phyllaries extend forwards, the outer linear, loose, 

 blunt, the inner linear, lance-shaped, narrow, acute, 

 woolly-felted, hairy, and glandular. The tips of 

 the ligules are stiffly hairy or downy. The styles 

 are yellow to livid. The margins of the reccp- 

 tacular alveoli are toothed, cut, and awl like. The 

 plant is 6-15 in. high, flowering from June to 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium Schmidlii, Tausch. — The habitat of 



this plant is rocks and streamsides in mountain- 

 ous districts. The stem is bluish-green, wavy, 

 nearly smooth below, woolly-lelted, sliflly hairy, 

 and glandular above, simple or branched, hollow. 

 The radical leaves are bluish-green, oval, oblong, 

 lance-shaped, elliptic, toothed, with long and acute 

 ascending teeth, the leaf -base wedge-shaped, 

 stiffly hairy below. The stem-leaves are 2, or 

 absent, stalkless, oblong, lance-shaped, elliptic, 

 sharply toothed, entire, or bract-like. The panicle 

 is falsely forked, corymbose, the br.inches erect 

 to spreading, in a. raceme. The 4-5 heads are 

 rounded, egg-shaped. The inner phyllaries are 

 rather acute, woolly-lelted at the border, hairy, 

 glandular. The styles are yellow or livid. The 

 ligules are fringed with hairs or smooth at the tip. 

 The receptacle pits are cut and torn at the border. 

 The plant is 5-12 in. in height, flowering in July 

 and August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium lasiophylluju, Koch. — The habitat of 

 this species. is mountain rocks. The altitude is 

 450-750 metres. The stem is bluish-green, simple 

 or branched, woolly-felted, stiffly hairy, glandular 

 above. The r.idical leaves are broadly oval, 

 bluish - green, firm, the outer elliptic, rounded, 

 narrowed to the foot-stalk, the inner oblong, lance- 

 shaped, entire, toothed, the innermost with a 

 long, narrow point, wavy, toothed, with a wedge- 

 shaped base. The stem-leaf is solitary or absent, 

 lance-shaped. The panicle is falsely forked, in a 

 corymb, the branches in a raceme, or divided into 

 two. The stalks are woolly -felted, glandular, 

 hairy. The 1-5 heads are rounded, egg-shaped. 

 The phyllaries are linear, lance-shaped, acute, the 

 inner with a long, narrow point, wavy, and glan- 

 dular, woolly-felted. The tips of the ligules are 

 smooth. The styles are yellow. The plant is 

 6-16 in. high, flowering from May to August, and 

 is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium rubicundum, F. J. Hanb. — The habi- 

 tat of this plant is rocks and mountains, on vol- 

 canic ash, &c. The stem is stout, erect, simple or 

 branched, reddish, woolly-felted, hairy, glandular 

 above. The radical leaves are bluish-green, with 

 purple blotches both sides, broad, lance-shaped, 

 the outer oval, the inner lance -shaped, egg- 

 shaped, rounded or wedge-shaped below, toothed, 

 the innermost acute, coarsely toothed, stiffly 

 hairy below. The stem-leaf is large (or 1-2), 

 high on the stem, stalked, egg-shaped, acute, 

 sharply toothed. The panicle is a loose forked 

 cor\'mb. The heads are large, showy, egg- 

 shaped, 3-4. The stalks are woolly-felted, stiffly 

 hairy, glandular. The phyllaries are lance-shaped, 

 blunt, the inner narrow, pink-tipped, meeting to- 

 gether in bud, woolly-felted at the border, hairy, 

 glandular. The tips of the ligules are smooth, 

 and the inner are fringed with short hairs. The 

 styles are yellow or light olive, slightly livid. The 

 margins of the receptacle pits are toothed, cut, 

 and awl-like. The plant is 10-20 in. high, flower- 

 ing in June to August, and is a herbaceous peren- 

 nial. 



Hieracium caledoniciim, F. J. Hanb. — The 

 habitat of this plant is sea cliffs and inland rocky 



