BRITISH FLORA 



blunt, tootlicil, the basal teeth bent back, llii.> 

 inner e^yf-bliapcd, oval, lance-shaped, shortly, 

 narrowly pointed, with laciniatc teeth at the base, 

 which is blunt, stiffly hairy. The leal-stalks are 

 purple, stiffly hairy. The stem-leaf is st.ilked, 

 broadly egg-shaped, heart-shaped, lance-shaped, 

 acute, sharply toothed at the base. The panicle 

 is small, with 1-2 lower spreading br.inches in 

 a racemose corj'mb, the upper spreading, arch- 

 ing, close. The stalks are short, dull-grey, woolly- 

 felted, glandular. The 5-15 heads are thick, 

 rather long, egg-shaped below. The phyllaries 

 .ire broad, linear, blunt, the inner narrow, .icute, 

 woolly-felted, senescent, glandular. The ligules 

 are smooth. The styles are livid. 



Hieracium variicolor, Dahlst. — The stem of this 

 plant is purplish, stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, 

 glandular above. The radical leaves are broad- 

 ish, ov.-il, blunt, the base rounded, the inner oval, 

 egg-shaped, oblong, shortly toothed, the innermost 

 egg-shaped, lance-shaped, acute, the upper sur- 

 face shining, with brown blotches, stiffly hairy 

 both sides. The stem-leaf is stalked, egg-shaped, 

 lancc-shapcd, with a long, n.arrow point. The 

 panicle has erect, spreading lower branches, the 

 upper close and in a sort of umbel. The stalks 

 are woolly- felted, glandular. The heads are 

 short, thick, egg-shaped below. The phyllaries 

 extend forwards, are awl-like, linear, blunt, senes- 

 cent, woolly-felted, glandular. The ligules are 

 light -yellow, strongly fringed with hair. The 

 styles are livid. 



Hieracium ciliatiim, .Almq. — The habitat of this 

 plant is among rocks, cliffs, hedgebanks, &c. 

 The stem is stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, 

 glandular above. The radical leaves are yellow- 

 ish-green, stiffly hairy below and on the border, 

 the outer heart-shaped, egg-sliaped, and oval, the 

 inner heart-shaped, oblong, blunt, the innermost 

 heart-shaped, lance-shaped, wavy, toothed, the 

 basal teeth bent back, the stalks softly hairy. 

 The stem-leaf is small, bract-like, or egg-shaped, 

 oblong to lance-shaped, sharply toothed. The 

 panicle has distant, lower, suberect branches, 

 the upper closer, spreading, curved. The flower- 

 stalks are woolly-felted, glandular. The heads 

 are dark, cjlindric, egg-shaped below. The phyl- 

 laries extend forwards in bud, and are oblong, 

 linear, blunt, the inner narrowed, woolly-felted, 

 senescent, glandular, h.iiry. The ligules are 

 fringed with hairs. The styles are jellow or livid. 



Hieracium serraii/rons^ Almq. — This species is 

 not found in the typical state, but numerous varie- 

 ties are met with in this country. The stem is 

 stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, glandular above. 

 The radical le.ives are like those of H. silvnlicum, 

 the outer abruptly narrowed or heart-shaped 

 below, the others running down the stalk, toothed, 

 stiffly hairy below. The stem -leaf is stalked, 

 linear, or egg-shaped, lance-shaped, acute. The 

 panicle is more or less composite, umbelled above. 

 The heads are dark. The phyllaries are rather 

 broad, shorter, and blunt, or longer and acute, 

 glandular, hairy, woolly-felted, and senescent. 

 The styles are yellow or dull. 



Hieracium Piclonim, Linton. — The stem of this 

 plant is smooth, reddish, woolly-felted, glandular 

 above. The radical leaves are leathery, reddish- 

 purple, the outer rounded, oblong, broad, egg- 

 shaped, with a narrow point, with large, acute teeth 

 below, glandular, glossy above, stiffly hairy on the 

 strongly-veined under-surface and on the border. 

 The stem-leaf is absent, or there may be 1-2, egg- 

 shaped, lance-shaped, linear, with a narrow point, 

 sharply toothed. The panicle is corymbose, with 

 2-3 lower, alternate, erect to spreading branches, 

 the upper close, arching, exceeding the acladium. 

 The flower-stalks are straight-based, woolly. felted, 

 glandular. The 3-7 heads are usually large, egg- 

 shaped. The phyllaries meet together in the bud, 

 and are few, dark, blunt, narrowed (rom a broad 

 base, woolly -felted on the margin, senescent, 

 glandular, hairy. The styles are yellow, with 

 dark, livid hairs. The ligules are hairless. The 

 margins of the receptacle pits are rather raised 

 ;ind toothed. The plant is 1^-2 ft. in height, 

 flowering in July and .-Vugust, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Hieracium subulatidens, Dahlst. — The stem of 

 this species is stiffly hairy below, woollj-felted, 

 and glandular above. The radical leaves are 

 bright-green, the outer small, broadly heart- 

 shaped, egg-shaped, oval, toothed, the inter- 

 mediate heart-shaped, egg-shaped, triangular, 

 toothed below, the imiermost egg-shaped, lance- 

 shaped, acute, toothed, wedge-shaped below, 

 woolly-felted and stiffly hairy beneath. The leaf- 

 stalks have long, soft hairs. The stem-leaf is 

 stalked, like the inner basal leaves. The panicle 

 has long, ascending lower branches, the upper 

 close, slender, spreading, arching, in a sort of 

 umbel. The flower-stalks are woolly -felted, 

 glandular. The heads are short, egg-shaped 

 below. The phyllaries are dark-green, bent in- 

 wards in bud, the outer linear, blunt, the inner 

 linear, acute, woolly-felted, senescent, the inner- 

 most awl-like, glandular, stiffly hairy below. The 

 ligules are golden, fringed with hairs. The styles 

 are yellow. 



Hieracium crebridens, Dahlst. — The habitat of 

 this plant is rocks, mountain heights. The stem 

 is stiffly hairy, glandular above. The radical 

 leaves are bluish-green, the outer are rounded, 

 egg-shaped, the inner egg-shaped, oblong, lance- 

 shaped, bro.id, triangular, acute above, toothed 

 below, blunt below, the teeth bent back, the 

 innermost leaves, with laciniate base, running 

 down the stalk, stiffly hairy below. The stem- 

 leaf is stalked, linear, with a narrow point, or 

 absent. The panicle is corymbose, with one or 

 two branches, erect, in a corymb, the upper 

 ascending, close, in a sort of umbel, with spread- 

 ing, curved flower-stalks. The 2-6 heads are 

 black, large, egg-shaped, rounded below. The 

 flower-st.alks are wooUj'-felted, glandular. The 

 phyllaries are dark-green, extending forwards in 

 bud, long, with a narrow long point from a broad 

 base, with a pale margin, woolly-felted, the inner 

 narrowed, glandular, hairy. The ligules are 

 yellow, with smooth tips. The styles are livid. 



