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stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted and stiffly hairy 

 above. The radical leaves are reddish, the outer 

 egg-shaped to oblong:, rounded, the inner of;i;- 

 shapcd, oblong, lance-shaped, blunt-pointed, nar- 

 rowed to the toothed base, the innermost lance- 

 shaped, narrow, wavy- toothed, acute, long- 

 pointed, stiffly hairy below, fringed with hairs, 

 the leaf-stalks short, shaggy. The 1-2 stem- 

 leaves are nearly stalkless, like the inner basal, 

 the upper linear, lance-shaped, or bract like. The ' 

 panicle has i-.; lower, long, nearly erect branches, 

 the upper exceeding the short-stalkctl acladium, 

 the stalks and secondaries very short, as though 

 paired. The 4-12 heads are blunt to inversely 

 conical. The phyllaries are greenish or dark- 1 

 olive, meeting together in bud, linear, lance- 

 shaped, acute, the inner woolly-felted at the edge, 

 hairy, glandular. The ligules are yellow to 

 orange, hairless. The styles are dull -yellow. 

 The plant is 10-18 in. high, flowering from June 

 to August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Jiieraciuin ccesium, Fr. — The habitat of this 

 plant is mountain rocks, cliffs, &c. The plant is 

 bluish-green or dull-green, nearly smooth, woolly- 

 felted above. The radical leaves are leathery, 

 bluish-green or white, the outer egg-shaped, oval, 

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

 row, acute, narrowed or wedge-shaped below, 

 toothed, stiffly hair)' below. The 1-3 stem-leaves | 

 are lance-shaped to linear, toothed. The panicle 

 is a forked corymb, the branches nearly straight, 

 long, arching above. The heads are 3-7, medium, 

 blunt below. The ffower-stalks are wooUj^-felted, 

 glandular, hairy. The phyllaries are awl-like or 

 acute, the inner narrow, acute, extending outward, 

 dark, woolly-felted below, glandular, hairy. The 

 stvles are discoloured or yellowish. The margins 

 of the receptacle pits are toothed. The plant is 

 12-18 in. in height, flowering in July and August, 

 and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieraciuvi farrense, F. J. Hanb. — The habitat 

 of this plant is basaltic cliffs and rocks. The stem 

 is slender, dark-green, finely furrowed, hairy 

 below, woolly-felted, stiffly hairy above. The 

 radical leaves are few, the earliest withering 

 early, usually 4, broad to lance-shaped, acute, 

 entire, finely toothed, narrowed to the long leaf- 

 stalk. The 2-3 stem-leaves are like the inner basal 

 leaves, stiffly hairy below and on the border. 

 The panicle is falsely forked, the branches alter- 

 nate, curved, longer than the acladium. The 2-5 

 heads are egg-shaped. The flower-stalks are 

 long, woolly-felted, glandular, hairy. The phyl- 

 laries are short, broad, blunt, woolly-felted, senes- 

 cent, narrowed above, glandular, hairy. The 

 teeth of the ligule are hairless or downy. The 

 styles are olive-yellow. The margins of the re- 

 ceptacle pits are slightly raised, shortly toothed. 

 The plant is 1-2 ft. high, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium erislalis, Linton. — The habitat of 

 this plant is rocky slopes, shingle. The stem is 

 stiffly hairy below, woolly-felled above. The radi- 

 cal leaves are green, paler below, lance-shaped, 

 the outer short, rounded, oval, oblong, entire, the 



later narrow, egg-shaped to oblong, acute, nar- 

 rowed both ends, ruiuiing down the Ical-slalk, 

 entire, scalloped, toothed, stiffly hairy biliiw ;ind 

 on the border. The stem-leaf is stalked like the 

 basal, toothed. The p.inicle is small, close, falsely 

 forked, with rather erect branches. The lew heads 

 are egg-shaped to inversely conical. The stalks 

 are str.tighl, long, woolly-felted, glandular, hairy. 

 The phyllaries are narrow, long-pointed, woolly- 

 felted, senescent, glandular, hairy. The ligules 

 are tipped with stiff hairs. The styles are livid. 

 The plant is 12-18 in. high, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



HUraciiim c<Tsiotnurorum^ Lindeb. — The h.abi- 

 tat of this plant is sub-alpine glens. The stem is 

 wiry, hollow, simple or branched, finely furrowed, 

 reddish, stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, glandu- 

 lar above. The radical leaves are dull deep-green, 

 bluish-green, with prominent veins below, mem- 

 branous, the outer withering early, oval, blunt- 

 pointed, toothed, the intermediate egg-shaped, 

 lance-shaped, wedge-shaped below, toothed, the 

 innermost narrower, the point triangular, the base 

 narrow, toothed, nearly smooth below, stiffly hairy 

 below on the nerves, the margins fringed with 

 hairs. The 2-3 stem-leaves have stalks (the lower) 

 like the inner basal, the upper stalkless, toothed. 

 The panicle bears few flowers, with 2-3 erect 

 branches, the upper close, bent in, longer than the 

 acladium. The flower -stalks are straight or 

 curved above, woolly -felted, glandular, stiffly 

 hairy. The heads are short, medium, rounded 

 below. The phyllaries are awl-like, blunt, the 

 inner acute, woolly-felted at the edge, senescent, 

 glandular, hairy. The ligules are hairless. The 

 styles are dull or livid. The margins of the 

 receptacle pits are toothed. The plant is 1-2J ft. 

 high, flowering from June to August, and is a 

 herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracitim dupUcatum, Almq. — The stem of this 

 species is tall, slender, wavy, stiffly hairy, glandu- 

 lar above. The radical leaves are dull -green, 

 with brown to purple blotches, 3-4, forming a 

 rosette, on long stalks, egg-shaped to oval, oblong, 

 blunt, toothed, the base egg-shaped or wedge- 

 shaped, toothed, the inner lance-shaped to elliptic, 

 narrow, toothed, stiffly hairy, wooll)--felted below. 

 The 1-3 stem-leaves are lance-shaped, toothed, or 

 entire. The panicle has 1-2 lower branches erect 

 to spreading, the upper close, erect to spread- 

 ing, bent inwards. The flower-stalks are straight, 

 unequal, long, slender, paired, the upper longer 

 than the short-stalked acladium, woolly -felted, 

 glandular, hairy. The 3-8 heads are long, black- 

 ish-green, conical at length. The phyllaries ex- 

 tend outwards, are narrow, linear to lance-shaped, 

 blunt, the inner with a green border, tipped with 

 purple, the innermost rather acute, glandular, 

 hairy. The ligules are hairless. The styles are 

 yellow, discoloured. 



Hicraciiitn unfractiforme, E. S. Marshall. — The 

 habitat of this plant is rocky sub-alpine streamlets, 

 on granite and mica-schist. The stem is rigid, 

 hollow, hairless, woolly-felted, glandular above. 

 The radical leaves are firm, bright-green, bluish- 



