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The radical leaves are bright yellowish-g-rcen, the 

 earlier formings a rosette, oval, or nearly acute, 

 narrowed to the short, stiffly hairy Icaf-slalks, 

 stiffly hairy both sides and on the border. The 

 stem-leaves are 7-9, the lower stalked, narrow lo 

 oval, inversely ejrjr-shapcd, n.irrow below, the 

 intermediate oval to oblong, elliptic to lance- 

 shaped, hall'-claspinir, the upper egg-shaped, 

 lance-shaped, with a narrow point, rounded below, 

 toothed, clothed like the leaves of a rosette. The 

 panicle is close, in a sort of corymb, the stalks 

 long, slender, bent inwards, glandular, h.iiry. 

 The heads are few, numerous, dark, egg-shaped 

 to oblong, ncirly cylindric .ind inversely conical. 

 The phyllaries are united, dark-olive, woolly- 

 felted below, the outer short, triangular to lance- 

 sh.iped, blunt, closely pressed, the inner lance- 

 shaped to linear, with .1 pale border, blunt, hairy, 

 clandul.ar. The ligules are tipped with stiff hairs. 

 The styles are dark-brown. The plant is 1-3 ft. 

 high, flowering from July to September, and is a 

 herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium demissum^ Stromf., var. pulchelii' 

 forme, \V. R. Linton. — The type of this species 

 does not occur in this country. The stem is stout, 

 stiffly hairy, woollj'-felted. The radical leaves 

 are vellowish-green, the outer (ew soon fading, 

 narrow, oval to inversely egg-shaped, blunt, 

 narrowed to the winged leaf-stalk, toothed below, 

 hairy. The 3-5 stem -leaves are st.alkless, the 

 lowest slightlv stalked, the lower narrow below, 

 the upper rounded to egg-shaped, acute, toothed. 

 The panicle is small, rigid, in a sort of corymb, 

 the branches straight, equal to or longer than the 

 acladium. The flower-stalks have one or two 

 linear bracts, are woolly - felted, stiffly hairy, 

 glandular. The 2-5 heads are medium, thick, 

 nearly cylindric, egg-shaped below. The phyl- 

 laries are the s,ame colour, broad, the outer tri- 

 angular to lance-shaped, the inner lance-shaped to 

 linear, blunt, the innermost acute, with brown stiff 

 hairs, glandular. The ligules are hairless. The 

 styles are brown. 



Hieraciutn prolracliim, Lindeb. — The habitat of 

 this species is cliff^s. The stem is simple or 

 branched, leafy, purplish-red, stiffly hairy below, 

 woolly-felted, hairy below. The radical leaves 

 are broad to lance-shaped, narrowed both 

 ends, nearly entire or toothed, hairy below, 

 fringed with hairs. The stem-leaves are 3-7, 

 the lower stalked, lance -shaped to oblong, 

 long - pointed, the upper stalkless, clasping, 

 toothed. The panicle is close, in a forked corymb, 

 the branches nearly erect, divided. The flower- 

 stalks are rather long, slender, woolly-felted, with 

 bracteoles, hairy, glandular. The 3-8 heads are 

 small, shortly cylindrical. The phyllaries are 

 dark-green, the outer narrow, triangular to lance- 

 shaped, the broader lance-shaped to linear, blunt, 

 the innermost with a pale border, woolly-felted, 

 senescent, hairy, glandular. The ligules are hair- 

 less or the inner fringed with hairs. The styles 

 are yellow. The plant is 1-2 ft. high, flowering 

 in July and .August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium truncatum, Lindeb. — The habitat of 



this species is cliflTs. The stem is smooth, hairy. 

 The radical leaves are egg-shaped, not persisting. 

 The slem-lciives are 4-5, the lower bread to lance- 

 sh.'iped, or inversely so, blunt, narrowed to the 

 half-clasping base, the upper linear lo lance- 

 shaped, blunt below. The panicle is cymosc, 

 corymbose above, the branches erect to spreading, 

 ascending, the upper longer than the acladium. 

 The heads are large, few, 1-5, black, blunt below. 

 The phyllaries are broad to lance-shaped, blunt, 

 the inner with paler border, woolly-felled, glandu- 

 l.ar, hairy. The styles are yellow, becoming dark. 

 The plant is 10-24 '"■ ''igh, flowering in August, 

 and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium petthense, Williams. — The habitat of 

 this species is river-sides. The stem is robust, 

 hairy below, woolly -felted, hairy above. The 

 radical leaves are few, oval, narrowed to the 

 short, winged leaf-st,alk, soon f;tding. The 5-1 1 

 stem-leaves are egg-shaped, lance-shaped, toothed, 

 the upper bro.idcr, toothed, hairless, dull-green 

 above, paler yellowish-green below, stiffly hairy 

 on the veins and margins. The p.anicle is nearlv 

 terminal, in a corymb or with 2-3 lower, nearly 

 erect branches. The 3-1 1 heads are nearly round 

 in bud, broad, cylindrical, blunt. The stalks are 

 long, wavy or arching, hoary, hairy. The phyl- 

 laries are dark, blunt, the outer egg-sh<aped to 

 triangular, the inner broad, Kance-shaped to linear, 

 the innermost blunt, woolly- felted, senescent, 

 stiffly hairy, glandular. The ligules are tipped 

 with stiff hairs. The styles are livid. The margins 

 of the receptacle pits are raised, toothed. The 

 achenes are dark-brown. 



Hieraciutn golhicum, Fr. — The stem of this 

 species is erect, rigid, simple or branched, hair- 

 less or stiffly hairy. The radical leaves arc egg- 

 shaped to lance-shaped, nearly entire or finely 

 toothed. There are 5-15 stem-leaves, the lower 

 stalked, toothed, the upper stalkless, bract-like 

 above. The panicle is corymbose, with straight, 

 erect to spreading branches. The he.ids are few, 

 large, blackish-green, roimded below. The flower- 

 stalks are nearly hairless. The phyllaries are 

 blunt, the inner narrower, woolly-felted at the 

 edge, glandular. The styles are yellow with brown 

 hairs. The plant is ij to 4 ft. high, flowering 

 from July to September, and is a herbaceous per- 

 ennial. 



Hieracium stictophyllum, Dahlst. — The stem of 

 this plant is stout, purplish, smooth or stiffly hairy, 

 woolly-felted above. The radical leaves are bluish- 

 green, with purple blotches, the outer narrow to 

 oblong, inversely egg-shaped, blunt, narrow at 

 the base, the lower stem-leaves close, linear to 

 lance-shaped, broad lo linear, blunt, narrow below, 

 entire or wavy, or toothed, the stalks winged, the 

 upper smaller, narrow both ends, stalkless, hair- 

 less, stiffly hairy on the nerves below. The panicle 

 is rather rigid, with several long, nearly erect, 

 lower racemose branches, the upper close, longer 

 than the acladium. The stalks are straight, 

 woolly-felted, with bracteoles near the apex. The 

 heads are thick, egg-shaped. The phyllaries are 

 numerous, the outer triangular, acute, loose, the 



