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with a few black gland-tipped hairs. E-adical leaves varying from 

 oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate to ovate, attenuated into 

 rather short woolly petioles, subacute, or the primary ones 

 obtuse, entire or denticulate or serrate-dentate, sometimes with a 

 few large teeth pointing forwards, glabrous or with coarse hairs 

 above and soft ones beneath ; stem-leaves 1 to 12, the lower ones 

 resembling the root-leaves and nearly as large, shortly stalked ; 

 the upper ones smaller and sessile, sometimes bract-like. Anthodes 

 rather small or moderately large, usually numerous, in a corymb 

 or corymbose-topped panicle, on straight usually short ascending- 

 spreading peduncles. Pericline ovoid at the base, conical-oblong- 

 cylindrical after flowering ; phyllaries numerous, subacute, olive- 

 green or dark olive, with pale edges, thinly clothed with stellate 

 down sparingly intermingled with black-based hairs and black 

 gland-tipped hairs. Florets glabrous, not ciliated at the apex. 

 Styles livid-yellow. Plant green or csesious. 



Yar. a, genuinum. 



Stem-leaves numerous and, as well as the root-leaves, sub- 

 coriaceous. Anthodes rather small. Phyllaries with numerous 

 gland-tipped hairs. 



Var. jS, rosidatum. 



Leaves thin, chiefly in a radical rosette ; stem - leaves few 

 (1 to 3). Anthodes rather small, with numerous black-based 

 hairs and few gland-tipped hairs. 



Yar. 7, cinereum. Back. 



" Ashy-green or glaucous. Stem short, with few sub-entire 

 leaves, much branched. Hoot - leaves few, obovate - lanceolate. 

 Involucres ( pericline ) nearly destitute of glands. Phyllaries 

 broad, more obtuse." 



Yar. 8, ritfescens. Back. 



" Green. Stem robust, purplish-red. Leaves ovate ; root-leaves 

 numerous ; stem-leaves few, 1 or 2, sub-sessile or slightly clasping ; 

 heads large, few. Phyllaries broad, sub-acuminate." 



Yar. e, sub-nigrescens. 



Radical leaves oblong-elliptical, abruptly attenuated into the 

 petiole, or sub- truncate at the base, subacute, sparingly toothed ; 

 stem-leaves 1 or 2, small. Anthodes rather large. Phyllaries nearly 



