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BRITISH FLORA 



districts. The stem is erect, simple or branched, 

 stiffly hairy, woolly-felted, glandular above. The 

 radical leaves are dull or yellowish-green, purplish, 

 the outer egg-shaped, oblong, rounded, narrow or 

 wedge-shaped at the base, the inner egg-shaped, 

 lance-shaped, with long, glandular teeth, or broad, 

 blunt teeth, stiffly hairy below and on the border. 

 The stem -leaf is low down, clasping, shortly- 

 stalked, or stalkless, like the inner basal leaves. 

 The panicle is loose, corymbose, the lower branches 

 long, erect to spreading, racemose, divided into 

 two. The flower-stalks are rather long, woolly- 

 felted, hairy, glandular. The 3-6 heads are 

 rounded, egg-shaped. The phyllaries are dark, 

 blunt, linear, oblong, lance-shaped, narrow below, 

 the inner with pale margins, narrowed, woolly- 

 felted, hairy, glandular. The ligules are orange, 

 smooth. The styles are olive-brown. The pits of 

 the receptacles are cut, toothed, awl-like. The 

 plant is 6-14 in. high, flowering from June to 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium nitidum, Backh. The habitat of this 

 plant is mountain streams, rocky margins of 

 alpine streamlets. The plant is dark-green. The 

 stem is nearly hairless, or with few hairs, woolly- 

 felted, glandular above. The radical leaves are 

 dark-green, firm, smooth, shining (hence nitidum), 

 the outer egg-shaped, oval, oblong, blunt, the 

 inner lance-shaped, acute, narrowed to the stalk, 

 coarsely -sharply -toothed below, the innermost 

 narrow, lance-shaped, toothed, stiffly hairy below 

 and on the margin. The stem-leaf, i or none, is 

 narrow with a long point, toothed. The panicle 

 is falsely forked, in a corymb. The lower branches 

 are straight, the upper curved, divided, or single- 

 headed. The 5-7 heads are egg-shaped, blunt 

 below. The dark phyllaries are blunt, linear- 

 lance-shaped, narrow below, the inner long, nar- 

 row, woolly-felted, the tips smooth, hairy, glandu- 

 lar. The tips of the ligules are smooth, the inner 

 stiffly hairy in bud. The styles are yellow. The 

 plant is 15-24 in. in height, and flowers in July and 

 August, being a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium carenorum, F. J. Hanb. The habitat 

 of this plant is lofty mountains. The stem is 

 slightly woolly-felted and stiffly hairy, glandular 

 above. The radical leaves are pale-green, the 

 basal 6-8. The outermost are oval, rounded, 

 wedge-shaped below, the inner oval, egg-shaped, 

 lance-shaped, acute, with acute, ascending, mar- 

 ginal teeth, stiffly hairy below and on the border. 

 The stem-leaf is narrow, lance -shaped, acute, 

 toothed, stalkless, smooth above, woolly-felted 

 below on the border and mid-rib, fringed with 

 hairs. The panicle is forked and corymbose. The 

 flower -stalks are woolly -felted, stiffly hairy, 

 glandular. The 3-7 heads are dark-green, egg- 

 shaped. The phyllaries are dark-green, the outer 

 small, linear, blunt, closely pressed, the inner lance- 

 shaped, narrow, paler with transparent borders, 

 hairy, glandular. The ligules are stiffly hairy, the 

 tips hairless. The styles are yellow. The plant is 

 10-12 in. high, flowering in June and August, 

 nil is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium argenteum, Fr. The habitat of this 



plant is mountain districts, rocky places. The 

 stem is simple or branched, bluish-green, smooth 

 below, with woolly -felted glands above. The 

 radical leaves are the same colour, or leaden, pale 

 bluish-green below. The outer are spoon-shaped, 

 inversely egg-shaped, the inner strap-shaped, 

 elliptic, lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acute, 

 toothed, hairy, on long stalks. The 1-3 stem- 

 leaves are small, narrow, lance-shaped. The 

 panicle is a loose corymb. The stalks are long, 

 straight, woolly -felted, glandular. The short 

 heads are thick. The phyllaries extend forwards, 

 and are dark, the inner paler below, the outer 

 blunt, the inner acute, woolly-felted, stiffly hairy, 

 glandular. The tips of the ligules are smooth. 

 The styles are pure yellow. 



Hieracium Sommer/eltii, Lindeb. The habitat 

 of this plant is mountains, granite hills. The stem 

 is slender, erect, simple or branched, smooth, or 

 stiffly hairy below, glandular above. The radical 

 leavesare horizontal, bluish-green, purple-blotched, 

 the outer small, oblong, egg-shaped, narrowed to 

 the foot-stalk, the inner egg-shaped, lance-shaped, 

 acute, with fine teeth, stiffly hairy, woolly-felted 

 below. The stem-leaf is bract-like, or if present 

 lance-shaped, low down. The panicle is a loose, 

 simple, or falsely-forked corymb, with arching 

 divided branches. The 2-4 heads are blunt and 

 cylindric in bud. The flower-stalks are woolly- 

 felted, hairy, glandular. The phyllaries are 

 oblong, linear below, lance-shaped, acute, the 

 inner narrowed, longer than the ligules in bud, 

 the tips bent back, woolly -felted, stiffly hairy, 

 with small glands. The tips of the ligules are 

 fringed with short hairs. The styles are yellow. 

 The plant is 8-12 in. high, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium hypochceroides^ Gibs. The habitat 

 of this species is mountains, limestone talus, dry, 

 exposed rocky ledges. The plant is bluish-green, 

 the leaves forming a rosette, persistent, broad, 

 blotched with purple above. The stem is purplish, 

 stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, glandular above. 

 The radical leaves are dull-green, purple-blotched, 

 round, oval, egg-shaped, heart-shaped, toothed, 

 with 2-3 teeth below, the innermost egg-shaped, 

 oblong, lance-shaped, sharply toothed, stiffly 

 hairy. There are no stem-leaves (or one, narrow, 

 lance -shaped, toothed, shortly stalked). The 

 panicle is falsely forked, with divided branches, 

 straight. The heads are 2-4. The stalks are 

 woolly-felted, glandular. The broad phyllaries 

 are rather blunt, the outer triangular lance-shaped, 

 the inner oblong, linear, narrowed above, the 

 innermost narrow, woolly-felted, glandular, hairy. 

 The ligules are smooth. The styles are yellow. 

 The margins of the pits of the receptacles are 

 deeply cut. The plant is 6-18 in. high, flowering 

 in July and August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 

 Hieracium cyathis, Ley. The habitat of this 

 species is limestone rocks. The stem is stout, 

 rigid, woolly-felted. The radical leaves are dull- 

 green, slightly blotched, the outer egg-shaped, 

 rounded, or wedge-shaped below, the intermediate 

 oval, narrow, elliptic, toothed, the inner egg- 



