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shaped, lance-shaped, acute, toothed, the margins 

 fringed with hairs. The leaf-stalks are shaggy. 

 The stem-leaf is linear or absent. The panicle 

 forms a corymb, with 2-3 lower rigid spreading 

 straight branches, the upper close, exceeding the 

 short -stalked acladium. The flower-stalks are 

 straight-based, curved above, woolly-felted, hairy, 

 glandular. The 3-10 heads are rather large, egg- 

 shaped, angular below. The buds are short, with 

 loose outer scales. The phyllaries extend out- 

 wards, the tips at first bent back, cup-like (hence 

 cyathis), the outer and intermediate lance-shaped, 

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

 with a pale margin, with white hair and glands. 

 The ligules are smooth. The styles are yellow. 

 The plant is 18-24 m> high. 



Hieracium britannicum, F. J. Hanb. The 

 habitat of this plant is limestone dales and scars. 

 The stem is branched, finely furrowed, stiffly hairy 

 below, woolly-felted, glandular above. The radical 

 leaves are firm, bluish-green, furrowed, smooth 

 above, hairy below, the outer egg-shaped, oblong, 

 blunt-based, the inner triangular, acute, toothed, 

 the innermost narrow, wedge-shaped below. The 

 stem-leaf is large belo%v, bract-like in the branched 

 portion. The leaves are stiffly hairy below, fringed 

 on the borders, with stiff-toothed hairs. The 

 panicle is a falsely - forked corymb, with long, 

 straight or divided branches. The 3-10 heads 

 are blunt, then egg-shaped. The flower-stalks 

 are long, arching, woolly-felted, hairy, glandular. 

 The phyllaries extend forwards, and are lance- 

 shaped, oblong, narrow below, woolly-felted, the 

 innermost narrow, bristle-like, pale, with purple 

 tips, bare, the others glandular hairy. The 

 ligules are hairless. The styles are light livid. 

 The margins of the pits of the receptacle are cut, 

 toothed, awl-like. The plant is 12-18 in. high, 

 flowering in July and August, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Hieracium vagense. Ley. The habitat of this 

 plant is riverside rocks. The stem is slender, 

 drooping, branched or simple, hairy, woolly- 

 felted, glandular above. The radical leaves are 

 light glaucous-green, long, egg-shaped, lance- 

 shaped, acute, toothed, the base narrow or wedge- 

 shaped, stiffly hairy below. The main veins are 

 semi-transparent. The stem-leaf is bract-like, 

 linear, lance-shaped, toothed. The panicle is a 

 loose corymb, the upper branches arching, exceed- 

 ing the acladium. The heads are 3-9. The stalks 

 are woolly-felted, glandular. The phyllaries ex- 

 tend forwards in bud, and are narrow, long- 

 pointed, the inner narrow above, hairy, glandular. 

 The styles are yellow. The tips of the ligules are 

 smooth. The margins of the receptacle pits are 

 cut, toothed. The plant is 12-18 in. high, flower- 

 ing in June, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium Oreades, Fr., var. snbglabratum, F. 

 J. Hanb. The habitat of this plant is rocks by 

 the sea. The stem is simple or branched, bluish- 

 green, purplish, hairy, woolly -felted, glandular 

 above. The radical outer leaves are elliptic, egg- 

 shaped, finely toothed or entire, wedge-shaped 

 below, the inner long, linear, lance-shaped, acute, 



toothed. The 2-4 stem-leaves are large, lance- 

 shaped, acute, toothed or entire, smaller above, 

 narrowed to the half -clasping leaf-stalk. The 

 panicle is a falsely-forked corymb, with racemose 

 or divided branches. The 2-6 heads are long, 

 egg-shaped. The flower-stalks are woolly-felted, 

 glandular. The phyllaries meet together below, 

 are dark, narrowed to the acute point, the inner 

 narrowed, all woolly-felted at the edge, glandular. 

 The tips of the ligule are fringed with hairs. The 

 styles are yellow. The margins of the receptacle 

 pits are fringed with teeth. The plant is 2-18 in. 

 high, flowers in July, and is a herbaceous per- 

 ennial. 



Hieracium pseudonosmoides, Dahlst. The habi- 

 tat of this plant is mountain crags. The stem is 

 bluish-green, stiffly hairy, woolly-felted, glandular 

 above. The earlier radical leaves are small, 

 roundish, ovate, spoon-shaped, entire or toothed, 

 the later oblong, lance-shaped, acute, toothed, 

 narrowed to the winged leaf-stalk, stiffly hairy 

 below and on the margins. The 2-7 stem-leaves 

 are smaller upwards, lance-shaped, entire toward 

 the apex, coarsely toothed toward the base, hairy 

 both sides, stalkless, or with a winged leaf-stalk. 

 The panicle is close, with straight branches, arched 

 above, divided, or in a raceme, exceeding the 

 acladium. The stalks are bent inwards, woolly- 

 felted, stiffly hairy, glandular. The 2-7 heads are 

 rounded, egg-shaped. The phyllaries are linear, 

 lance-shaped, narrowed above, acute, with a green 

 border, glandular, woolly-felted. The ligules are 

 pale-greenish-yellow, not opening, with smooth 

 tip. The styles are dull-yellow or livid. The 

 plant is 8-14 in. in height, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium orimeles, W. R. Linton. The habitat 

 of this plant is alpine crags. The plant is green, 

 slightly bluish-green, erect, wiry, purple below, 

 rough, stiffly hairy, woolly-felted, glandular above. 

 The radical leaves are leathery, egg-shaped, blunt, 

 entire or toothed, narrowed to the winged leaf- 

 stalk, hairy, especially on the margins. The 3-4 

 stem -leaves are half -clasping, narrow, lance- 

 shaped, acute, toothed. The panicle is a falsely- 

 forked corymb, the branch low down, the branches 

 straight, erect, divided, or in a raceme. The stalks 

 are thickened at the tips, woolly - felted, stiffly 

 hairy, glandular. The 4-6 heads are rounded, blunt. 

 The phyllaries extend forwards in bud, are dark, 

 lance-shaped, linear, blunt or acute, the inner have 

 pale margins and are narrowed above, woolly- 

 felted, glandular. The ligules are orange, fringed 

 with hairs. The styles are yellow, hairy. The 

 margins of the receptacle pits are cut, awl-like. 

 The plant is 12-16 in. high, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium hibernicum, F. J. Hanb. The habi- 

 tat of this plant is cliffs and mountains. The stem 

 is reddish-purple, green above, smooth, simple. 

 The basal leaves are egg-shaped, lance-shaped, 

 blunt, the outer soon withering. The stem-leaves 

 5-9, are smaller upwards, egg-shaped, lance- 

 shaped, linear, acute, toothed below, grey-green, 

 smooth above, hairy, woolly-felted below. The 



