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BRITISH FLORA 



hairy, glandular. The styles are livescent, or 

 yellow. The ligules are fringed with hairs. The 

 plant is 12-20 in. in height, flowering from June 

 to August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium petrocharis, Linton. The habitat of 

 tliis plant is alpine rocks. The stem is finely 

 furrowed, stiffly hairy above and below, woolly- 

 felted, glandular above. The radical leaves are 

 yellowish -green, elliptic, oval, finely toothed, 

 rounded below, the inner egg-shaped to lance- 

 shaped, acute, toothed below, hairy both sides 

 and on the border. The solitary stem -leaf is 

 stalked, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, narrow, 

 long-pointed. The panicle is a falsely forked 

 corymb, the branches racemose. The flower- 

 stalks are arching, ascending, woolly -felted, 

 glandular. The 3-7 heads are greyish -black, 

 egg-shaped. The phyllaries nearly meet together 

 in bud, are narrow, lance-shaped, linear, blunt, 

 the innermost acute, with a pale edge, woolly- 

 felted, senescent, glandular. The ligules are 

 yellow, hairless, fringed with hairs. The styles 

 are livid. The margins of the receptacle pits 

 are toothed, the teeth bristle-like. 



Hieracium cymbifolium, Purchas. The habitat 

 of this species is limestone rocks. The stem is 

 nearly round, stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, 

 glandular above. The leaves are dull leaden- 

 green, thick, elliptic, oblong, blunt-pointed, heart- 

 shaped, or blunt below, with parallel margins, 

 often hollow (hence cymbifolium), toothed below, 

 the inner narrower, acute, long-pointed, the teeth 

 below larger, bent back, the upper and under sur- 

 face woolly-felted, stiffly hairy below, hairy on 

 the margins. The stem-leaf is small, linear, 

 lance-shaped, with a long, narrow point, large, 

 stalked. The panicle is falsely forked, the upper 

 part in a sort of umbel, with spreading, or divided, 

 arching branches. The 4-8 heads are short, 

 thick, blunt in bud. The flower-stalks are arch- 

 ing, woolly-felted, glandular. The phyllaries are 

 folded inwards, not meeting together in bud, 

 oblong, linear, narrowed, woolly-felted, senescent, 

 glandular. The ligules are deep-yellow, fringed 

 with hairs at the apex at the back. The styles 

 are golden and turn dingy. The margins of the 

 receptacle pits are raised, cut, toothed, irregu- 

 larly-lobed. 



Hieracium sagittatum, Lindeb. The stem of 

 this species is stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, 

 glandular above. The radical leaves are green, 

 stiffly hairy below, egg-shaped, oblong, lance- 

 shaped, the inner heart-shaped, arrow-shaped 

 (hence sagittatum^ below, wedge-shaped, with 

 irregularly-lobed teeth. The 1-2 stem-leaves are 

 stalked, egg-shaped, lance -shaped, sharply 

 toothed. The lower branches of the panicle are 

 long and spreading, the upper curved in a sort of 

 umbel. The flower-stalks are woolly-felted, stiffly 

 hairy, glandular. The heads are cylindric, egg- 

 shaped below. The phyllaries are broad, blunt, 

 the innermost acute, woolly- felted, senescent, 

 hairy, glandular. The ligules are hairless, the 

 inner fringed with hairs. The styles are yellow 

 or dull. 



Hieracium sarcophyllum, Stenstr. The habitat 

 of this species is rocks, The stem is tall, robust, 

 stiffly hairy, or nearly smooth below, woolly- 

 felted, stiffly hairy, glandular above. The radical 

 leaves are numerous, thick, fleshy (hence sarco- 

 phyllum), dull pale or light yellowish-green, 

 blotched above, the outer elliptic, rounded, egg- 

 shaped, entire, blunt-toothed at the base, which 

 is blunt, the intermediate oblong, egg-shaped, 

 blunt, with wavy teeth, the base blunt, the inner- 

 most egg-shaped to lance-shaped, toothed, the 

 base wedge-shaped, stiffly hairy, woolly-felted 

 below, the margins fringed with hairs, leaf-stalks 

 long, woolly-felted, stiffly hairy. The stem-leaf is 

 wedge-shaped or spear-shaped below, toothed. 

 The panicle is close, simple. The upper branches 

 are close, in a sort of umbel, arching. The 

 flower-stalks are short, broad above, woolly-felted, 

 glandular, hairy. The phyllaries nearly meet to- 

 gether and are broad, lance-shaped, linear, blunt, 

 the innermost acute, woolly -felted, the borders 

 white, woolly-felted, senescent, glandular, hairy. 

 The ligules are fringed with hair. The styles 

 are yellow. 



Hieracium rotundatum , Kit. The habitat of 

 this species is rocky mountain burns. The stem 

 is erect, smooth below, stiffly hairy, woolly-felted, 

 glandular above. The outer radical leaves are 

 rounded' to egg-shaped, the inner egg-shaped, 

 elliptic, blunt, heart-shaped below, the innermost 

 acute, wedge-shaped below, toothed, the basal 

 teeth bent back, stiffly hairy below and on the 

 margins. The leaf-stalks are long. The 1-2 

 stem -leaves are heart-shaped, egg-shaped, tri- 

 angular, acute, entire, toothed below. The panicle 

 bears few heads, with the lower branches distant, 

 arching, the upper close, spreading, arching. 

 The flower- stalks are woolly- felted, glandular, 

 hairy. The heads are long, egg-shaped below. 

 The phyllaries are bent inwards in bud, narrow, 

 linear, blunt, woolly-felted, senescent, glandular, 

 hairy. The ligules are dull-yellow, hairless. The 

 styles are yellow. 



Hieracium prcetenerum, Almq. The stem of 

 this plant is stiffly hairy, woolly-felted, glandular 

 above. The radical leaves are green, the primary 

 rounded, heart-shaped, the later oval, oblong, 

 blunt, broadly wavy, toothed, narrowed or wedge- 

 shaped below, the inner narrow to oval, acute, 

 toothed below, the innermost narrow to lance- 

 shaped, toothed, stiffly hairy, woolly-felted below. 

 The stem-leaf is stalked, narrow, long, acute, 

 sharply toothed. The panicle is small, in a sort 

 of umbel above. The flower-stalks are curved, 

 woolly-felted, glandular. The heads are dark- 

 green, small, slender, egg-shaped below. The 

 phyllaries are narrow, linear, acute, extending 

 outwards in bud, the innermost awl-like, woolly- 

 felted at the margin, senescent, glandular, hairy. 

 The ligules are golden, hairless. The styles are 

 yellow. 



Hieracium euprepes, F. J. Hanb. The habitat 

 of this plant is Old Red Sandstone cliffs, ledges, 

 and mountain streams. The stem is simple, or 

 has long, straight branches, and is purplish-red, 



