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BRITISH FLORA 



intermediate linear to lance-shaped, narrow above, 

 the innermost with paler borders, blunt, woolly- 

 felted, glandular, hairy. The ligules are yellow, 

 hairless. The styles turn colour. 



Hieracium sparsifolium, Lindeb. The habitat 

 of this plant is cliffs and sides of streams in sub- 

 alpine districts. The stem is simple or branched, 

 reddish, stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted above. 

 The 8-10 stem-leaves are close below, linear to 

 oblong, stalkless or nearly so, blunt, the middle 

 acute, divided, clasping below, the upper with a 

 broader base, all nearly entire, or toothed, dull- 

 green, paler below, hairy. The panicle is small 

 with few heads. The stalks are woolly-felted, 

 spreading, arching, with bracteoles, thickened 

 above. The heads are large, blunt below. The 

 outer phyllaries are loose, ligulate, the inner 

 lance-shaped to linear, with a broad base, the 

 sides parallel, blunt, the innermost nearly acute, 

 hairy, glandular. The styles are brown. The 

 plant is 6 in. to 2 ft. high, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium cantianum, F. J. Hanb. The stem 

 of this plant is finely furrowed, dark-purple, stiffly 

 hairy, woolly-felted above. The 12-20 radical 

 leaves are deep-green, bluish-green below, the 

 lower elliptic to lance-shaped, blunt, rounded, 

 narrowed to the winged, shaggy leaf-stalk, the 

 upper stalkless, broad, rounded below, egg-shaped 

 to elliptic, lance-shaped, blunt, toothed, the upper- 

 most acute, woolly -felted, hairy below. The 

 panicle has long, erect to spreading, lower 

 branches, the upper longer than the acladium. 

 The stalks bear bracteoles below, are woolly- 

 felted, stiffly hairy, arching above. The heads 

 are numerous, small, egg-shaped, near cylindrical. 

 The phyllaries are triangular to lance-shaped, 

 the innermost narrower, blunt, the outer woolly- 

 felted, senescent, the inner pale-bordered, hairy, 

 glandular. The styles are yellow. The mar- 

 gins of the receptacle pits are raised, sharply 

 toothed. 



Hieracium rigidum, Hartm. The habitat of 

 this plant is mountain glens and banks of streams. 

 The stem is purplish, simple or branched, stiffly 

 hairy, rough, woolly-felted. There are 6-10 stem- 

 leaves. The lower are long, tongue-shaped, lance- 

 shaped, toothed, the upper narrow to lance-shaped, 

 toothed, narrow below, clasping, stiffly hairy, 

 woolly-felted below. The panicle is a racemose 

 corymb, the branches straight below, arching, the 

 upper close, in a sort of umbel. The 8-14 heads 

 are nearly cylindrical, egg-shaped below. The 

 outer phyllaries are linear, loose, blunt, the inner 

 narrow to lance-shaped, less blunt, parallel, pale- 

 bordered above, woolly-felted below, glandular, 

 hairy. The styles are brown. The plant is 1-2$ 

 ft. high, flowering from July to September, and is 

 a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium prenanthoides, Vill. The habitat of 

 this plant is rocky places on the margins of 

 streams and woody ravines. The stem is leafy, 

 erect, stiffly hairy below, hairy above. The leaves 

 are numerous, all clasping, net-veined, bluish- 

 green below, hairy both sides, the lowest nar- 



rowed into the winged auricled leaf-stalks, the 

 intermediate pinched above their base, the upper- 

 most heart-shaped to lance-shaped, bract-like 

 above, the lowest entire, the upper finely toothed, 

 nearly smooth or stiffly hairy, fringed with hairs. 

 The panicle is in a sort of raceme. The branches 

 are long, erect to spreading, ascending, racemose 

 to corymbose. The flower-stalks are woolly- 

 felted, glandular. The heads are numerous, small, 

 nearly cylindric. The outer phyllaries are short, 

 narrow, the 2 inner narrow to lance-shaped, blunt, 

 woolly-felted, hairy, glandular. The ligules are 

 stiffly hairy, fringed with hairs. The styles are 

 dark-livid or brown. The achenes are bright 

 reddish-brown. The margins of the receptacle 

 pits are raised, cut, toothed. The plant is 1-3 ft. 

 high, flowering from July to September, and is a 

 herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium strictum, Fr. The habitat of this 

 plant is mountain glens and rocky places by the 

 banks of streams and ravines in mountainous 

 districts. The stem is leafy, rigid, green, stiffly 

 hairy below. The leaves are dull deep-green, the 

 lower inversely lance-shaped, narrowed into the 

 winged leaf-stalk, the middle oblong to lance- 

 shaped, narrowed below, auricled, clasping, finely 

 toothed, nearly entire, the upper rounded below, 

 half-clasping, all nearly hairless or stiffly hairy, 

 paler, glossy, net-veined below. The panicle is 

 rigid, the branches and stalks straight, nearly 

 erect, long, the stalks little thickened above. The 

 heads are few, large, broad, nearly cylindric in 

 bud, blunt below. The phyllaries are broad, blunt, 

 the outermost narrow, the intermediate triangular, 

 long, the inner lance-shaped to linear, stiffly hairy, 

 woolly - felted and glandular. The tips of the 

 ligules are fringed with hairs. The margins of 

 the receptacle pits are cut, toothed, irregularly 

 lobed. The achenes are chestnut. The plant is 

 1-3 ft. high, flowering in July and August, and is 

 a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium corymbosum, Fr. The habitat of this 

 plant is mountainous districts, stream-sides. The 

 stem is rigid, very leafy, reddish-purple, woolly- 

 felted above. The leaves are numerous, bluish- 

 green, netted below, the lower inversely lance- 

 shaped, with shortly-winged leaf-stalks, the middle 

 narrow, egg-shaped to oblong, lance-shaped, with 

 a long, narrow point, clasping, all toothed, with 

 the margins fringed with hairs, nearly hairless. 

 The panicle is a broad, compound, leafy corymb. 

 The flower-stalks are woolly-felted, with bracte- 

 oles. The heads are large, narrow, egg-shaped 

 below. The outer phyllaries are narrow, loose, 

 the inner linear to lance-shaped, blunt, glandular, 

 with pale borders. The styles are livid. The 

 pappus is reddish. The plant is 2-4 ft. high, 

 flowering from July to September, and is a herb- 

 aceous perennial. 



Hieracium auratum, Fr. The habitat of this 

 plant is mountainous districts. The stem is erect, 

 rigid, leafy, branched, reddish, woolly-felted, and 

 stiffly hairy. The leaves are brownish -green 

 above, bluish-green below, the lower egg-shaped 

 to lance-shaped, oblong, narrow below, toothed, 



