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In dry foil near the fummits of the highland moun- 

 tains in many places, as upon Ben-mor, and upon 

 Craig-vore^ jufl above Loch-Laraig-anLochain, 

 both mountains in Breadaibane. Upon Ccrry- 

 yaal, and near the top of Bedan-nam-bian, the 

 the higheft mountain in Glenco, in upper Lorn, 

 being, according to the obfervations of the inge- 

 nious Mr. Stuart^ 3150 feet above the level of 

 the fea. We obferv'd this plant likewife upon 

 the high mountains to the fouth of Litlle Loch 

 Broom, in RosJJjire, upon the weftern coaft ; as 

 alfo on Ben-na-grion, two miles above M^Kinnoti's 

 caftle in Strath, in the ifle of Skye, fo that it is 

 not a fcarce plant upon the Britijh Alps. "U. VII. 

 Yill. 



The radical leaves vary in figure, fome of them are 

 Gval-obtule, others oval-lanceolate, often entire 

 on the edges, bL>t Ibmetimes (lightly dented, and 

 always fprinkled on both fides with white woolly 

 hairs ; the ftalk' is generally about five inches 

 high, fcattered with white hairs, v^'hich are fuf- 

 cous at the bafe, either quite deftitute of leaves, 

 or furnifhed only with one fmall narrow lanceo- 

 late rudiment or braclea near the top, and bears 

 a fingle yellow flower : the calyx is black and co- 

 vered with white hairs : the feeds arc oblong, 

 brown, angular, and crown'd with a fimply-hairy 

 felfile down. 



'aray^acl 2. HIERACIUM foliis lanceolatis dentatis glabris ; 



F f 2 fcapo 



