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especially the petioles ; stem more or less branched upwards, 

 having 1 2 sessile leaves, those of the root ovato-lanceolate, 

 entire or toothed ; involucres with hairs which are black at the 

 base and mixed with black pedunculated glands. Br. Fl. 1. p. 

 343. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 363. E. Bot. t. 2083. 



Benyevena, County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. Fl. Aug. % . This 

 species is best distinguished by its nearly entire and very villous leaves, 

 especially their petioles which are often quite silky. In some of Mr. 

 Moore's specimens the root leaves are furnished with distant teeth, in 

 others they are quite entire. The whole plant is of a soft and flaccid 

 texture. 



3. H. pulmonarium, Sm. Lungwort Hawkweed. Hairy, 

 especially the petioles ; stem 2 6 flowered, with 1 2 leaves, 

 those of the root ovato-lanceolate, acute, deeply and unequally 

 toothed throughout and lengthened into a petiole ; those of the 

 stem sessile ; involucre hairy ; hairs black at the base and often 

 glandular. Br. FL 1. p. 344. E. Fl v. iii. p. 362. E. Bot. t. 

 2307. 



Rocky places. Newtown Glen, County of Down ; Mr. Templeton. 

 Fl. Aug. 1. Stem about a foot high, round ; stem leaves very few, 

 radical leaves erect, acute, spotted with purple. Flowers golden- 

 yellow. 



4. H. murorum, Linn. Wall Hawkweed. Stem with one 

 petiolated leaf, branched upwards, subcorymbose, downy, espe- 

 cially below the involucre, where are a few black glands ; ra- 

 dical leaves ovate, mostly toothed at the base, and hairy as well 

 as the longish petioles; involucre downy. Br. FL 1. p. 344. 

 E. FL v. iii. p. 359. E. Bot. t. 2080. 



Rocks and old walls. Near Bantry ; Mr.J. Drummond. Newtown- 

 Glen, and Cave-hill, County of Down ; Mr. Templeton. Benyevena 

 and other places in the County of Derry on rocks ; Mr. D. Moore. 

 Stem one or two feet high, erect, rather hairy. Leaves broad, wavy, 

 glaucous-green. Flowers about four or six," large, yellow. 



* * * Stem with many leaves, many -flowered. 



5. H. sylvaticum, Sm. Wood Hawkweed. Stem many-leaved, 

 branched upwards, and subcorymbose, slightly hairy, and more 

 or less downy beneat-h the involucre ; leaves ovato-lanceolate, 

 toothed with the sharp teeth pointing upwards, somewhat 

 hairy ; involucre with very short pubescence. Br. FL I. p. 344. 

 E. Fl. v. iii. p. 361. E. Bot. t. 2031. 



Mountain woods, walls and rocks. Rocks by Powerscourt Wa- 

 terfall, Devil's Glen, County of Wicklow, and many other places. 

 FL Aug. 1. One or two feet high, scarcely hairy on the stem. The 

 leaves are usually numerous, more or less distinctly toothed. 



6. H. paludosum, Linn. Succory -leaved Hawkweed. Gla- 

 brous ; stem panicled, fistulose ; leaves alternate, somewhat 

 elliptical, toothed, sharp pointed, clasping the stem with their 



