234 45. COMPOSITE. 



by Dr. Grenier. Mon. Brit. Hierac. PI. 8; Exsicc. Fasc. 

 iii. 52. Lofty mountains. Ciova. Braeniar. Breadalbane 

 Mountains. JP. VII. VIII. S. 



7. H. calendulifldrum (Backh.) ; deep green, st. usually 1- 

 lieaded hairy floccose, rt.-l. broadly ovate- spathulate blunt 

 apiculate sharply toothed hairy on both sides narrowing into 

 broadly winged petioles, st.-l. very small slender, buds nodding, 

 inv. truncate below shaggy with rather silk}' black-based hairs, 

 phyll. many linear-attenuate, outer phyll. lax, styles livid. Sy. 

 E. B. 824 ; Mon. Brit. Hierac. PL 9 ; Exsicc. Ease. ii. 29. St. 

 6 14 in. high. St.-l. few. Head most usually solitary, very 

 large. Youngest 1. sometimes rather acute. Original 1. nearly 

 circular. Nearly allied to H. eximium. Lofty mountains. 

 Lochnagar. Clova. P. VII. VIII. S. 



8. H. granitic' olum (W. R. Liuton) ; st. 4 8 in. high, 1-3- 

 headed, floccose setose with black-based hairs, rt.-l. rosulate 

 ovate-spathulate cuneate at the base toothed in the lower half, 

 inner 1. lanceolate coarsely toothed rounded or blunt at the apex, 

 narrowed into winged petioles, somewhat hairy on both sur- 

 faces and on the margins, primary and outer 1. coriaceous more 

 or less glabrous. St.-l. solitary linear with one or two bract- 

 like 1. above, inv. rounded thickly shaggy with black-based 

 hairs, setose at the base, phyll. outer broad adpressed, inner 

 slightly acute, all white-tipped. Styles nearly pure yellow. 

 Fl. light yellow strongly pilose at the tips. Lofty mountains. 

 Clova. P. VII. VIII S. 



9. H. gracilen'tum (Backh.) ; green, st. usually 1-headed hairy 

 floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate or oWow^-lanceolate attenuate below, 

 inv. ventricose rounded below shaggy with black soft hairs 

 setose, pliyll. few broad acuminate adpressed with Jloccose tips 

 outermost lax, styles livid. Sy. E. B. 828 ; Men. Brit. Hierac. 

 PI. 10 ; Exsicc. Fasc. iv. 77. H. alpinum var. melanocephalum 

 Fries, not Bab., nor H. melanocephalum Tausch. St. 6 10 in. 

 high, hairy and floccose, with straight simple diverging 

 branches and many heads when under cultivation ; st.-l. usually 

 2 or more. L. broad, narrowed gradually below ; original 1. 

 roundish. Petioles sometimes slightly winged. Heads usually 

 solitary, rather large, fl. bright yellow, nearly or quite glabrous 

 at the back. Lofty mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



10. H. petioldtum (Elfst.) ; green, st. 4 7 in. high hairy 

 and usually 1-headed, with many heads under cultivation, rt.-l. 

 obovate or lanceolate subacute with few coarse teeth towards 

 the base, narrowed into long shaggy somewhat winged petioles, 



