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base almost glabrous, inv. large always very dark, phyll. long 

 narrow acuminate somewhat Jloccose with setae microglands and 

 few hairs. Fl. almost glabrous. Styles dusky. Exsicc. Fasc. 

 v. 102. High mountains. Inverness, Ross, and Perthshire. 

 P. VII. VIII. S. 



14. H. curvdtum (Elfstr.) ; green, rt.-l. ovate or lanceolate 

 coarsely and irregularly dentate in their lower half hairy with 

 slender petioles, st. simple or branched with few heads and few 

 lanceolate or oblong shortly stalked 1., inv. ovate beloiv, dark 

 green with soft black-based hairs setose, ped. densely floccose, 

 phyll. acuminate, outer ones blunt, styles brownish. Si/. E. B. 

 832; Mon. Brit. Hierac. PI. 12; Exsicc. Fasc. iv. 79; H. 

 nigrescens Willd. pt. Variable in height. Fl. deep brilliant 

 yellow, pilose at the tips. Phyll. overtopping the buds. L. 

 rarely nearly glabrous above. St.-l. usually 1, narrowed at both 

 ends. St. floccose, branching much in cultivation. Highland 

 mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



15. H. Backhous'ei (F. J. Hanb.) ; dark green, st. 5 15 in. 

 high with scattered black-based hairs throughout floccose above 

 with numerous hairs and setae, rt.-l. very erect ovate and ovate- 

 lanceolate with long curved foncard-pointing teeth or almost 

 entire, decurreut to winged petioles sub-coriaceous glossy 

 glabrous or with few scattered hairs on both surfaces, st.-l. 2 4, 

 semi-amplexicaul toothed, upper bract-like entire, inv. large 

 rounded below greenish-black with rather short black-based 

 hairs and few setae. Phyll. adpressed attenuate sub-acute, 

 outer short rather lax. Fl bright yellow somewhat pilose. 

 Buds globose. Styles rather livid. Pappus distinctly tawny. 

 Mon. Brit. Hierac. PI. 13 ; Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 55. Lofty 

 mountains around Braemar. Breadalbane Mountains. P. VII. 

 VIII. S. 



16. H. linguldtum (Backh.) ; green, rt.-l. lanceolate or oblong 

 apiculate denticulate or dentate hairy with short petioles, st. 

 simple or branched with few heads and few lanceolate or 

 lanceolate-attenuate acute sessile L, inv. broad becoming trun- 

 cate below very dark with soft black-based hairs slightly 

 floccose, phyll. attenuate acute incumbent, style livid. 8y. E. B. 

 834 ; M on. Brit. Hierac. pi. 14 ; Exsicc. Fasc. i. 2 ; H. saxi- 

 fragum Bab. St. 1524 in. high. Fl. bright yellow. Phyll. 

 greenish black, overtopping the buds. L. coarsely hairy above, 

 entire towards the end. Original 1. broad and rounded. St. 

 with scattered black-based hairs throughout, a little floccose. 

 St. and inv. nearly without setae. Mountain glens. Clova. 

 Braemar. Breadalbane Mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



