HIERACIUM:. 241 



st.-l. 35 large ovate or obovate acute entire or minutely and 

 acutely toothed sessile strongly amplexicaul, phyll. broad 

 rather obtuse lax. rj. X hypoch&roides (Gibs.) ; st. red erect 

 branched each branch bearing 2 heads floccose, ped. very floccose, 

 rt.-l. ovate subacute petiolate firm fleshy beautifully spotted 

 purpled and floccose beneath, st.-l. usually 1 rather large broadly 

 clasping. Heads very truncate, phyll. short broad sub-obtuse,, 

 fi. golden yellow subgiabrous or slightly pilose before expansion, 

 styles pure yellow. Mountains, a. Teesdale. Craven. Lake 

 District. Scotland. Ireland. /3. Cairn Toul, Aberdeen Links, 

 and other localities m Scotland. Co. Donegal and Antrim 

 in Ireland, y. Lake District, d. Abundant in Sutherland- 

 shire ; Skye. Co. Antrim, e. Widely distributed over the 

 British Isles. , Slieve League, Co. Donegal. 77. Limestone 

 scars near Settle, Yorkshire. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



26. H. iricum (Fr.) ; glaucous green, rt.-l. ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute with short shaggy winged petiole*^ st. leafy 

 corymbose at top, st.-l. clasping broadly ovate taper-pointed 

 denticulate or dentate, lower ones narrowed below, ped. and 

 inv. hairy setose floccose, inv. truncate below, phyll. blunt, 

 styles livid. E. B. S. 2915 ; Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 59 ; H. Lapey- 

 rousii Bab. St. 1 3 ft. high, very leafy rigid not branching 

 1 -beaded on barren soil. Pet. rigid diverging*. Original rt.-l. 

 blunt. L. often purplish at the end. St.-l. decreasing suc- 

 cessively upwards, upper 1. broad and rounded below. Phyll. 

 broad, narrowed upwards. Chiefly in mountain districts. 

 P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



27. H.flocculosum (Backh.) ; ashy-green, rt.-l. ovate or oval 

 blunt or acutish with small teeth below floccose on both sides 

 narrowed into long petioles, st.-l. few large ^-clasping, st. sub- 

 corymbose floccose throughout, ped. long straight-based, inv. 

 ovate below floccose setose hairy, phyll. acuminate incumbent, 

 styles rather livid. Sy. E. . 848 ; Exsicc. Fasc. iv. 81 ; 

 H. stelligerum (Backh.) (not Froel.). St. 1^2 ft. high. Fl. 

 bright yellow. L. rosulate, persistent ; original spathulate ; 

 innermost acutish. Petioles rather slender and woolly. St.-l. 

 stalked ; uppermost sessile. Margins of high Alpine streams. 

 P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



4 28. H. breadal'banense (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 1218 in. high, 

 simple or branched many-headed, singularly devoid of settle, 

 ped. thick densely floccose, rt.-l. yellow-green paler beneath, 

 rather thick roughly hairy on both sides or almost glabrous, 

 outer oval apiculate almost entire, inner ovate subacute denti- 

 culate, all abruptly narrowed to short shaggy petiole, st.-l. 



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