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42. H. Oreades (Fr.) var. subglahratum (F. J. Ilanb.) ; intensely 

 glaucous, st. 12 18 in. high, simple or branched nearly glabrous, 

 ped. floccose setose with few hairs, rt.-l. oblong or ovate-lanceo- 

 late apiculate denticulate or almost entire narrowly decurrent 

 into long petioles glabrous above ciliate beneath and on the 

 margins, st.-l. 1 3 large lanceolate acute denticulate or almost 

 entire decreasing in size upwards narrowing into winged semi- 

 aniplexicaul petiole or sessile glabrous or slightly floccose with 

 very few hairs. Heads 2 -5, inv. truncate slightly floccose 

 minutely setose with few hairs, phyll. linear attenuate, outer 

 and middle adpressed obtuse, inner acuminate incumbent white- 

 tipped. Fl. yellow ciliate-tipped, styles yellow. Exsicc. 

 Fasc. ii. 33. Rocks by the sea, North of Scotland. P. VII. S. 



43. H. argenteum (Fr.) ; very glaucous, rt.-l. lanceolate acute 

 denticulate towards the middle or entire glabrous above with 

 short petioles, st. simple or branched with few sessile or stalked 

 1., branches long straight, inv. broadly ventricose becoming 

 subtrtmcate below slightly setose hairy and floccose, phyll. blunt 

 adpressed, styles yellow. Sy. E. B. 843 ; Exsicc. Fasc. i. 13 ; 

 //. pallidum /3. persicifolimn Bab. St. 1 2 ft. high. Buds 

 cylindrical. Inner phyll. stibacute pale-edged. Fl. bright 

 yellow. L. with scattered hairs beneath and at the edges. 

 Petioles usually short. Original 1. bluntish. Upper st.-l. small 

 narrow. /3. septentrionale (F. J. Ilanb.) ; inv. truncate more 

 hairy and setose, rt.-l. more erect often broadly lanceolate 

 strongly toothed. Exsicc. Fasc. vi. 133. Mountain districts 

 of England, Scotland, and Wales. /3. Rocks by the coast and 

 stream-sides, Sutherlandshire. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



44. H. nit'idum (Backh.) ; dark green, rt.-l. lanceolate acute 

 coarsely and sharply toothed glabrous above with short petioles, 

 st.-l. 1 or 0, st. few-headed, ped. scaly, inv. ventricose setose and 

 hairy slightly floccose, phyll. acuminate or bluntish, styles 

 yellow. % E. B. 844; Exsicc. Fasc. iv. 86. St. 1524 in. 

 high, nearly hairless. Heads large; fl. bright yellow. L. slightly 

 hairy beneath ; teeth very large not directed downwards. 

 Petioles usually short. Original 1. roundish. /3. siluriense 

 (F. J. Hanb.) ; ped. slender very floccose hairy hardly setose, 

 inv. less setose but more hairy than type, outer phyll. sub-obtuse, 

 inner long attenuate acute. Fl. glabrous. By mountain 

 streams. /3. Cwm Tarrell, Breconshire. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



45. H. Sommerfelt'ii(UnAob.)', st. 812 in. high, ^ erect 

 slender simple or branched almost glabrous, ped. slightly 

 itoccose setose and hairy, rt.-l. green purple-blotched, outer 



