248 45. COMPOSITE. 



ovate, inner o"blong-lanceolate apiculate almost entire or with 

 sharp glandular teeth glabrous above hairy and floccose beneath 

 with ciliate margins, decurrent into long petioles, st.-l. 1 or 0, 

 sessile or shortly petiolate linear-lanceolate acute entire or 

 slightly denticulate. Inv. truncate dark slightly floccose hairy 

 setose, phyll. outer short broad subobtuse ciliate-margined, 

 inner attenuate subacute reflexed almost naked ciliate- tipped. 

 Fl. yellow glabrous-tipped, styles slightly livid. Exsicc. 

 Fasc. ii. 34. j3. tactum (F. J. Hanb.) ; 1. deeply blotched, with 

 very long acute hooked forward-pointing teeth; st.-l. large 

 toothed, phyll. few very broad obtuse minutely setose with 

 ciliate margins. Fl. slightly pilose. Exsicc. Fase. v. 108. 

 y. splendens (F. J. Hanb.) ; much stronger and more hairy than 

 type ; st. hairy floccose, ped. long spreading very setose hairy 

 fioccose, rt.-l. bluish green much blotched coriaceous deeply 

 toothed glaucous almost glabrous above hairy somewhat floccose 

 beneath, st.-l. large deeply toothed with very ciliate-margins. 

 Fl. pilose-tipped, styles rather livid. Exsicc. Fasc. vi. 134. 

 Mountains. 0. Scotland, y. Wales. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



46. H. scoi'icum (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 1 2 ft hio-h, erect simple 

 or branched hairy floccose, ped. somewhat arcuate hairy with 

 few seta3, rt.-l. large coriaceous tinged with purple ovate to 

 uvate-lanceolate apiculate hairy beneath and at the margins 

 glabrous above almost entire or irregularly toothed, st.-l. 1 

 large decreasing upwards broadly lanceolate acuminate hairy 

 beneath subglabrous above denticulate or coarsely dentate, lower 

 petioled, upper sessile or clasping linear entire. Heads 1 10, 

 inv. truncate finely setose hairy, phyll. broad obtuse outer short 

 iioccose-margined, inner pale more attenuate ciiiate-tipped. 

 Fl. orange-yellow glabrous-tipped. Exsicc. Fasc. i. 14. 

 (3. occidental (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 1 3-headed, st.-l. usually 2 

 shortly stalked, rt.-l. few broadly ovate subacute -very wide 

 towards the truncate base abruptly narrowed to long petiole 

 almost entire. L. bright green glatrous above rather glaucous 

 with few long hairs ben eath ? styles pure yellow. Mountain 

 and sea cliffs. /3. Banks of Carrick River, Co. Donegal. P. VII. 

 VIII. S. I. 



47. H. onosmoides (Fr.),var. buglossoidcs (Arv. Touv.) ; green, 

 st. 1$ 4 ft. high, furrowed branched hairy at the base, ped. 

 slender striate floccose with hairs and setae much thickened 

 upwards bearing scaly bracts, rt.-l. yellow -green lighter beneath 

 glaucous firm hairy both surfaces lanceolate decurrent into long 

 winged petioles toothed veins prominent below, st.-l. 3 (3 

 decreasing upwards firm glaucous almost or quite glabrous 



