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55. II. rivdle (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 1220 in. high, branched 

 floccose with few hairs, ped. long slender densely Jloccose setose 

 scarcely hairy, rt.-l. bright green much paler beneath often 

 purpled, outer oval apiculate, inner lanceolate acute all some- 

 what toothed especially towards the base, very unequally based, 

 truncate or cuneate or almost cordate, abruptly narrowed into 

 very long slender shaggy petioles, roughly hairy on both sides 

 or glabrous above, st.-l. 1 2 bract-like linear lanceolate den- 

 ticulate or entire, or if low on the st. long lanceolate acute long- 

 stalked toothed, floccose beneath. Heads 4 10, inv. conical 

 grey with jloccose down setose with few hairs, phyll. long acute 

 ftoccose-margineiL Fl. large yellow pilose-tipped, styles yellow 

 or dingy yellow. Exsicc. Fasc. i. 1(3. /3. sulhirtum (F. J, 

 Hanb.) ; rt.-l. more or less dentate or bidentate, st. iioccose 

 with long spreading hairs, inv. dark hairy but little floccose 

 and with few setas, phyll. ciliate-tippednotjloccose-maryined, the 

 whole plant much greyer than tvpe. Exsicc. Fasc. vi. 137. 

 liocky streams. P. VI. VIII. " E. S. 



56. H. pollindrium (F. J. Hanb.); st. 1218 in. high, 

 furrowed simple or branched, heads 2 10 corymbose closely 

 aggregated, ped. short thick straight-based mealy with floccose 

 down setose not hairy, rt.-l. grass green coriaceous nearly 

 glabrous above softly hairy beneath fleshy brittle, boat-shapei 

 elliptic, outer retuse or blunt, inner longer more acute, with 

 few minute apiculate patent teeth, narrowing into a long 

 slender winged petiole, st.-l. frequently small placed high 

 linear bract-like floccose, or if low on the stem large lanceolate 

 acuminate almost glabrous petiolate slightly clasping. Inv. 

 truncate below very grey floccose setose not hairy, phyll. few 

 short broad blunt floccose-margined ciliate-tipped. Fl. yellow 

 glabrous or sub-pilose, styles light olive-brown. Exsicc. Fasc. 

 iv. 89. North coast of Scotland. P. VII. S. 



57. H. murorum (L. pt.) ; green, rt.-l. ovate often cordate 

 and with large patent or descending teeth below, petioles 

 shaggy, st.-l. O.or 1 stalked and placed high, heads subcorym- 

 bose, ped. arcuate ascending, inv. thinly clothed floccose setose 

 with few hairs, phyll. acuminate erect overtopping the glabrous- 

 tipped buds, styles livid. Sy. E. B. 846. St. 1218 in. high. 

 Young heads cylindrical. L. usually thin. St.-l. ovate- 

 acuminate, often rounded or cordate below. Styles rarely 

 yellowish. /S. pulcherrimum (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. simple or 

 branched corymbose or panicled, ped. straight slender hairy 

 setose densely floccose, rt.-l. primary oval blunt, inner ovate- 

 lanceolate obtuse nearly entire at apex dentate abruptly de- 

 current towards the base, shortly pilose on both sides, st.-l. 



