254 45. COMPOSITE. 



** Caulescentia. Stem usually long, more or less leafy. 



58. H. euprepes (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 10 18 in. high, simple or 

 with long straight "branches hairy or bristly, ped. very short 

 straight floccose sparingly hairy and setose, rt.-l. ovate-lanceo- 

 late obtuse or acute denticulate or almost entire (Scottish 

 plants coarsely toothed) gradually narrowed into long petioles, 

 grass-green lighter and purpled beneath, softly hairy on both 

 sides, st.-l. usually 1 large lanceolate acute or acuminate den- 

 ticulate petiolate hairy. Heads often numerous, crowded very 

 adnate, inv. very truncate and conical dark green, phyll. few 

 dark with lighter margins and purplish tips, adpressed rather 

 blunt floccose-tipped when young hairy sparingly floccose and 

 setose. El. pale yellow glabrous-tipped, styles faintly livid 

 beneath. Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 66. /3. glabratum (Linton) ; 1. 

 narrower often strongly dentate glabrous above, ped. and inv. 

 less hairy setose and fioccose. Exsicc. Fasc. i. 19. Mountain 

 cliffs. P. VI. VIII. E. S. 



59. H. orcaden'se (W. R. Linton) ; st. 1 2 ft. high, hairy 

 floccose, ped. thickened upwards almost straight paniclecl 

 floccose hairy setose, rt.-l. rosulate outer broad ovate narrowing 

 to petiole rounded or apiculate at the apex dentate or denticulate 

 or almost entire, inner lanceolate acute dentate with medium- 

 sized patent teeth hairy or subglabrous margins ciliate, st.-l. 

 1 4 with short winged petiole acutely dentate in the lower 

 part, ovate-lanceolate nearly glabrous above. Heads 2 9 

 small, inv. small dark green velvety rounded at the base 

 constricted above, hairy setose slightly floccose, phyll. few 

 broad blunt, inner stibacute with paler margins all adpressed 

 with white tips and margins. El. deep golden yellow glabrous 

 or faintly pilose before expansion, styles greenish yellow. 

 Exsicc. Ease. vi. 142. Cliffs at Hoy, Orkney. P. VII. 

 VIII. S. 



60. H. rubigin6sum (F. J. Hanb.); st. ] 2 ft. high, simple 

 or branched robust purplish-red, hairy below, ped. somewhat 

 floccose setose hairy, rt.-l. numerous large broadly ovate sub- 

 acuminate sharply irregularly toothed thickly hairy on both 

 sides blotched with rusty purple, st.-l. 1 4, subsessile or slightly 

 clasping ovate -lanceolate acute coarsely irregularly toothed 

 hairy on both surfaces and margins. Heads 2 or many large, 

 inv. large broad-based, phyll. broad subacuminate slightly 

 floccose, hairy with few setsd". El. deep golden yellow glabrous- 

 tipped, styles nearly pure yellow. Exsicc. Fasc. iv. 91. 

 H. vulgatum (Fr.) var. rubescens Backh. Limestone scars. 

 Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Westmoreland. P. VII. IX. E. 



