HIERACIUM. 261 



broadly Lanceolate acuminate apiculate entire towards the apex 

 toothed below, upper sessile lower petiolate, somewhat coriaceous 

 glabrous above hairy beneath. Heads many, inv. narrow 

 cuneate very setose, buds cylindric, outer phyllaries short rather 

 lax, inner long attenuate, outer and middle floccose-margined. 

 Fl. rich yellow sub-pilose, styles nearly pure yellow. Exsicc. 

 Fasc. i. 22. /3. pulckrius (Ley) ; st. snorter stouter less leafy, 

 rt.-l. obovate obtuse coarsely toothed with shallow teeth, st.-l. 

 elliptic or ovate somewhat acute, coarsely toothed. Heads sub- 

 umbellate with dark phyll. and longer setae. Exsicc. Fasc. 

 v. 117. Woods, rocks, and banks. /3. Mountain cliffs in Wales. 

 P. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



iii. ACCIPITRINA. Forming closed buds at the base of 

 the st. in autumn. No true rt.-leaves with the flowers. 

 St. leafy. Phyll. in many rows. Hairs of pappus rigid, 

 unequal. 



* Riyida. St.-l. numerous, lower sub-petiolate, upper sessile, 

 narrow or broad lanceolate more or less toothed, outer 

 phyll. slightly lax with straight margins, inv. nearly 

 glabrous or with minute yellow setae, few hairs, sometime^ 

 slightly floccose. 



80. //. gottiicum (Backh.) ; st. 1 \ 4 ft. high erect rigid simple 

 or branched nearly glabrous throughout, ped. erect or spreading 

 rigid floccose, 1. 7 20 dark green paler and rather glaucous 

 beneath firm, lanceolate or ovate, acute or subobtuse denticulate 

 or dentate in the middle, entire towards apex, aggregate towards 

 the base of st. sometimes stalked, upper smaller sessile almost 

 bractlike. Heads 1 5, inv. dark green globose-ventricose, 

 cylindric in bud, rounded and sometimes truncate at the base 

 after flowering, nearly glabrous or with few hairs, phyll. dark 

 green broad obtuse rather lax with incumbent tips. Fl. bright 

 not deep yellow glabrous-tipppd, styles yellow with minute 

 dark hairs, Sy. E. B. 851 ; Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 69 j iv. 9(3. 

 /y. latifolium (Backh.) ; plant much more robust, 1. large very 

 broad obtuse entire or denticulate rarely dentate, ped. elongated, 

 styles pure yellow. Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 70. y. Steivartii (F. J. 

 Hanb.) ; 1. very broadly lanceolate acute with broadly winged 

 petiole, almost entire towards the apex, with sharp narrow 

 curved forward-pointing teeth often f in. long towards the base, 

 lowest ovoid blunt, upper and middle sessile, ped. very long bracte- 

 ate bearing large deep golden yellow fl , outer phyll. lax, styles 

 very livid. Exsicc. Fasc. vi. 152. 8. basifolium (Lindeb.) ; rt.-l. 

 rosulate 4 8, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate narrowed at both 

 ends, dentate, st.-l. fewer in number decreasing immediately in 



