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' S3. //. cantidnum (F. J TIanb.) ; 1820 in. high, usually 

 branched hairy fioccose, ped. long spreading arcuate bracteate 

 or leafy felted with floccose down, 1. 10 17 upper short broad 

 curiously sharply toothed somewhat amplexicaul with broad 

 bases, lower petiolate decurrent with large irregular coarse teeth, 

 hairy on both surfaces somewhat floccose beneath. Heads many 

 small, outer phyll. rather lax, sparsely clothed with yellow setae, 

 few hairs and slightly floccose. Fl. glabrous, styles pure 

 yellow. E.TSICC. Fasc. ii. 45. /3. sulriyidum (Linton) ; 

 peduncles more densely floccose, inv. more hairy, styles some- 

 what livid, narrower less numerous and less coarsely-toothed 1. 

 Exsicc. Fasc. vi. 154. Hangley Woods, Kent. /3. Near 

 Witley, Surrey. P. VI. VII. E. 



** Alpestria. Plant green or glaucous. Stem always leafy. 

 Heads large few, ped. usually springing from the axils of 

 the leaves. Fl. often ciliate. 



84. H. pidchel'lum (Lindeb.) ; st. 9 16 in. high, hard wiry 

 simple or branched about the middle, hairy below and sparsely 

 floccose, ped. erect slender bracteate densely floccose with 

 numerous very minute setae, 1. green, paler and often purpled 

 beneath, rt.-l. few not persistent; st.-l. 3 6 ovate lanceolate to 

 lanceolate, upper sessile, lower decurrent into winged petioles, 

 subglabrous above hairy and floccose beneath, with few minute 

 distinct teeth on the margin. Heads 1 5 rather small, inv. 

 truncate, cylindric in bud, turbinate later, outer phyll. dark- 

 green short lax, inner paler; all somewhat recurved later rather 

 broad blunt slightly floccose-tipped with few hairs and setae. 

 Fl. medium yellow, glabrous-tipped, styles pure yellow. Clifls. 

 Unst, Shetland. P. VII. VIII. S. 



85. H. Zetland' icum (Beeby) ; st. 3| 9 in. high simple or 

 branched hairy and purpled below floccose above, ped. densely 

 floccose, rt.-l. rosulate persistent oval-elliptic with few forward- 

 pointing teeth on each side, olive-green often purpled, sub- 

 glabrous above, paler more hairy below with ciliate margins, 

 petiole short hairy, st.-l. 2, clasping broadly lanceolate acute 

 or acuminate sharply toothed. Heads rather small, inv. some- 

 what truncate at the base, outer phyll. dark short broad obtuse, 

 inner longer paler less obtuse, all somewhat recurved sparingly 

 ciliate-tipped setose sparsely floccose. Fl. small orange-yellow, 

 glabrous-tipped, styles nearly pure yellow. A form of this 

 plant is issued in Exsicc. Fasc. vi. 155. Pastures and shel- 

 tered rocks. Shetland, West Sutherland. P. VII. VIII. S. 



