2G4 45. COMPOSITE. 



86. //. trwncdtum (Lindeb.) /. ; st. 10 24 in. high, hairy 

 floccose, simple or branched, ped. long somewhat arcuate 

 tloccose with very lew hairs, rt.-l. ovate not persistent, st.-l. 

 7 11 lanceolate acuminate or acute rounded at the base sessile 

 denticulate in the middle entire towards the apex hairy or sub- 

 glabrous above, hairy and floccose beneath, deep green paler 

 and bluish-green beneath. Heads 1 6, inv. large dark truncate 

 nearly glabrous with minute setae slightly floccose, phyll. short 

 broad blunt inner paler less obtuse. Fl. orange-yellow glabrous- 

 tipped, styles yellow. Among ferns and long herbage. North- 

 maven, Shetland. P. VIII. S. 



87. H.protrac'tum (Fr.)/. ; st. 1 2 ft. high, simple or branched 

 leafy hairy and reddish below floccose above, ped. straight 

 ascending thickened upwards floccose hairy with few small setae, 

 rt.-l. persistent elliptic blunt apiculate somewhat hairy, st.-l. 

 long narrow apiculate sessile amplexicaul or decurrent into 

 winged sheathing hairy petioles, all nearly entire or with very 

 minute teeth, deeply blotched dark purplish brown bluish green 

 beneath, glabrous above densely ciliate on margins and below. 

 Heads few or many frequently adnate, inv. rather narrow 

 rapidly tapering, buds cylindric, phyll. green lax, outer short, 

 blunt with recurved floccose tips hairy with minute yellow setre. 

 Fl. bright yellow glabrous-tipped, styles pure yellow. Cliffs. 

 Shetland Islands. P. VII. VJLII. S. 



88. H. doweri?e (Fr.) /. ; st. 12 ft. high, simple or 

 blanched hairy throughout, ped. curved ascending bracteate 

 much thickened floccose with scattered hairs and setae, rt.-l. 

 oblong or lanceolate-oblong stalked small bluntish,st-l. lanceo- 

 late sessile cordate or broad-based half-clasping green often 

 purpled paler beneath, roughly hairy on botli surfaces some- 

 what floccose, leathery slightly denticulate, with short marginal 

 hairs. Heads 3 many, inv. remarkably truncate even in the 

 cylindrical bud, outer phyll. dark green short slightly flocco^e- 

 tipped, inner paler, all very blunt hairy and minutely setose. FL 

 orange-yellow glabrous-tipped, styles livid. /3. hethlandicc 

 (F. J. Hanb.) ; ped. less floccose, 1. almost entire very acute, 

 inv. floccose, phyll. not floccose-tipped. y. spectabile (Marshall) ; 

 more robust, st.-l. more numerous tougher longer broader more 

 dentate glabrous above midrib and margins hairy. Heads 3 1 1 , 

 phyll. very broad Jloecose-mwyined sparingly hairy with few 

 setae, Fl. pilose-tipped before expansion. Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 72. 

 Rocks and Highland glens, a and /3. Shetland, y. Glen Shee 

 and the Clova district. P. VII. VIIL S. 



