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bluish-green, lower oblong-lanceolate obtuse apiculate petiolate 

 almost entire not persistent, middle 1. broadly lanceolate 

 narrowing at both ends semi-amplexicaul, upper lanceolate 

 acute sessile with rounded base, denticulate or dentate, very 

 reticulate-veined, almost glabrous above somewhat floccose and 

 hairy beneath. Heads many corymbose,inv, oblongconical after 

 flowering dark green, with yellow setae scarcely floccose, phyll. 

 obtuse or sub-obtuse outer very short. Fl. golden yellow glabrous, 

 styles pure yellow. Exsicc. Fasc. iv. 99. /3. thulense (F. J. 

 Hanb.) ; st.-l. fewer almost entire or with few minute teeth 

 ovate-lanceolate apiculate, clasping somewhat constricted to- 

 wards the base at times, phyll. broader more floccose, purpled 

 tips. Mountain districts. 0. Shetland. P. VII. IX. E. 8. 1. 



94. H. crocdtum (Fr.) ; st. \\ 4 ft. high rigid smooth sub- 

 corymbose, branches nearly simple, ped. thickened upwards 

 floccose with few setae, 1. oblong or narrow lanceolate sessile 

 with a broad base falsely 3-veined semi-amplexicaul dentate or 

 nearly entire, lower 1. often narrowed very gradually down- 

 wards but slightly enlarged again at the base, glabrous or with 

 hairy margins and below. Inv. very broad-based, phyll. never 

 lax adpressed broad obtuse black minutely setose or almost 

 glabrous sometimes pale-margined. Fl. glabrous, styles olive. 

 Exsicc. Fasc. v. 123. Mountain districts. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



95. H. marit'imum (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 13 ft. high erect 

 reddish-purple corymbose the branches ascending from the 

 axils of upper leaves, ped. long floccose with short bristly hairs, 

 /. long narrow acute or subacute practically entire or minutely 

 serrate or with short sharp prickles at the margins, fleshy upper 

 sessile sometimes a little clasping the lowest narrowing into 

 short petiole with blunter apex bluish green below with short 

 bristles on both surfaces and margins, some slightly floccose. 

 Inv. truncate angular below, phyll. extraordinarily broad obtuse 

 imbricated almost glabrous very dark, the inner paler. Fl. 

 orange yellow glabrous, styles smoky yellow. North coast of 

 Sutherlandshire. P. VII. S. 



***** Sabauda. Stem leafy robust branched. Lower st.-l. 

 narrowed at the base into petioles ; upper broad-based 

 sessile. Phyll. broad obtuse unicoloured sparingly hairy 

 with few or no setae. 



96. H. boredle (Fr.) ; st. leafy, 1. ovate or lanceolate dentate 

 below falsely 3-veined, upper broad sessile scarcely clasping, 



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