200 45. COMPOSITE. 



ventricose rounded below shaggy with black soft hairs setose, 

 phylL few broad acuminate adpressed with floccose tips outer- 

 most lax, styles livid. H. alpinum var. melanocephalum Fries, 

 not Bab., nor H. melanocephalum Tausch, nor H. and A. 6 10 

 in. high. St. hairy and floccose, with straight simple diverging 

 branches and many heads when under cultivation ; st.-l. usually 

 2 or more. L. broad, narrowed gradually below ; original 1. 

 roundish. Petioles sometimes slightly winged. Heads usually 

 solitary, rather large ; fits, bright yellow, nearly or quite gla- 

 brous on the back. Lofty mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



, 8. H. globosum (Backh.) ; glaucous or green, st. few-headed 

 floccose, rt.-l. ovate or ovate-lanceolate subacute glabrous above 

 entire or dentate narrowed into petioles, inv. rounded below ulti- 

 mately globose greenish-black with short black-based hairs, phyll. 

 many attenuate acute adpressed, styles yellow. 6 12 in. high. 

 St. usually 1 -headed, branching rarely even from near the base, 

 leafless or with few narrow bractlike leaves. Original 1. blunt. 

 Innermost 1. sometimes acute. Petioles short, sometimes slightly 

 winged. Buds globose. Fits, bright yellow. Cairngorm moun- 

 tains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



ft St . frequently lengthened and branched with several heads. 



9. H ' , nigrescens (Willd.) ; green, rt.-l. ovate or lanceolate 

 coarsely and irregularly dentate in their lower half hairy with 

 slender petioles, st. simple or branched with few heads and few- 

 lanceolate or oblong shortly stalked L, inv. ovate below dark 

 green with soft black-based hairs setose, ped. densely floccose, 

 phyll. acuminate outer ones blunt, styles brownish. H. pulmo- 

 narium E. B. 2307 ? Variable in height. Fits, deep brilliant 

 yellow, pilose at the tips. Phyll. overtopping the buds. L. 

 rarely nearly glabrous above. Rt.-l. suddenly narrowed below ; 

 original 1. roundish. St.-l. usually 1, narrowed at both ends. 

 St. floccose, branching much in cultivation. Highland moun- 

 tains. P. VII. VIII. S. 



10. H. lingulatum (Backh.); green, rt.-l. lanceolate or oblong 

 apiculate denticulate or dentate hairy with short petioles, st. 

 simple or branched with few heads and few lanceolate or lanceo- 

 late-attenuate acute sessile 1., inv. broad becoming truncate below 

 very dark with soft black-based hairs slightly floccose, phyll. at- 

 tenuate acute incumbent, styles livid. H. saxifragum Bab. 

 16 24 in. high. Fl. bright yellow. Phyll. greenish black, over- 

 topping the buds. L. coarsely hairy above, entire towards the 

 end. Original 1. broad and rounded. St. with scattered black- 

 based hairs throughout, a little floccose. St. and inv. nearly 

 without setae. Mountain glens. Clova. Braemar. Ben 

 Lawers. P. VII. VIII. S. 



