HIERACIUM. 



11. H. senescens (Backh.) ; green, rt.-l. elliptic-lanceolate den- 

 ticulate or remotely dentate hairy with slender petioles, st. simple 

 with few heads and 1 or 2 linear-lanceolate I. with slender stalks, 

 inv. ovate or turbinate below with short black-based hairs and 

 many setae slightly floccose, phyll. acute adpressed (?), styles 

 yellow. 15 18 in. high. Fl. golden. Phyll. of the buds with 

 a tuft of white down at the tips. L. with scattered hairs on 

 both sides, entire at both ends. Original 1. broader. Lowest ped. 

 above the middle of the stem. Grassy slopes and edges of streams 

 in mountain districts. Clova. Braemar. Ben Voirlich, Dum- 

 bartonshire. P. VII. VIII. S. 



12. H. chrysanthum (Backh.) ; green, rt.-l. ovate acute at 

 both ends sharply irregularly and deeply toothed hairy with long 

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

 linear-lanceolate or subulate stalked st.-l., inv. rounded below 

 floccose and with short black-based hairs and setae, phyll. many 

 linear-attenuate outermost small and lax, styles dull yellow. 

 H. rupestre Bab. 9 15 in. high. Fl. golden. Phyll. greenish- 

 black, overtopping the drooping buds, incumbent. L. with 

 scattered hairs on both sides, entire towards the end. Original 

 1. blunt, roundish. St. often with only 1 head, with subplumose 

 hairs below, floccose setose and with black-based hairs above, 

 sometimes branching throughout. Hairs on st. and inv. with 

 dull reddish tips. Buds sometimes pilose at the tip. ft. micro- 

 cephalum ; st. simple with 1 or few nearly erect heads, 1. dentate 

 or nearly entire, inv. urceolate, styles rather livid. H. atratum 

 Bab. Lofty mountains in Scotland. ft. Cumberland and Loch- 

 nagar. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



ttt St. usually lengthened. 



13. H. cerinthoides (L.) ; glaucous green, rt.-l. ovate-lanceolate 

 apiculate or acuminate denticulate with long shaggy winged pe- 

 tioles, st. with few 1. and few heads, st.-l. clasping ovate acumi- 

 nate, inv. ventricose hairy setose, phyll. acuminate, styles livid. 

 a. and y. H. vogesiacum Gren. ! 12 18 in. high. St. branch- 

 ing in cultivation. Original rt.-l. roundish. Rhizome short. 

 Fl. pale yellow. a. H. cerinthoides (Fr.) ; st. scarcely branched 

 with 1 or few terminal heads, st.-l. few clasping, outer phyll. lax. 

 E. B. 2378? ft. H. anglicum (Fr.) ; st. with long arcuate ascend- 

 ing lateral ped., st.-l. usually solitary sessile scarcely clasping, 

 phyll. all adpressed. H. JJawsom'Bab. y. acutifolium (Backh.); 

 very glaucous, st. much branched, 1. very acute or acuminate 

 sharply and coarsely toothed nearly glabrous, phyll. adpressed. 

 Mountains, a. Grampians, ft. Teesdale. Craven. Lake 

 district. Scottish Highlands, y. Cairntoul and by rivers Clu- 

 nie and Dee in Scotland. Aberdeen Links. P. VII. Vlil. 



E. S. 



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