BRITISH FLORA 



districts. The stem is erect, simple or branched, 

 stiffly hairy, woolly-felted, glandular above. The 

 radical leaves are dull or yellowish-green, purplish, 

 the outer egg-shaped, oblong, rounded, narrow or 

 wedge-shaped at the base, the inner egg-shaped, 

 lance-shaped, with long, glandular teeth, or broad, 

 blunt teeth, stiffly hairy below and on the border. 

 The stem -leaf is low down, clasping, shortly- 

 stalked, or stalkless, like the inner basal leaves. 

 The panicle is loose, corymbose, the lower branches 

 long, erect to spreading, racemose, divided into 

 two. The flower-stalks are rather long, woolly- 

 felted, hairy, glandular. The 3-6 heads are 

 rounded, egg-shaped. The phyllaries are dark, 

 blunt, linear, oblong, lance-shaped, narrow below, 

 the inner with pale margins, narrowed, woolly- 

 felted, hairy, glandular. The ligules are orange, 

 smooth. The styles are olive-brown. The pits of 

 the receptacles are cut, toothed, awl-like. The 

 plant is 6-14 in. high, flowering from June to 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium nitidum, Backh. The habitat of this 

 plant is mountain streams, rocky margins of 

 alpine streamlets. The plant is dark-green. The 

 stem is nearly hairless, or with few hairs, woolly- 

 felted, glandular above. The radical leaves are 

 dark-green, firm, smooth, shining (hence nitidum), 

 the outer egg-shaped, oval, oblong, blunt, the 

 inner lance-shaped, acute, narrowed to the stalk, 

 coarsely- sharply- toothed below, the innermost 

 narrow, lance-shaped, toothed, stiffly hairy below 

 and on the margin. The stem-leaf, i or none, is 

 narrow with a long point, toothed. The panicle 

 is falsely forked, in a corymb. The lower branches 

 are straight, the upper curved, divided, or single- 

 headed. The 5-7 heads are egg-shaped, blunt 

 below. The dark phyllaries are blunt, linear- 

 lance-shaped, narrow below, the inner long, nar- 

 row, woolly-felted, the tips smooth, hairy, glandu- 

 lar. The tips of the ligules are smooth, the inner 

 stiffly hairy in bud. The styles are yellow. The 

 plant is 15-24 in. in height, and flowers in July "and 

 August, being a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium carenorum, F. J. Hanb. The habitat 

 of this plant is lofty mountains. The stem is 

 slightly \voolly-felted and stiffly hairy, glandular 

 above. The radical leaves are pale-green, the 

 basal 6-8. The outermost are oval, rounded, 

 wedge-shaped below, the inner oval, egg-shaped, 

 lance-shaped, acute, with acute, ascending, mar- 

 ginal teeth, stiffly hairy below and on the border. 

 The stem-leaf is narrow, lance -shaped, acute, 

 toothed, stalkless, smooth above, woolly-felted 

 below on the border and mid-rib, fringed with 

 hairs. The panicle is forked and corymbose. The 

 flower -stalks are woolly -felted, stiffly hairy, 

 glandular. The 3-7 heads are dark-green, egg- 

 shaped. The phyllaries are dark-green, the outer 

 small, linear, blunt, closely pressed, the inner lance- 

 shaped, narrow, paler with transparent borders, 

 hairy, glandular. The ligules are stiffly hairy, the 

 tips hairless. The styles are yellow. The plant is 

 10-12 in. high, flowering in June and August, 

 and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium argenfeum, Fr. The habitat of this 



plant is mountain districts, rocky places. The 

 stem is simple or branched, bluish-green, smooth 

 below, with woolly -felted glands above. The 

 radical leaves are the same colour, or leaden, pale 

 bluish-green below. The outer are spoon-shaped, 

 inversely egg-shaped, the inner strap -shaped, 

 elliptic, lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acute, 

 toothed, hairy, on long stalks. The 1-3 stem- 

 leaves are small, narrow, lance-shaped. The 

 panicle is a loose corymb. The stalks are long, 

 straight, woolly -felted, glandular. The short 

 heads are thick. The phyllaries extend forwards, 

 and are dark, the inner paler below, the outer 

 blunt, the inner acute, woolly-felted, stiffly hairy, 

 glandular. The tips of the ligules are smooth. 

 The styles are pure yellow. 



Hieracium Sommerfeltii, Lindeb. The habitat 

 of this plant is mountains, granite hills. The stem 

 is slender, erect, simple or branched, smooth, or 

 stiffly hairy below, glandular above. The radical 

 leavesare horizontal, bluish-green, purple-blotched, 

 the outer small, oblong, egg-shaped, narrowed to 

 the foot-stalk, the inner egg-shaped, lance-shaped, 

 acute, with fine teeth, stiffly hairy, woolly-felted 

 below. The stem-leaf is bract-like, or if present 

 lance-shaped, low down. The panicle is a loose, 

 simple, or falsely-forked corymb, with arching 

 divided branches. The 2-4 heads are blunt and 

 cylindric in bud. The flower-stalks are woolly- 

 felted, hairy, glandular. The phyllaries are 

 oblong, linear below, lance-shaped, acute, the 

 inner narrowed, longer than the ligules in bud, 

 the tips bent back, woolly -felted, stiffly hair}', 

 with small glands. The tips of the ligules are 

 fringed with short hairs. The styles are yellow. 

 The plant is 8-12 in. high, flowering in July and 

 August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium hypochceroides, Gibs. The habitat 

 of this species is mountains, limestone talus, dry, 

 exposed rocky ledges. The plant is bluish-green, 

 the leaves forming a rosette, persistent, broad, 

 blotched with purple above. The stem is purplish, 

 stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, glandular above. 

 The radical leaves are dull-green, purple-blotched, 

 round, oval, egg-shaped, heart-shaped, toothed, 

 with 2-3 teeth below, the innermost egg-shaped, 

 oblong, lance -shaped, sharply toothed, stiffly 

 hairy. There are no stem-leaves (or one, narrow, 

 lance -shaped, toothed, shortly stalked). The 

 panicle is falsely forked, with divided branches, 

 straight. The heads are 2-4. The stalks are 

 woolly-felted, glandular. The broad phyllaries 

 are rather blunt, the outer triangular lance-shaped, 

 the inner oblong, linear, narrowed above, the 

 innermost narrow, woolly-felted, glandular, hairy. 

 The ligules are smooth. The styles are yellow. 

 The margins of the pits of the receptacles are 

 deeply cut. The plant is 6-18 in. high, flowering 

 in July and August, and is a herbaceous perennial. 



Hieracium cyathis, Ley. The habitat of this 

 species is limestone rocks. The stem is stout, 

 rigid, woolly-felted. The radical leaves are dull- 

 green, slightly blotched, the outer egg-shaped, 

 rounded, or wedge-shaped below, the intermediate 

 oval, narrow, elliptic, toothed, the inner egg- 



