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BRITISH FLORA 



blunt, toothed, the basal teeth bent back, the 

 inner egg-shaped, oval, lance-shaped, shortly, 

 narrowly pointed, with laciniate teeth at the base, 

 which is blunt, stiffly hairy. The leaf-stalks are 

 purple, stiffly hairy. The stem-leaf is stalked, 

 broadly egg-shaped, heart-shaped, lance-shaped, 

 acute, sharply toothed at the base. The panicle 

 is small, with 1-2 lower spreading branches in 

 a racemose corymb, the upper spreading, arch- 

 ing, close. The stalks are short, dull-grey, woolly- 

 felted, glandular. The 5-15 heads are thick, 

 rather long, egg-shaped below. The phyllaries 

 are broad, linear, blunt, the inner narrow, acute, 

 woolly-felted, senescent, glandular. The ligules 

 are smooth. The styles are livid. 



Hieracium variicolor, Dahlst. The stem of this 

 plant is purplish, stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, 

 glandular above. The radical leaves are broad- 

 ish, oval, blunt, the base rounded, the inner oval, 

 egg-shaped, oblong, shortly toothed, the innermost 

 egg-shaped, lance-shaped, acute, the upper sur- 

 face shining, with brown blotches, stiffly hairy 

 both sides. The stem-leaf is stalked, egg-shaped, 

 lance-shaped, with a long, narrow point. The 

 panicle has erect, spreading lower branches, the 

 upper close and in a sort of umbel. The stalks 

 are woolly- felted, glandular. The heads are 

 short, thick, egg-shaped below. The phyllaries 

 extend forwards, are awl-like, linear, blunt, senes- 

 cent, woolly-felted, glandular. The ligules are 

 light -yellow, strongly fringed with hair. The 

 styles are livid. 



Hieracium ciliatum, Almq. The habitat of this 

 plant is among rocks, cliffs, hedgebanks, &c. 

 The stem is stiffly hairy below, woolly -felted, 

 glandular above. The radical leaves are yellow- 

 ish-green, stiffly hairy below and on the border, 

 the outer heart-shaped, egg-shaped, and oval, the 

 inner heart-shaped, oblong, blunt, the innermost 

 heart-shaped, lance -shaped, wavy, toothed, the 

 basal teeth bent back, the stalks softly hairy. 

 The stem-leaf is small, bract-like, or egg-shaped, 

 oblong to lance-shaped, sharply toothed. The 

 panicle has distant, lower, suberect branches, 

 the upper closer, spreading, curved. The flower- 

 stalks are woolly-felted, glandular. The heads 

 are dark, cylindric, egg-shaped below. The phyl- 

 laries extend forwards in bud, and are oblong, 

 linear, blunt, the inner narrowed, woolly-felted, 

 senescent, glandular, hairy. The ligules are 

 fringed with hairs. The styles are yellow or livid. 



Hieracium serratifrons, Almq. This species is 

 not found in the typical state, but numerous varie- 

 ties are met with in this country. The stem is 

 stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, glandular above. 

 The radical leaves are like those of H. silvaticum, 

 the outer abruptly narrowed or heart-shaped 

 below, the others running down the stalk, toothed, 

 stiffly hairy below. The stem -leaf is stalked, 

 linear, or egg-shaped, lance-shaped, acute. The 

 panicle is more or less composite, umbelled above. 

 The heads are dark. The phyllaries are rather 

 broad, shorter, and blunt, or longer and acute, 

 glandular, hairy, woolly -felted, and senescent. 

 The styles are yellow or dull. 



Hieracium Ptctorum, Linton. The stem of this 

 plant is smooth, reddish, woolly-felted, glandular 

 above. The radical leaves are leathery, reddish- 

 purple, the outer rounded, oblong, broad, egg- 

 shaped, with a narrow point, with large, acute teeth 

 below, glandular, glossy above, stiffly hairy on the 

 strongly-veined under-surface and on the border. 

 The stem-leaf is absent, or there may be 1-2, egg- 

 shaped, lance-shaped, linear, with a narrow point, 

 sharply toothed. The panicle is corymbose, with 

 2-3 lower, alternate, erect to spreading branches, 

 the upper close, arching, exceeding the acladium. 

 The flower-stalks are straight-based, woolly-felted, 

 glandular. The 3-7 heads are usually large, egg- 

 shaped. The phyllaries meet together in the bud, 

 and are few, dark, blunt, narrowed from a broad 

 base, woolly-felted on the margin, senescent, 

 glandular, hairy. The styles are yellow, with 

 dark, livid hairs. The ligules are hairless. The 

 margins of the receptacle pits are rather raised 

 and toothed. The plant is 1^-2 ft. in height, 

 flowering in July and August, and is a herbaceous 

 perennial. 



Hieracium subulatidens, Dahlst. The stem of 

 this species is stiffly hairy below, woolly-felted, 

 and glandular above. The radical leaves are 

 bright-green, the outer small, broadly heart- 

 shaped, egg-shaped, oval, toothed, the inter- 

 mediate heart-shaped, egg-shaped, triangular, 

 toothed below, the innermost egg-shaped, lance- 

 shaped, acute, toothed, wedge-shaped below, 

 woolly-felted and stiffly hairy beneath. The leaf- 

 stalks have long, soft hairs. The stem-leaf is 

 stalked, like the inner basal leaves. The panicle 

 has long, ascending lower branches, the upper 

 close, slender, spreading, arching, in a sort of 

 umbel. The flower-stalks are woolly -felted, 

 glandular. The heads are short, egg-shaped 

 below. The phyllaries are dark-green, bent in- 

 wards in bud, the outer linear, blunt, the inner 

 linear, acute, woolly-felted, senescent, the inner- 

 most awl-like, glandular, stiffly hairy below. The 

 ligules are golden, fringed with hairs. The styles 

 are yellow. 



Hieracium crebridens, Dahlst. The habitat of 

 this plant is rocks, mountain heights. The stem 

 is stiffly hairy, glandular above. The radical 

 leaves are bluish-green, the outer are rounded, 

 egg-shaped, the inner egg-shaped, oblong, lance- 

 shaped, broad, triangular, acute above, toothed 

 below, blunt below, the teeth bent back, the 

 innermost leaves, with laciniate base, running 

 down the stalk, stiffly hairy below. The stem- 

 leaf is stalked, linear, with a narrow point, or 

 absent. The panicle is corymbose, with one or 

 two branches, erect, in a corymb, the upper 

 ascending, close, in a sort of umbel, with spread- 

 ing, curved flower-stalks. The 2-6 heads are 

 black, large, egg-shaped, rounded below. The 

 flower-stalks are woolly-felted, glandular. The 

 phyllaries are dark-green, extending forwards in 

 bud, long, with a narrow long point from a broad 

 base, with a pale margin, woolly-felted, the inner 

 narrowed, glandular, hairy. The ligules are 

 yellow, with smooth tips. The styles are livid. 



