I30 ACTA HORTt BERGIANI. BAND 2. NIO 4. 



Hieracium brachypodarium n. sp. 

 H. Dahlstedt, Herb. Hier. Scand., Cent. III, n. 45; Cent. V, n. 12. 



Caulis 20 — 40 ctm. altus gracilis v. plerumque crassiusculus o — i-folius v. 

 superne foliolo altero bracteiformi instructus, s?epe ex aus foliorum caul. ramiger, 

 inferne sparsim et longe pilosus et leviter stellatus, medio parce pilosus sparsim 

 stellatus et glandulis solitariis obsitus, superne glandulis sat longis sparsis vestitus 

 densiuscule stellatus et pilis solitariis obsitus. Folia basalia sub anthesi 5 — 7 

 in rosulam conferta, exteriora parva ovato-elliptica v. obovata obtusa sparsim et 

 sat late dentata basi cuneata v. truncata rarius subcordata, intermedia ovalia — 

 ovata v. ovato-lanceolata dentibus sat crebris et latis acutis vulgo patentibus 

 instructa basi + truncata v. descendente angustius magis acute et magis inae- 

 qualiter et longius dentata + acuta, intima + ovato-lanceolata — lanceolata 

 multum acuta — cuspidata crebrius et longius dentibus angustis acutis patenti- 

 bus inaequalibus praesertim ad basin truncatam v. leviter descendentem inciso- 

 dentata; caulinum infimum saepius unicüm sessile v. subsessile rarius sat petiolatum 

 parvum nunc breviter lanceolatum basi descendente nunc ovato-lanceolatum basi 

 + lata truncata crebre et minute — sat longe + innsqualiter subulato-dentatum 

 + acutum — cuspidatum, alterum in superiore parte caulis insertum minutum 

 lineare + integrum v. lineari-lanceolatutn minute subulato-dentatum; omnia supra 

 sparsim — ■ densiuscule pilosa, subtus sat dense in nervo dorsali leviter stellato 

 (caulinum subtus ubique sat dense stellatum) pilis longis densis obtecta, in mar- 

 ginibus dense et sat longe pilosa sparsim et minute glandulosa, in petiolis pilis 

 longissimis mollibus albidis et glandulis minutis sparsis v. paullo frequentioribus 

 obtecta. Iiifloresceiitia simplex 1 — 3-cephala v. subcomposita 3 — 5-cephala ramo 

 distante uno alterove 1 — 2-cephalo saepe aucta et interdum e ramis brevibus 

 2 — 3-cephalis ex alis fol. caulinorum ortis deorsutn + indeterminata, pedicellis 

 summis approximatis curvato-patentibus acladium saepius brevissivum (o — )2 — 5 

 rarius 10 — 15 mm. longum sat longe superantibus sat dense canofloccosis et 

 glandulis + longis sat validis nigris densiusculis — sat densis obtectis. Invo- 

 lucra brevia sat crassa atro- et fusco-virescentia, basi lata ovata postea subtrun- 

 cata. Sqitama: extimae pauese magis virescentes + lineares, interiores latiusculae 

 e basi + lata sensim in apicem obtusiusculum — obtusum + comosum atte- 

 nuat;e, intimae magis acutae omnes totae v. dorso ± nigro- v. atro-virescentes et 

 apice + piceatae v. infuscatre, glandulis longis et longissimis validis medioeribus 

 et minutis immixtis microglandulis frequentibus et interdum etiam pilis medioeri- 

 bus nigris solitariis v. raris obteetae, inferne in marginibus parce dorsoque raro 

 etiam leviter stellata?. Calaihidium sat parvum c. 35 mm. diametro sat plenum 

 et sat obscure luteum ligulis sat latis apice breviter et sat dense ciliata;. Stylus 

 obscure fenugineus fuscohispidulus, siecus + fuscus v. fuligineus. 



Denna i många afseenden utmärkta form står temligen fristående, men 

 torde å ena sidan vara beslägtad med H. *subnig)~escens, med hvilken den öfver- 

 ensstämmer i habitus, bladens tandning och till viss grad äfven i holkarnes 



