4.4.0 
Th BRITISH HERBAL. 
The leaves rife in a round tuft, and are long, 
broad, and covered with a downy hairynefs, of a 
deep green, and often fpotted. 
The ftalk is upright, flender, firm, and naked: 
at the top ftands a fingle flower, fometimes two: 
thefe are large, and of a gold yellow. 
We have it in Sufléx, flowering in Augutt. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium Alpinum latifo- 
lium birfutis incanum magno flore. 
12. Broad-leaved, hairy, Bufh Hawkweed. 
Hieracium ereftum latifolium birfutum. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is firm, round, a yard high, and at 
the top branched. 
The leaves have long footftalks ; and they are 
broad, hairy, of a pale green, indented lightly, 
and fharp-pointed. 
The flowers are numerous, large, and of a 
pale yellow. : 
We have it about woods, flowering in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium Sruticofum latifo- 
lium birfutum ; a name others have followed. 
13. Short-leaved, bufhy Hawkweed. 
Hieracium fraticofum folio breviore. 
The root is fibrous and brown. 
The ftalk is robuft, upright, branched, and a 
yard high. 
The leaves are broad, fhort, indented irregu- 
larly, and of a fine green: they are covered with 
a light hairynefs; but itis fo flight they appear 
fmooth to the diftant fight. 
The flowers are large, numerous, and of a gold 
yellow. . 
It is common in our northern counties, flower- 
ing in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium Sruticofum latifo- 
lium foliis dentatis glabrum. 
14. Narrow-leaved, Bufh Hawkweed. 
Hieracium fruticofum anguftifolium., 
The root is fibrous. ; 
The ftalk is frm, upright, brown, and a yard 
high, 
The leaves are long, narrow, of a pale green, 
and indented at the edges. 
The flowers are large, and of a fine yellow: | 
they ftand at the tops of the branches, 
Ic is common in woods, and flowers in Au- 
guft, 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieraciam Jruticofum angufi- 
folium majus. 
The leaves of this fpecies are fometimes fearce 
at all indented ; and, according to the degree of 
“fhade, they will be more’ or lefs hairy. Under 
thefe differences it has been defcribed by fome as 
three diftin® plants. 
15. Golden Lungwort, 
Hieracium murorum pilokifimum, 
The root is compofed of numerous, brown 
fibres, : 
The italk is round, branched, and two feet 
high; and it is extremely hairy, 
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The leaves have long footftalks; and they 
are large, oblong, broad, lightly indented, and 
extremely hairy, like the ftalk. 
The flowers are numerous, and of a bright 
yellow. 
It is frequent on walls, and on dry banks, 
flowering in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium murorum folio pile- 
Jifimo. Others, Pulmonaria Gallica, 
16. Narrow-leaved golden Lungwort. 
Hieracium pulmonaria dium anguftiore folié. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, two feet high, and 
not branched. 4 
The leaves are long, and moderately broad, of 
a fine green, covered with a white down; and | 
they have long footftalks, 
The flowers are large, and of a delicate yel- 
low. 
It is found in woods in our midland counties, 
flowering in July. 
Ray calls it Hieracium pulmonaria diftum anguf- 
tifolium. 
We have this and the former fpecies on. our | 
cold, northern mountains, where they affume a 
fomewhat different form. In the firft fpecies the 
leaves are more obtufe, and lefs hairy ; and in 
this they are fmaller: in both the ftalks grow up 
to a great height, but with few leaves, 
Thefe varieties have by fome been defcribed ag 
diftiné fpecies; but they are no more than acci- 
dents of growth. 
17. Great fingle-flowered Mountain Hawkweed 
Elieracium flore magno fingulari. 
The root confifts of numerous fibres, connected » 
to a {mall head. 
The leaves are {pread in a rounded clufter; and 
are oblong, broad, obtufe, and hairy, 
The ftalk rifes in the centre: it has no leaves, 
and it fupports only a fingle flower : this is very 
large, and yellow. 
We have it in Wales, and the north of Eng- 
land. It flowers in June. 
Ray calls it Hieracium villofum Alpinim flore 
magno fingulari caule. modo. 
It refembles moufe ear, 
18. Single-flowered Bufh Hawkweed. 
- Hieracium nemorum flore Jingulari. 
The root is long, and is hung with many 
fibres. 
The ftalk is firm, a foot high, hairy, and of a 
brownifh colour. + gee : 
The leaves are numerous, oblong, broad, 
dented at the edges, of a pale green, and very 
hairy. 
The flower ftands fingly on the top of the ftalk; 
and is very large, and of a gold yellow. 
We have it in woods, flowering in July. 
Ray calls it Hieracii feu pilofelle majoris fpecies 
humilis foliis longioribus varius dentatis plurimus fi- 
mul flore fingulari. 
When 
