326 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
THREE SOUTH WALES HAWKWEEDS. 
By Rev. Avaustin Ley, M.A. 
THE eens Hawkweeds seem to differ from any of the 
forms which find a place in our lists, and to be worthy of descrip- 
tion. The bie gee under observation for a considerable 
period, and nothing could in any probability be gained by further 
delay in publishing them 
Hirt ERACIUM SILVATICU mM Gouan var. CRASSUM, Noy. 
nearly epilose at base, the branches and peduncles bearing slight 
hair and floceum. Root-leaves about five, the primordial sub- 
rotund, the later oblong or elliptic, large and long; base cuneate, 
with several often large teeth, ra slightly toothed above; outer 
obtuse, innermost acute, green or reddish or tricolorous. Petioles 
shaggy; under side and edge of is leaves with rather stiff hair ; 
texture thick. Stem-leaf 1, pce elliptic- or ovate- lanceolate, 
acute; or reduced to a bract. Heads 2-0, rather oo leet 
reminds one of H. h Lipblg hcg Gibs. var. aig Ct 
W. R. Linton, but really nearer to the var. tricolor W. R. Linton 
of H. stlvaticum Gouan (under which pte I distributed it 
through the Botanical Exchange Club in 1908); differing from it 
in the more robust habit, longer, more deeply toothed and cuneate- 
se , ac. In cultivation Pagers differences are increased. 
West Brecon; at Pwll Byffre, 1906, 1908. 
HieraAcium Soicrameth uae : var. ELATIUS, nov. Stem 
18 in. 0 2 ft., nearly glabrous area in the upper half eee a 
-bank at Capel-y-ffin, Black Mountain, Brecon 
his reply being as follows :— 
“This form is a distinct form ‘of stlvaticum, a the one hand 
