FURTHER NOTES ON HIERACIA. 17 
and the dark green involucre; the branches of the panicle less 
3 neta ; = at of the plant was about 2-3 ft., while that of 
ee 1-2 ft. m the above it will be seen that the 
leaves ny penn 3 the latter. It is suggested that it is a hybrid 
between the tw 
o the above remarks I would only add that there is no question 
as to its connection with H. commutatum 
boreale), cages the absence of crowding in the leaves, their harsher 
text ominent veining, and the less broadly heart-shaped 
characte er of those in the upper portion appear to me very dis- 
tinctive. The phyllaries, too, are rather longer and more acute, 
and, as far as I can judge from dried specimens, the styles are less 
livid, and the ligules of a deeper yellow than in H. commutatum, 
I am only sorry that Mr. Ley did not dry nate specimens of the 
two supposed parents, but coed “o can Sanat do another season ; 
the extraordinary range o tion in both species renders the 
acquisition of this sdaitional oiliedtss sii desirable. 
conleude this paper with brief references to several well- 
marked opie sete require further investigation before it would 
be wise to giv w names, distinguishing ‘them by letters Pane 
They are Bag of the closest afiontton and to most, I cann 
doubt, it will ultimately be found necessary to give specific ee 
varietal rank. For someI had already provided names, intending 
to publish them among the ste ile The prolonged frost of last 
winter, however, destroyed many of my most recently collected 
plants. Hieracia as a rule are hardy enough, but being recently 
moved and not having developed sufficiently long rootlets they were 
lifted out of the ground and killed, thus stopping for the present all 
further opportunity of studying their ate ~ite of comparing hehe 
other species grown under similar cond As they 
collected from widely sip ieated districts, I pan rely on the kind. 
ness of son Seer to replace some of my lost forms. 
: ed to the Rev. H. E. Fox for the only specimens 
I possess of a pla sent in August, 1890, from Dollywaggon 
Pikes, Cumberland. The notes I made on receiving the fresh 
specimens are insufficient to ipa Sn me to give a full description at 
present, but the following characters will serve to distinguish it 
pending further particulars. Stem from 15 to 20 inches high, 
both radical and cauline leaves rather anglicum-like, though the 
latter are stalked; but differing entirely from that species in the 
inflorescence. The heads, 3 to 7 or more in number, are borne on 
slender, arcuate, densely setose and sparingly floceose peduncles, 
the involucre is almost black with sete, the phyllaries long and 
very acute. The ligules are quite glabrous. In the stronger 
plants the radical leaves are coarsely and acutely ow at the 
base like those of the variety acutifolium of H. anglicum Fr. The 
stem, whilst appearing glabrous, or nearly so, rs ah naked 
pear is scabrid with minute rough bristles and setw, and sparingly 
floccose. 
Journat or Borany.—Vou. 31. [Jan. 1898.] c 
