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long white hairs which gradually become scarcer upwards; 
apex with a dense felt of stellate hairs which gradually cpa 
towards the base ; -atlimpre phalous, or with about 8 flowers 
arranged somewhat corymbo ana Radical leaves about 8 to 5 in a 
persistent rosette, aL elliptic, with 4 to 5 small forward teeth on 
each side, rarely above 1} in. long, olive-green (often strongly 
e 
ciliated towards the apex. Florets glabrous at the tips. Style, in 
the growing wild plant, very nearly pur e yellow, with a slight 
tendency towards brown. Achenes resembling those of H. 
Schmidtii, but poe more shining, more deeply ai Soe and 
more truncate at the base.—Loc. Fine iy Pe: = Sand Voe, 
Lest ap ary Shetland. 4th July, 1889. (No. 
. F. J. Hanbury, —s unable to identi ihe plant, sent it 
to Dr. Lindeberg, who “ H. novum, pulcherrimum, mihi 
ignotum !” It most SS S @ miniature sist e of H. Schmidtii, 
from w i i 1 
inches, and bore 10 flowers; this was growing on a seit ot 
waste ground, and was evidently abnormal. 
8 1 am opposed to the description of new species in critical 
genera by others than sessialiato, and regard it as an especially 
SjecHonable peastine oe the ee of a monograph, it is 
anbury, who as not had ts cportity of visiting 
Shetland and of seeing the plant in the wild 
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH 
BOTANISTS. 
By Jauzs Brrrren, F.L.§., anv G. 8. Bourerr, F.L.S. 
(Continued from p. 85.) 
Leo bade ont (d.. 1825). M.D. A.L.S., 1799. ti Be Roy. 
Dublin § establishment of their 1790 
: Guise pl. i in com. SS agaspgseed 1794. ‘Plante een in 
Hibern.,’ 1804. * Lectures on Grasses,’ 1808. ‘ Salices,’ 1811. 
Discovered. Eriocaulon. Pritz, 336 ; Jacks; 617; RB. 8. C. vi. 
