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ii, PULM.O NARJa A. .j Jiadical rosettes in, a;^,(;^i!i wrhifi 

 produce the persistent I'pot-l. of the next year. ' Phyll, m- 

 terruptedly or, irregularly, imbricate. Fr. short, trUncs-te^ 

 ,,nQt creijulatp, striatj?. liairs of pappus unequ,al, rigid. ' , 



* Alpiniformes.' Inv. shaggy or silky. Outer phjdl. lax; 

 inner acuminate or acute. Fl. hairy externally, more or 

 less pilose a,t the tips. St.-l. 1 or ffewj Or .leaflike bracts. ' > 



3., H. alpinum (L.); deep.gi'een, st. I;^^ea4ed hairy floccose,, 

 rt.-l.la,nce,(}ia,t^\QTiovate-spaihulate narrowed into petioles,, st.-l. 

 1 or feiy sessile,, bjxds slightly nodding, inv. hemispherical shaggy 

 with long soft (black-based hairs aeXose, phyjl fejp broad acumi- 

 nate lax, styles yellov.-i-St. 4—8 in. high. Usually 1 st.-leaf. 

 Head large, always solitary ; fl. bright yellow, with short h^drs" 

 at the top.^a. Tt.-l: oyate-spathulati.— /3. insigni; rt.-l. lanceo- 

 late with a few Krge teeth, heads very large'.— Lofty mountains 

 of Scotland. P.'VTI.Vni. S: 



4. H: holoseric' inlm (Backh.) ; green, St. l-h«aded' shaggy silky 

 fl&ocose, r<.-?. lait6eol'ate-.s/)»to.Wc or linear-laaceolate Jfejii 

 hairy on both sides Harrowed -into winged petioles, st.-l. few 

 small sessile, buds nodding, inv. turhinate ihdggy with lo'n.g silky 

 white black-based hairs, outer phyll. very lax leqflike hhmt, inner 

 phyU. adpressed linear Agute, styles ,-y^][0Wi-TTW- fllpinum Sm. — 

 St. 3 — 9 in. high. Usually 1 — 2 st. -leaves.. Head solitary; outer 

 phyll. Tery Tsf oad,'' often Scattered below the head.' X'. eiitire or 

 sometim'essiightlj*'' denticulate. Fl. denselyhaiiy at the tips,- 

 bright yellow. — Lofty mountains. Cumberland. Grampiaii and 

 Bi-eadalbaiieM;o^mtawB..[,,,P. YI|. ?i?III., ,, , Ej S. 



5. n. exjVn'raw (Backh.) ; green, st. usually 1-headed Icwcy 

 floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate acxte sharply toothed hairy on both side's 

 narrowed into broadly winged petioles, st.-l. small slender, buds 

 nodding, inv. truncate Jefoib shaggy xith rather silky black-based 

 ha.ua, phyll. many linear-attenuate, outer phyll. small lax. — St. 

 G — ^15 in. high ; 1. few. .Rarely^more than 1 large head. L. sorne- 

 tinies entire, usually with lafge teeth. Flowers twitie iH culti- 

 vation, (1) with; one headj, (2.) wi,th nia^iy nearly parallel jjj-anches 

 and many heads. -T-a. st. rloug, rt.-i. lanceolate , dentate, styles 

 livid. — (3. tenelium ; ,^t. short slender, rt.-l, lanceowQ pr lineai- 

 lanoeolate, styles yelloiv. Considered a distinct sp^cips by Dr. 

 Grenier.^Lofty mountain?. Clova.. Bwemaj. P. ivll. Vlil. S. 



6. II. calendidijl/jrum (Backhi) ; deep green, st. usually 1- 

 headed hairy floccose, rt.-l. broadly ovate-spathulate blunt apicu- 

 late sharply toothed hairy bniboth sidtes narrowing into br6adly 

 winged petioles, st.-l. very ' small ' slender, bads nodding, iiiT. 

 truncate below shaggy with rather silky black-based hair^; ph^H. 



