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maiij linear-iitteiluate, outer' phyll. lax, styles livid. — St. 6 — 14- 

 in. liio;h. St.-l. few. Head most usually solitary, very terge. 

 Youugestl. sometimes Tfi|tlier acute.,' Origjnall. nearly circular. 

 Nearly allied to H. eximium.—rLoitj mountains, Loctnagar., 

 Clo™. P.VII.VI1I. , S. 



' ' Nigricanies^ Inv.. -71110861 or hairy, i Bliyll. adpressed, or 

 ■few outermost lax. Fl. nearly haiiless externally, minutely 

 pilose or subglabrous, at tbe, tips, 



,\; St. shflri with I, or few Jieads. ,, , , 



7. H. gracilenltum (Bani'kh..') ; green, st. usually l-^headed hairy 

 floccose,. »•<;-?. lanceolate or oWw^-lanceolate narrowed into pe- 

 tioles, st.-l. few large narrow-lanceolate attenuate- helow, inv. 

 ven1iricoa9,,r,punded below shaggy. yrithihlacji, soft JiairS(fetjOBe, 

 jAyU. few hroud acuminate adpres^cli loithjlocco.w tips outermost 

 lax, styles^ livid. — IT. alpinum yar, melmiocephalum Frjes, , not 

 Bah., nor S. melanoceplmhim Tausoh. — St. 6 — 10 ill. ,high, 

 hairy and floccose, with^ straight simple diverging branches and 

 niajiy liead^when uiider cultivation ; st.-l. usually 2 or more.' 

 L. broad, naiTowed gradually ijelo^w,; original 1. roundish, 

 Pe1;ioles somet.iii;es slightly winged. Heads i^ually, solitary, 

 rather large ; '&!. bright yellow, nearly (Sf^ quite glabro.iis qi;^ the 

 back.— Lofty momitains. P, VII. VHI. '" ' , S. 



8. H. globdsum (Backh.) ; glaMcoiis or green,- st. few-headed 

 flpccps^ rt.-l. ovate or ovaie-lanopolatejsubasjute glabrous above 

 entire or d6nt£tteMi,arrowed into petioles, inv. ro.Unde4 belofw idti- 

 m/itely globose greenish-bladi with short black-based hairs, ;)^yff, 

 many attenuate acute qdpressedfiStyles .yellOWi^-rSt. 6- — \'2 in. high, 

 usually Irheaded, rarely branching' even [froml near the.,bas^/ 

 leafless or -with few narrow bractlike leaves. ' Original- l.,-blun,t, 

 Iniiiermost 1. , sometimes acute. Petioles short, sometimes slightly 

 winged. , Stids globose. Fl. bright, yeUow.— ^C&imgorm JVloua- 

 tains, , P. Vn. Vlll. : ,„ S. 



ft /Si{. frequently lefigthened cfw(|, branched with several heads. 



9. IT. nigres'cens: (WilldO ; green; rt.-l. ovate or lanceolate 

 coarsely, a/idirre^tdarlydmdate in their lower half hairy with 

 slender petioles,' st. simple or branched' -with few heftds and few 

 lanceolate or oblohg shoi-tly stallfed 1., inv, ovate helaufy^iaA 

 green with soft black-based hairs setose, ped. densely floccose, 

 phyll. acuminate outer ones blunt, styles brownish.— H. pudmo- 

 narium Sm. — Variable in l(eight. !F1. dgpp brilliant yellow, 

 pilose at the tips.' * Phyll. 'overtopping the buds. L. rai'ely 

 nesirly glabrous above. Et.-l. suddenly naiTOwed,belaw; ori- 

 ginal 1. roundish., St.-l. usually 1, nai'rowed at both endsJrr St. 



