400 Lxxviii. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Hieracium. 



stout or slender, paniculately or corymljosely branched. Heads ^-J in. diam. Achenes 

 ^ in., black; pappus as long. 



2. K. crocatum, Fnes. ; glabrous or hirsute, stem leafy simple or 

 branched above, radical leaves 0, cauline sessile elliptic linear-oblong or lanceo- 

 late glaucous beneath base rounded truncate or cordate entire or toothed, heads 

 few or many and erect, peduncles downy glabrous or hirsute, invol. bracts 

 glabrous appressed obtuse, outer often slender and recurved. 



"Western Himalaya ; Kashmir to Dalhousie, alt. 6-8000 ft., Thomson, Clarice 

 Westeen Tibet, Falconer, Heyde. — Disteib. Middle and N. Europe. 



Stem 1-2 ft., strict. Leaves 1-5 in., very variable in shape. Heads \ in. diam. 

 Achenes ^ in., cylindrie, faintly ribbed, black, shining. 



3. K. prenantboides, ViUars; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 878; glabrous or 

 hirsute, glandular above, stem leafy with spreading branches, radical leaves 0, 

 cauline oblong or ovate or linear-oblong entire or denticulate glaucous beneath, 

 uppermost cordate, heads in branched leafy panicled corymbs floccose and 

 ■with gland-tipped hairs, invol. bracts pubescent. Heichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. six. t. 

 1512. 



NoETHEHN Kashmib, alt. 8-10,000 ft., Clarhe. — Disteib. N. Asia, the Caucasus, 

 and N. and Mid. Europe. 



Stolons 0. /Stem 2-3 ft. iraws 1-3 in., rather membranous, ciliatc. SeadsX'vCi. 

 diam. Achenes nearly ^ in., strongly ribbed, red-brown. 



4. K. umbellatum, lAnn. : Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 877 ; glabrous or hir- 

 sute below, eglandular, stem leafy, radical leaves 0, cauline sessile linear 

 or lineai-oblong narrowed at the base toothed, heads glabrous or with the brac- 

 teolate peduncles stellately downy, invol. bracts many outer small recurved. 

 Clarice Comp. Ind. 257, excl. syn. and var. y; Beiahb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1531. 



Westeen Himalaya; from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt. 5-10,000 ft. — ^Disteib. N. 

 Asia to Japan, N. Persia, the Caucasus, N. and Mid. Europe, N. America. 



Stolons 0. Stem 1-2 ft., wiry. Leaves 1-3 in., usually narrow and contracted at 

 the base. Achenes as in H. crocatum, from which it appears to me very difficult to 

 distinguish this iu the Himalaya. 



Vae. lanceolata ; smaller, more slender, heads 1-3. H. lanceolatum, Boyle mss. — 

 Kashmir, alt. 7-8000 ft., Clarke. Baker regards this as a starved state of H. umbel- 

 latum; it is very like H. lanceolatum of A^llars. 



5. K. virosum, Pall.; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. 856; glabrous or very sparsely 

 hirsute, glaucous, stem stout leafy, leaves sessile short coriaceous oblong-ovate 

 base cordate toothed glaucous beneath, heads numerous in short terminal brac- 

 teate umbellate corymbs, peduncles short stout bracteolate, invol. bracts glabrous 

 outermost small spreading. Beiclib. Ic. Fl. Germ. xix. t. 1536. H. umbella- 

 tum, var. y rigidum, Clarice Comp. Ind. 258. H. corymbosum, Pers. Synops. 

 ii. 374. 



Kashmir, Falconer; Srinuggur, alt. 7-COOO ft., Clarice. — Disteib. N.Asia from 

 Dahuria westwards to Mid. Europe. 



Stolons 0. Stem very stout, stiff. Leaves 1-3 in., crowded, gradually diminishing 

 upwards, glabrous above, sparsely ciliate on the margins and beneath. Corymbs with 

 ascending short stiff branches, ^fcatfs § in. diam. Achenes -^ in., xs^-hvovin. 



111.* KVFOCHSRXS, Lmn. 



Pereimial, rarely annual, scapigerous herbs. Leaves rosulate, entire toothed 

 or pinnatifid. Heads long-peduncled, solitary, yellow, homogamous ; fl. aU 

 ligulate. Involucre cylindric-oblong or campanulate; bracts oo -seriate, ap- 



