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

 of Scotland. P. VII. VIII. S. 



4. H. holosericeum (Backh.) ; green, st. 1-headed shaggy silky 

 floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate-spoiAtttafe or linear-lanceolate blunt 

 hairy on hoth sides narrowed into winged petioles, st.-l. few 

 small sessile, huds nodding, inv. turbinate shaggy with long silky 

 white hlack-hased hairs, outer phyll. very lax leaf ike blunt, inner 

 phyll. adpressed linear acute, styles yellow. — H. alpinum, Sm. 

 JS. B. 1110.— 3— 9 in. high. Usually 1—2 st.-leaves. Head 

 solitary ; outer phyll. very broad, often scattered below the head. 

 L. entire or sometimes slightly denticulate. Fits, densely hairy 

 at the tips, bright yellow. — Lofty mountains. Cumberland. 

 Gtrampian and Breadalbane Mountains. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



5. H. eximium (Backh.); green, st. usually 1-headed hairy 

 floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate acute sharply toothed hairy on both 

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

 buds nodding, inv. truncate below shaggy with rather silky black- 

 based hairs, phyll. many linear-attenuate, outer phyll. small lax. 

 — H. melanocephalum H. and A. — 6 — 15 in. high. St.-l. few. 

 Rarely more than 1 large head. L. sometimes entire, usually 

 with large teeth. Flowers twice in cultivation, (1) with one 

 head, (2) with many nearly parallel branches and many heads. — 

 u. St. elongate, rt.-l. lanceolate dentate, styles livid. — ^. tenellum; 

 st. short slender, rt.-l. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, styles yel- 

 low. Considered a distinct species by Dr. Grenier. — Lofty 

 mountains. Clova. Braemar. P. VII. VIII. S. 



6. H. calendulijiorum (Backh.); deep green, st. usually 1- 

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

 culate sharply toothed hairy on both sides narrowing into broadly 

 winged petioles, st.-l. very small slender, buds nodding, inv. 

 truncate below shaggy with rather silky black -based hairs, phyll. 

 many linear-attenuate, outer phyll. lax, styles livid. — 6 — 14 in. 

 high. St.-l. few. Head most usually solitary, very large. 

 Youngest 1. sometimes rather acute. Original 1. nearly circular. 

 Nearly aUied to H. eximium. — Lofty mountains. Lochnagar. 

 Clova. P. VII. VIII. S. 



** Nigricantes. Inv. villose or hairy. Phyll. adpressed, or 

 few outermost lax. Fits, nearly hairless externally, minutely 

 pilose or subglabrous at the tips. 



t St. short with 1 or few heads. 



7. H. gracilentum (BiLckh.) ; green, st. usually 1-headed hairy 

 floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate or oiZo»(?-lanceolate narrowed into pe- 

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



