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11. H. senescens (Backh.) ; green, rt.-l. elliptic-lanceolate den- 

 ticulate or remotely dentate hairy with slender petioles, st. simple 

 with few heads and 1 or 2 linear-lanceolate I. with slender stalks, 

 inv. ovate or turbinate below with short black-based hairs and 

 many setae slightly floccose, phyll. acute adpressed (?), styles 

 yellow. — 15 — 18 in. high. Fl. golden. Phyll. of the buds with 

 a tuft of white down at the tips. L. with scattered hairs on 

 both sides, entire at both ends. Original 1. broader. Lowest ped. 

 above the middle of the stem. — Grassy slopes and edges of streams 

 in mountain districts. Clova. Braemar. Ben Voirlich, Dum- 

 bartonshire. P. VII. VIII. S. 



12. H. chrysanthum (Backh.) ; green, rt.-l. ovate acute at 

 both ends sharply irregularly and deeply toothed hairy with long 

 slender petioles, st. simple or branched with few heads and 

 linear-lanceolate or subulate stalked st.-l., inv. rounded below 

 floccose and with short black-based hairs and setae, phyll. many 

 linear-attenuate outermost small and lax, styles dull yellow. — 

 H. rupestre Bah. — 9 — 16 in. high. Fl. golden. Phyll. greenish- 

 black, overtopping the drooping buds, incumbent. L. with 

 scattered hairs on both sides, entire towards the end. Original 

 1. blunt, roundish. St. often with only 1 head, with subplumose 

 hairs below, floccose setose and with black-based hairs above, 

 sometimes branching throughout. Hairs on st. and inv. with 

 dull reddish tips. Buds sometimes pilose at the tip. — ^. micro- 

 cephalum ; st. simple with 1 or few nearly erect heads, 1. dentate 

 or nearly entire, inv. urceolate, styles rather livid. H. atratum 

 Bab. — Lofty mountains in Scotland. /3. Cumberland and Loch- 

 nagar. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



ttt St. usually lengthened. 



13. H. cerinthoides (L.) ; glaucous green, rt.-l. ovate-lanceolate 

 apiculate or acuminate denticulate with long shaggy winged pe- 

 tioles, St. with few 1. and few heads, st.-l. clasping ovate acumi- 

 nate, inv. ventricose hairy setose, phyll. acuminate, styles livid. 

 — a. and y. H. vogesiacum Gren. ! — 12 — 18 in. high. St. branch- 

 ing in cultivation. Original rt.-l. roundish. Rhizome short. 

 Fl. pale yellow. — a. H. cerinthoides (Fr.) ; st. scarcely branched 

 with 1 or few terminal heads, st.-l. few clasping, outer phyll. lax. 

 E. B. 2378? — fi. H. auglicum (Fr.) ; st. with long arcuate ascend- 

 ing lateral ped., st.-l. usually solitary sessile scarcely clasping, 

 phyll. all adpressed. H. Lawsoni Bab. — y. acutifolium (Backh.); 

 very glaucous, st. much branched, 1. very acute or acuminate 

 sharply and coarsely toothed nearly glabrous, phyll. adpressed. 

 — Mountains, a. Grampians. 0. Teesdale. Craven. Lake 

 district. Scottish Highlands, y. Cairntoul and by rivers Clu- 

 nie and Dee in Scotland. Aberdeen Links. P. VII. VIII. 



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