COMPOSITE 187 



Sandy Alpine and sub-alpine valleys, among debris and boulders, 

 especially in river beds. July, August. 



Distribution. — Eastern, Central, and Western Alps. 

 Hieracium villosum Jacq. 



- Densely villous with shaggy hairs. Stem erect, with several 

 leaves, simple or branching above, each bearing a large, handsome 

 capitulum, like the involucre covered with stellate hairs as well as 

 simple, long, white hairs, usually dark at the base. Leaves bluish 

 green, thin, acute or acuminate, entire or slightly dentate, villous or 

 rough on both sides, or the lower leaves glabrescent. Root and 

 lower stem-leaves lanceolate, elliptical, sessile, or narrowed into a 

 foot-stalk ; upper stem-leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, 

 with a rounded or heart-shaped amplexicaul base. Limb of the 

 ligulate flowers glabrous or slightly hairy or ciliated. Flowers 

 bright yellow. Involucral bracts very acute, and woolly. A variable 

 species. 



Rocks and rocky pastures of the calcareous Alps up to 8500 feet. 

 July, August. 



Distribution. — Carpathians ; Eastern, Central, and Western Alps. 

 Erzgebirge, Jura, Apermines. 



Hieracium lanatum Vill. 



Stem erect, about a foot high, covered like the whole plant with 

 a dense, short, grey tomentum, branched above, and bearing 

 several large capitula. Root - leaves ovate, acuminate, entire, 

 or obscurely sinuate, stalked ; stem-leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, amplexicaul. Involucral bracts very wooUy, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, about as long as the fruit with the pappus. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Limestone rocks and cliffs ; 3000-6500 feet ; local. June to 

 August. 



Distribution. — Switzerland (Valais), Western Alps from Haute- 

 Savoie to the Var and Alpes Maritimee ; Piedmont, Apennines. 



A very distinct plant, well worth cultivating on old walls and 

 limestone rocks in sunny positions. 



Hieracium prenanthoides ViU. 



Stem-leaves long and lanceolate, and clasping the stem by 

 rounded auricles, entire or toothed. Stems very leafy, rather hairy, 

 and much-branched at the top. Flower-heads or capitula rather 

 small, on slender, glandular peduncles. Involucres sub-cylindrical, 

 with obtuse bracts glandular. Achenes greyish white. Flowers 

 yellow. 



^.Meadows and pastures and stony mountain woods. Often quite 

 common in the sub-Alps from 3000-5000 feet. July to September. 



Distribution. — Eastern, Central, and Western Alps, Eastern 



