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2.* H. auraniiaaim (Orange Hawkvveed). — A garden escape, 

 larger than the last, often without runners, and readily recognisable 

 by its deep orange flower-Iieads which are collected in a dense 

 corymb and have dark bracts. — Fl. J unC'^— August. Perennial. 



5- H. imtntrmn (Wall Hawkweed). — A ^•ery variable plant, i — 

 2 feet high, usually more or less hairy, sometimes glaucous, with 



a rosette of ovate radical 

 leaves, and rarely more than 

 on J leaf on the stem, sonie- 

 tim'es none ; /letnls 2 — 6 

 together, each generally less 

 than an inch across, yellow. 

 — "W'alls, rocks, heaths; com- 

 mon. — Fl. June — Septem- 

 ber. Perennial. 



4.. H. vulgdiuin (Common 

 Haivvkweed). — Another very 

 variable plant, from 12 — 18 



' '^?i^SS§IK''5P£~ Ml li y^ '"■ '^'o'^ ' radical leaves nar- 



,j^ /'uOTi *S.' JfM § /Ji:r row,^ in a loose rosette, 



lanceolate, toothed, with the 

 teeth pointing towards the 

 apex, often spotted with red ; 

 coiiluu leaves few : heads 

 many, panicled or corymb- 

 ose, about an inch across, 

 yellow ; involucre hoary with 

 down. — ^\'o'Jds and banks ; 

 common. — P'l. July — Sep- 

 tember. Perennial. 



5. H. horctilc (Shrubby 



Hawkwced). — As \-ariable 



as the preceding species, 



2 —4 feet high, with stiff, 



ascending branches : stem 



usually hairy below, with 



steMate down above, often 



reddish, leafy ; no radical leaves : caulnie leaves lanceolate, toothed ; 



heads many, in a leafy cor)'ml) ; peduncles woolly ; involucre 



blackish-green, nearly glabrous. — Woods and hanks ; common — 



August, September. Perennial. 



//. uinbelhilum (Narrow-leaved Hawkwced). — A tall. 



HVPOCH FKI^ RAUICiT.^ [T. li^-VOOted Cat' S-Car\_ 



Fl. 



6. 



remarkably erect, unhranched plant, i —4 feet high ; stem stiff, 

 leafy, hairy below; leaves sessile, linear, toothed; heads in a 



