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33. H. STELLIGERTJM. AsTiy green. Stem rather leafy, sub- 

 corymbose, with few beads, floccose througbout. Boot- 

 leaves ovate, obtuse or sub-acute, denticulate or dentate, 

 hoary on loth sides with minute stellate down, narrowed into 

 long petioles. Stem-leaves la/rge, half clasping. Peduncles 

 floccose. Involucres ovate at tbe base, boary and with 

 scattered wMtisb bairs. Fbyllaries acuminate. Florets 

 glabrous. 



H. stelligerum. Froel. in De Cand. prod. t. 7, p. 214 ? Fries, 

 Symb. p. 107? 



Margins of alpine streamlets at an elevation of 1500 to 3000 feet : 

 rare. Eastern side of Cairntoul and higher part of Glen Dee. 

 Cliffs near Dhuloch and Loch-na-nean. K"ear Kirktown of Clova. 



Flowers in 7th and 8th months. 



Plant 1^ to 2 feet Wgh, with rather large bright yellow flowers. 

 Hoot shortj rather woody, with numerous fibres. Stem erect, 

 with few scattered brittle hairs near the base only, but clothed 

 with minute floccose down ; with 1 or 2 leaves (rarely more) and 

 2 or 3 heads ; or branched, usually near the middle, and with 

 5 to 7 heads. Leaves hairy beneath and at the margins, or desti- 

 tute of hairs ; beautifully clothed on both sides, especially when 

 young, with minute stellate down. Eoot-leaves soft and fre- 

 quently very large ; broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, or 

 sub-acute and apiculate, dentate (chiefly in the lower half) with 

 sharp spreading teeth, or denticulate with gland-tipped teeth ; 

 narrowed rather suddenly into long somewhat villous slender or', 

 slightly winged petioles. Stem-leaves large, similar in shape to 

 the root-leaves, or slightly acuminate; lower one frequently 

 stalked with a winged slightly clasping petiole, and 3 to 5 inches 

 in length ; upper leaf (at the base of the branch) nearly or quite 

 sessile and usually half-clasping. Pedtincles ascending or slightly 

 arcuate, with few scales, more or less elongated, hoary with stellate 



