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24. H. VULGATUM. Green or glaucous. Stem, leafy, simple or 

 branched, panioulate-corymhose. Leaves oblong or lanceo- 

 late, acute or sub-obtuse, dentate in the middle or nearly 

 entire ; with scattered hairs ; narrowed to the base. Eoot- 

 leaves stalked. Loiver stem-leaves stalked : upper ones sessile. 

 Peduncles straight, floceose, setose. Involucres cylindrical 

 in bud, setose, slightly floceose, more or less clothed with 

 black-based hairs. Phyllaries equally attenuate, sub-acute. 

 Florets glabrous. Styles livid. 



H. vulgatum. Fries, Symb. p. 115. Koch, Syn. p. 521. Bab. 

 Man. Ed. 3, p. 197. 



H. syhaticwm. E. B. t. 2031. Gren. and Godr. p. 375. Hook 

 and Arn. Ed. 7, p. 223. 



H. maeulatwm. E. B. t. 2121. 



H. Pulmonaria dictum angustifolium. Eay's Syn. Ed. 3, p. 168. 



fi CINEEETIII. Ashy green or glaucous. Stem short, with few sub. 

 entire leaves ; much branched. Eoot-leaves few, ohovate-lanoeolate. 

 Involucres nearly destitute of glands. Phyllaries broad, more 

 oltuse. 

 S. vulgatum va/r. erieetorum. Fries, Symb. p. 116? 



y BVBESCENS. Green, Stem robust, purplish red. Lea/oes ovate. Boot- 

 leaves numerous. Stem-leaves few (1 or 2), sub-sessile or slightly clasping. 

 Heads few, large. Phyllaries broad, sub-acuminate. 



Abundant from near the sea level to the Alpine region (at an 

 elevation of 3500 feet on Caimtoul. ) 



fl einereum. Great Ormeshead, North "Wales. 



y rulescens. Giggleswick and Gordale Scars, near Settle. 



Flowers in 7th, 8tb, and 9th months. 



Plant 12 to 30 inches high, very variable in form : usually 

 with numerous heads of medium size. Moot woody at the neckjp 



