74 BRmSK HIEEACIA. 



(when cultivated) remain permanently distinct as a variety, though 

 I have not yet had an opportunity of proving it. 



One of the most distinct and handsome of our British species, 

 which though varying much in form always retains strongly marked 

 characters. I cannot regard the "fl Tayhri" found near Dunkerran, 

 Co. Kerry as a true variety, but merely as an extreme form. A 

 similar plant occurs near York where the typical one is abundant. 

 In Teesdale a form of S. ttmhellatum occurs with few large and 

 handsome heads, dark involucres, and large leaves densely aggregated 

 towards the middle or base of the (reddish) stem j those at the base 

 being deciduous, and those on the upper part being scattered and 

 much reduced in size. A somewhat similar form occxurs near Lough 

 Corrib, Co. Galway. 



80. H. CBOCATinil. Without root-leaves. Stem erect, densely 

 leafy ; sub-corymbose. Leaves linear, lanceolate or oblong, 

 acute, dentate or nearly entire, sessile ; broadly rounded or 

 truncate at the base; sab-reticalate beneath: lower ones 

 attenuated downwards. Peduncles with few heads. Involucres 

 sub-cylindrical, obtuse or truncate at the base, glabrous or 

 hairy. Phyllaries appressed, obtuse. Florets glabrous. 



H. crocatum. Fries, Symb. p. 183. Bab. Man. Ed. 3, p. 199. 

 Hook. & Am. Ed. 7, p. 226. 



E. inuloides. Tausch. Bot. Z. 1837. Biebl. 71. Bab. Man. 

 Ed. 1, p. 185. 



Mountain districts. Banks of the Clunie near Castletown of 

 Braemar. Teesdale. Glenbally and near Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. 

 Ballinahinch, Connemara. 



Flowers in 7th and 8th months. 



Plant \\ to 4 feet high, with rather large but not numerous 

 heads. Stem usually rigid, glabrous or with soft brittle white 



