44, COMPOSITA. 525 
Prenanthus purpurea, Lam. 
Provinces - 14-16. Skye; Balf. Bab. Acc. Hebr. 5. 
Alien. Cyb.ii.44. On Salisbury Craigs, Edinburgh, about 1839. 
Crepis barbata, Linn. 
Province 1. On the Downs near Sidmouth, in 1833 ; W. R. Crotch. 
Casual? Reference lost; where was this published ? 
Crepis pulchra, Linn. 
Province - 15. Forfarshire; G. Don, sole authority. 
Error. Cyb. ii. 49. Flora of Forfarshire, 99. 
Hieracium (Pilosella) pilosissimum, Fries. 
Provinces - 2----78. Wight. Montgomery. Derby. 
Syn. 568. H. Pilosella var. peleterianum, Bab. man. 
Hieracium stoloniferum, W. K. 
Province - 14. ‘ Granton Railway banks, Oct. 1869.” 
Ambiguity or Alien? Eng. bot. v. 218. See H. dubium below. 
Recorded as Scottish, in the Journal of Botany for November, 
1869, on authority of ‘ Professor Balfour and Mr. J. Saddler.” 
The names of these two botanists stand on the title-page of a 
recent “Flora of Ediburgh,”’—a work which includes unquestioned 
so much that is most questionable. A variety of Pilosella ? 
Hieracium dubium, Sy. in Eng. Flora. 
Provinces - ? ---12-? Derby? Westmoreland. Scotland? 
Ambiguity. Mr. Backhouse states that the figure of dubiwm in 
English Botany, 2332, was taken from garden specimens of 
H. stoloniferum of Fries, whilst Smith’s description in the English 
Flora was made from H. Auricula, Linn. 
Hieracium Auricula, Sm. in Eng. Flora. 
Province - 12. On Dale-head, Westmoreland. 
Ambiguity. Cyb. ii. 52. Phytol. ii. 484. Smith’s description 
and figure in English Botany, 2368, are alleged by Mr. Backhouse 
to have been “ taken from a Swiss specimen of H. glaciale of Fries 
and Lachen.” 
Hieracium collinum, Fries. 
Province - 14. Banks of the Ettrick, Selkirkshire. 
Ambiguity? Particulars in Journal of Botany, for December, 1868. 
I am not aware whether the name has been confirmed by Dr. Bos- 
well Syme or Professor Babington; nor whether the locality can 
be relied upon, as a native one, if assuming the name to have 
been correctly applied. 
Hieracium aurantiacum, Linn. 
Provinces 1 - 8--6--9101112 ? 1415 16. 
Alien. Cyb. ii. 52. An escape from gardens. 
