212 45. coMPosiMj. 



4. E. holoeeric' eum (Baokh.) ; green, st. 1-headed shaggy 

 silky floccose, rt.-l. l&nasol&te-spathulate or linear-lanceolate 

 blitnt hairy on both sides narrowed into winged petioles, st.-l. 

 few small sessile, buds nodding, inv. turbinate shaggy with long 

 silky white black-based hairs, outer phyll. very lax leqflike blunt, 

 inner phyll. adpressed linear acute, styles yellow.' — H. alpinum 

 Sm. E. B. 1110.— St. 3—9 in. high.' Usually 1—2 st.-leavea. 

 Head solitary; outer phyll. very broad, often scattered below 

 the head. L. entire or sometimes slightly denticulate. Fl. 

 densely hairy at the tips, bright yellow. — Lofty mountains. 

 Cumberland. Grampian and Breadalbane Mountains. P. VII. 

 VIII. E. S. 



5. H. exim'ium (Backh.) ; green, st. usually 1-headed hairy 

 floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate acute sharply toothed hairy on both 

 sides narrowed into broadly winged petioles, st.-l. small slender, 

 buds nodding, inv. truncate below shaggy with rather silky 

 black-based hairs, phyll. many linear-attenuate, outer phyll. 

 small lax.— % K B. 825. H. villosum Sm., K B. 2379, not 

 L. — St. 6 — 15 in. high ; 1. few. Rarely more than 1 large 

 head. L. sometimes entire, usually with large teeth. Flowers 

 twice in cultivation, (1) with one head, (2j with many nearly 

 parallel branches and many heads. — a ; st. long, rt.-l. lanceolate 

 dentate, styles livid. — /3. tenellum; st. short slender, rt.-l. lanceo- 

 late or linear-lanceolate, styles yellow. Considered a distinct 

 species bv Dr. Grenier. — Lofty mountains. Olova. Braemar. 



P. vn. VIII. s. 



6. S. cahndulijl&nim (Backh.) ; deep green, st. usually 1- 

 headed hairy floccose, rt.-l. broadly ovate-spathidate blunt apicu- 

 late sharply toothed hairy on both sides narrowing into broadly 

 winged petioles, st.-l. veiy small slender, buds nodding, inv. 

 truncate below shaggy with rather silky black-based hairs, 

 phyll. many linear-attenuate, outer phyll. lax, styles livid.—- 

 Sy. E. B. 824.— St. 6—14 in. high. St.-l. few. Head most 

 usually solitary, very large. Youngest 1. sometimes rather 

 acute. Original 1. nearly circular. Nearly allied to H. eximium. 

 — Lofty mountains. Lochnagar. Clova. P. MJ. VIII. S. 



** Nigricantes. Inv. villose or hairy. Phyll. adpressed, or 

 few outermost lax. Fl. nearly hairless externally, minutely 

 pilose or subglabrous at the tips. — H. nigrescens Hook. 



t St. short with 1 or few heads. 



7. H. gracilen'tum (Backh.) ; green, st. usually 1-headed hairy 

 floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate or o6to«^-lanceolate narrowed into pe- 

 tioles, st.-l. few large narrow-lanceolate attenuate below, inv. 



