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lower similar or narrowed to a narrow base, ped. stellately downy, 
inv. ovate or narrowed below, phyll. with white-topped hairs and 
sete pale-edged narrowed upwards inner blunt outer acutish lax. 
—L. sometimes all narrowed gradually from an ovate base ; lower 
not pinched above their base but narrowing very gradually. Ped. 
scaly, sometimes slightly branched. Heads usually in a simple 
corymb, roundish when in bud, narrowed below with fl., after- 
wards ovate. Fr. pale, faintly ribbed. Pappus reddish Moun- 
tain glens in Wales and Scotland. Teesdale. Mr. Backhouse. 
Pp. VIII. E. S. 
25. H. crocatum (Fr.); st. leafy branched above, |. oblong or 
lanceolate, upper 3-clasping, lower narrowed below with a broad 
rounded base, branches and ped. few-headcd subfastigiate stel- 
lately downy, inv. very blunt below, phyll. subglabrous with a few 
short subglandular hairs or short setz uniformly blackish broad 
all blunt and adpressed.—H. inuloides Bab.—Lower |. narrowing 
very gradually below but often pinched above their base. 
Branches leafy, divided, with several heads, erect. Fr. pale, 
strongly ribbed, minutely punctate-scabrous. Pappus pale— 
B. angustatum (Fr.); 1. linear-lanceolate, lower 1. very much but 
gradually narrowed below.—Mountain glens in the north of 
England and Ireland; and in Scotland. P. VII. VIII. 
26. H. boreale (Fr.); st. leafy panicled or corymbose at top, 1. 
ovate or lanceolate, upper broad sessile scarcely clasping, lowest 
narrowed into a stalk, ped. stellately downy scaly and thickened 
under the ovate-based heads, phyll. glabrous or pilose not setose 
nor downy blunt turning uniformly blackish outer often narrower. 
—H. sabaudum Sm., E. B. 349.—St. simple or branched. Upper 
1. usually broad-based. Heads oblong. Fr. dark brown. Pappus 
white.—Woods and hedges. P. VIII. IX. E. 8. 
[Fnes states that H. virescens (Sond.), with which I am un- 
acquainted, is a native of “ Surrey. Mr. Woods.” 
27. H. umbellatum (L.); st. very leafy corymbose at top, J. 
uniform linear or lanceolate sessile from a narrow base, inv. tur- 
binate below, phyil. not pilose nor setose nor downy acutish with 
recurved points turning uniformly black innermost very blunt.— 
E. B. 1771.—L. not clasping. Heads sometimes solitary, cylin- 
drical, nearly or quite glabrous. Styles permanently yellow.—8. 
Taylori; lower 1. narrowed below, upper with a broad rather 
rounded base. St. 3—4 ft. high.—Common. 8. Dunkerron, Kerry. 
P. VIII. IX. 
