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2* H. aurantiacum (Orange Hawkweed). — A garden escape, 

 larger than the last, often without runners, and readily recognisable 

 by its deep orange flower-heads which are collected in a dense 

 corymb and have dark bracts. — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



3. H. murdrum (Wall Hawkweed). — A very variable plant, 1 — 

 2 feet high, usually more or less hairy, sometimes glaucous, with 



a rosette of ovate radical 

 leaves, and rarely more than 

 one leaf on the stem, some- 

 times none ; heads 2 — 6 

 together, each generally less 

 than an inch across, yellow. 

 — Walls, rocks, heaths; com- 

 mon. — Fl. June — Septem- 

 ber. Perennial. 



4. H . vulgdtum (Common 

 Hawkweed). — Another very 

 variable plant, from 12 — 18 

 in. high ; radical leaves nar- 

 row, in a loose rosette, 

 lanceolate, toothed, with the 

 teeth pointing towards the 

 apex, often spotted with red ; 

 cauline leaves few ; heads 

 many, panicled or corymb- 

 ose, about an inch across, 

 yellow ; involucre hoary with 

 down. — Woods and banks ; 

 common. — Fl. July — Sep- 

 tember. Perennial. 



5. H. boredle (Shrubby 

 Hawkweed). — As variable 

 as the preceding species, 

 2—4 feet high, with stiff, 

 ascending branches ; stem 

 usually hairy below, with 

 stellate down above, often 



reddish, leafy ; no radical leaves ; cauline leaves lanceolate, toothed ; 

 heads many, in a leafy corymb ; peduncles woolly ; involucre 

 blackish-green, nearly glabrous. — Woods and banks ; common. — 

 Fl. August, September. Perennial. 



6. H. umbelldtum (Narrow-leaved Hawkweed). — A tall, 

 remarkably erect, unbranched plant, 1 — 4 feet high; stem stiff, 

 leafy, hairy below ; leaves sessile, linear, toothed ; heads in a 



hypoch.cris radicXta (Long-rooted Cat's-ear). 



