232 45. COMPOSITE. 
47. Hieea'cium [Ann. Hawkweed. 
[The following entirely new account of the genus has been drawn up nn.ler 
the direction of Mr F. J. Hanbury, from his notes and specimens, by Miss 
R. F. Thompson. Where possible Professor Babington s descriptions have 
been retained.) 
i. FILOSELLOIDEA. Stoloniferous. St. scapelike. Fr. 
minute, crenulate at top, striate. Hairs of pappus equal, 
very slender. 
1. //. Pilosel'la (L.) 3 stoles slender leafy rooting, scajje 1- 
headed leafless. 1. oblong or lanceolate hairy on both sides 
whitish and densely floccose beneath, inv. ovate below, ulti- 
mately conical, inner phyll. acute, styles yellow. — E. B. 1093 ; 
Man.. Brit. Hierac.^ PL 1 ; Exsicc.'^ Fase. ii. 26. — Stoles many 
sometimes flowering. Fl. pale yellow ; outer striped with red 
or purple externally. — p. pilosissimum (Wallr.) ; stoles short 
thick, 1. St. and inv. with long silky hairs, heads large, phyll. all 
lanceolate. — R. xix. 1468 ; Mon. Brit. Hierac. PI. 2 ; Exsicc. 
Fasc. iv. 76. — 7. nigrescens (Fr.) ; stoles long straight, scajje 
long. inv. densely setose, 1. less hairy. — Exsicc. Fasc. v. 101.— 
5. concinnatuin (F. J. Hanb.) ; very dwarf, scape and inv. 
densely floccose setose, not hair>i, outer ligules striped dark 
crimson. — Dry banks, common. 5. Ben Macdhui. P. V.— VIII. 
E. S. I. 
2. II. aura7iti'acum (L.) ; stoles often wanting, st. slightly 
hairy densely corymbose at top more hairy seto.se and floccose 
above, I. obovate-lanceolate green and hairy on both sides not 
fl,occose beneath, phyll. blunt, styles brown. — E. B. 1469 ; Mon. 
Brit. Hierac. PI. 3.— St. 15—20 in. high. Phyll. dark. Fl. 
dark orange. — Woods, pastures and waste places, naturalized. 
P. VI.-VIII. E. S. I. 
*3 H. pyatense (Fr.) ; stoles leafy, st. pilose floccose and 
setose above, corymbose at top, 1. narrowly obovate-lanceolate 
green on both sides pilose slightly floccose beneath, phyll. linear 
blunt, styles bright yellow. — //. collinuin Fr. J. of B. vi. t. 86 ; 
Edin. Bot Tr. x. t. i. ; Mon. Brit. Hierac. PI. 4 ; Exsicc. Fa.sc. 
ii. 27. — Stoles not very long. Corymbs dense. Phj'll. dark 
green hairy setose, with a pale margin and tip. Fl. yellow. — 
Near Selkirk and Edinburgh. P. VI. VII. S. 
' An Uluatrated Monograph of the Uritish Hieracia, by F. J. Hanbury. 
- Sft of British Hieracia, K. V. and W. R. Linton. 
