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ii. PULM ON A RE A . Radical rosettes in autumn which pro- 
duce the persistent root-1. of the next year. Phylls. inter- 
ruptedly or irregularly imbricate. Fr. short, truncate, 
not crenulate, striate. Hairs of pappus unequal, rigid. 
* Alpiniformes. Inv. shaggy or silky. Outer phyll. lax ; 
inner acuminate or acute. Fl. hairy externally, more or 
less pilose at the tips. St.-l. 1 or few, or leatlike bracts. 
— II. alpinuni L. 
4. H. cdpinum (L.) ; deep green, sf. \-headed hsJiiy fioccose, 
rt.-l. lanceolate or ovate spathulate narrowed into petioles, st.-l. 
1 or few sessile,buds slightly nodding, inv. hemispherical shaggy 
with long soft black -based hairs setose,ph]/U.few broad acumi- 
nate lax, styles yellow. — //. alpinum Backh., Sy. E. B. 827 ; 
Mo7i. Brit. Hierac. Fl. 5; Exsicc. Fa,sc. iii. 51. — St. 4 — 8 in. 
high. Usually l st.-leaf . Head large, always solitary ; fl. 
bright yellow, with short hairs at the top. — a. ; rt.-l. ovate- 
spathulate. — ,8. insigne ; rt.-l. lanceolate with a few large teeth, 
heads very large. — Lofty mountains of Scotland. P. VII. VIII. 
S. 
5. //. holoseric'eum (Backh.); green; st. 1 -headed shaggy 
silky fioccose, rt.-l. \&\xcQo\^^,tQ-spath^date or linear-lanceolate 
blunt hairy on both sides narrowed into winged petioles, st.-l. 
few small sessile, buds nodding, inv. turbijiate shaggy ivith long 
silky white black-based hairs, outer phyll. very lax leafiike blunt, 
inner phi/ll. adfrt'essed linear acute, styles yellow. — H. alpinum, 
Sm. E. B. 1110; Mon. Brit. Hierac. PI. 6; Exsicc. Fasc. ii. 
28. — St. 3 — 9 in. high. Usually 1 — 2st.-leaves. Head solitary. 
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. 
6. H. exim'ium (Backh.); green, uSi. usually \-hcaded hairy 
fioccose, rt.d. lanceolate acute sharply toothed hairy on both sides 
narrowed into broadly ivinged petioles, st.-l. small slender, buds 
nodding, inv. truncate beloxv shaggy with rather silky black- 
based hairs, /Vti/W. maw/ toiea?'-aite?twaie, outer phyll. small lax. 
—Sy. E. B. 825 ; H. villosum Sm., E. B. 2379, not L. ; Mon. 
Brit. Hierac. PI. 7 ; Exsicc. Fasc. i. 1. — 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, (2) with many nearly parallel branches and 
many heads. — a. St. long, rt.-l. lanceolate dentate, styles livid. — 
0. tenellum (Backh.) ; st. short slender, rt.-l. lanceolate or 
linear-lanceolate, styles yellotv. Considered a distinct species 
