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base almost glabrous, inv. large ahvays very dark, phyll. long 
narrow acuminate sonievhat jloccose vfith-S-eta^microglands and 
few hairs. Fl. almost glabrous. Styles dusky. — Exsicc. Fasc. 
V. 102. — High mountains. Inverness, Ross, and Perthshire. 
P. VII. VIII. S. 
14. //. curvdtum (Elfstr.) ; green, rt.-I. ovate or lanceolate 
coarsely and irregv.larly dentate in their lower half hairy with 
slender petioles, st. simple or branched with few heads and few 
lanceolate or oblong shortly stalked 1., inv. ovate heloio, dark 
green with soft black-based hairs setose, ped. densely floccose, 
phyll. acuminate, outer ones blunt, styles brownish. — Sy. E. B. 
832 ; Mon. Brit. Ilierac. PI. 12 ; E.rsicc. Fasc. iv. 79 ; //. 
nigrescens Willd. pt. — Variable in height. Fl. deep brilliant 
yellow, pilose at the tips. Phyll. overtopping the buds. L. 
rarely nearly glabrous above. St.-l. usually 1 , narrowed at both 
ends. St. floccose, branching much in cultivation. — Highland 
mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 
15. //. Backhous'ei (F. J. Haub.) ; dark green, st. 5 — 15 in. 
high with scattered black-based hairs throughout floccose above 
with numerous hairs and setse, rt.-l. very erect ovate and ovate- 
lanceolate with long curved forn'ard-pointing teeth or almost 
entire, decurrent to winged petioles sub-coriacemis glossy 
glabrous or with few scattered hairs on both surfaces, st.-l. 2 — 4, 
semi-amplexicanl toothed, upper bract-like entire, inv. large 
rounded below greenish-black with rather short black-based 
hairs and few setae. Phyll. adpressed attenuate sub-acute, 
outer short rather lax. Fh bright yellow somewhat pilose. 
Buds globose. Styles rather livid. Pappus distinctly tawny. — 
Mon. Brit. Hierac. PI. 13 ; E.rsicc. Fasc. iii. 55. — Lofty 
mountains around Braemar. Breadalbane Mountains. P. VII. 
VIII. S. 
16. JI. linf/uldtum(B&ckh..) ; green, ?•<.-/. lanceolate or oblong 
apiculate denticulate or dentate hairy with short petioles, st. 
simple or branched with few heads and few lanceolate or 
lanceolate-attenuate acute sessile 1., inv. broad becoming trun- 
cate below very dark with soft black-based hairs slightly 
floccose, phyll. attenuate acute incumbent, style livid. — Sy. E.B. 
834 : Mon. Brit. Hierac. pi. 14 ; Exsicc. Fasc. i. 2 ; //. saxi- 
fragum Bab. — St. 15 — 24 in. high. Fl. bright yellow. Phyll. 
greenish black, overtopping the buds. L. coarsely hairy above, 
entire towaids the end. Original 1. broad and rounded. St. 
with scattered black-based hairs throughout, a little floccose. 
St. and inv. nearly without seta;. — Mountain ^lens. Clova. 
Braemar. Breadalbane Mountains. P. VII. VIiI. S. 
