HIERAOIUM. 2.41: 
st.-l. o — o large ovate or obovate acute entire or minutely and 
acutely toothed sessile strongly amplexicaul, phyll. broad 
rather obtuse lax. — v- x hi/pochceroides (Gibs.) ; st. red erect 
branched eac/i branch bearing 2 heads floccose, ped. very floccose, 
rt.-l. ovate subacute petiolate firm fleshy beatitiful/i/ spotted 
jiiirpled and floccose beneath, st.-l. usually 1 rather large broadly 
clasping. Heads very truncate, phyll. short broad sub-obtuse, 
fl. golden yellow subglabrous or slightly pilose before expansion, 
styles pure yellow. — Mountains, a. Teesdale. Craven. Lake 
District. Scotland. Ireland, p. Cairn Toul, Aberdeen Links, 
and other localities in Scotland. Co. Donegal and Antrim 
in Ireland. 7. Lake District. 5. Abundant in Sutherland- 
shire ; Skye. Co. Antrim, e. Widely distributed over the 
British Isles, f. Slieve League, Co. Donegal, v- Limestone 
scars near Settle, Yorkshire. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
26. //. iricitm (Fr.) ; glaucous green, rt.-l. ovate or oblong- 
lanceolate - acute with short shaggy winged y>eii(o/es, st. leafy 
corymbose at top, st.-l. clasping broadly ovate taper-pointed 
denticulate or dentate, lower ones narrowed below, ped. and 
inv. hairy setose floccose, inv. truncate below, phyll. blunt, 
styles livid. — £. B. S. 291.5 ; Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 59 ; H. Lapey- 
ronsii Bab. — St. 1 — 3 ft. high, very leafy rigid not branching 
1 -headed on barren soil. Pet. rigid diverging. Original rt.-l. 
blunt. L. often purplish at the end. St.-l. decreasing suc- 
cessively upwards, upper 1. broad and rounded below. Phyll. 
broad, narrowed upwards. — Chiefly in mountain districts. 
P. VII. VIII. E. S. L 
27. H.flocculosum (Backh.) ; ashy -green, rt.-l. ovate or oval 
blunt or acutish with small teeth below floccose on hotii sides 
narrowed into long petioles, st.-l. few large i-clasping, st. sub- 
corymbose floccose thi'oughout, ped. long straight-based, inv. 
ovate below floccose setose hairy, phyll. acuminate incumbent, 
styles rather livid. — Sy. E. B. 848 ; Exsicc. Fasc. iv. 81 ; 
H. stelligerum (Backh.) (not Froel.).— St. li— 2 ft. high. Fl. 
bright yellow. L. rosulate, persistent ; original spathulate ; 
innermost acutish. Petioles rather slender and woolly. St.-l. 
stalked ; uppermost sessile. — Margins of high Alpine streams. 
P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
28. //. breadal' banense (F. J. Hanb.) 3 st. 12 — 18 in. high, 
simple or branched many-headed, singularly devoid of setae, 
ped. thick densely floccose, rt.-l. yellow-green paler beneath, 
rather thick roughly hairy on both sides or almost glabrous, 
outer oval apiculate almost entire, inner ovate subacute denti- 
culate, all abruptly narrowed to short shaggy petiole, st.-l. 
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