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** Catdescentia. Stem usually long, more or less leafy. 
58. //. ei'prepes (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 10 — 18 in. high, simple or 
with long straight branches hairy or bristlj', ped. very short 
straight ^occo^e sparingly hairy and setose, rt.-l. ovate-lanoeo- 
late obtuse or acute denticulate or almost entire (Scottish 
plants coarsely toothed) gradually narrowed into long petioles, 
grass-green lighter and purpled beneath, softly hairy on both 
sides, st.-l. usually 1 large lanceolate acute or acuminate den- 
ticulate petiolate hairy. Heads often numerous, crowded very 
adiiate, inv. very truncate and conical dark green, phyll. few 
dark with lighter margins and purplish tips, adpressed rather 
blunt floccose-tipped when young hairy sparingly floccose and 
setose. Fl. pale yellow glabrous-tipped, styles faintly livid 
beneath. — E.rsicc. Fasc. iii. 66. — /3. glahratum (Linton) ; 1. 
narrower often strongly dentate glabrous above, ped. and inv. 
less hairy setose and floccose.— ^.' szcc. Fasc. i. 19. — Mountain 
59. //. orcaden'se (W. R. Linton) ; st. 1 — 2 ft. high, hairy 
floccose, ped. thickened upwards almost straight panicled 
floccose hairy setose, rt.-l. rosulate outer broad ovate narrowing 
to petiole rounded orapiculate at the apex dentate or denticulate 
or almost entire, inner lanceolate acute dentate with medium- 
sized patent teeth hairy or subglabrous margins ciliate, st.-l. 
1 — 4 with short winged petiole acutely dentate in the lower 
part, ovate-lanceolate nearly glabrous above. Heads 2 — 9 
small, inv. small dark green velvety rounded at the base 
constricted above, hairy setose slightly floccose, phyll. feu- 
broad blunt, inner subacute with paler margins all adpressed 
with white tips and margins. Fl. deep golden yellow glabrous 
or faintly pilose before expansion, styles greenish yellow. — 
E.rsirc. Fasc. vi. 142. — ClifiFs at Hoy, Orkney. P. VII. 
60. //. rubiginosum (F. J. Hanb.; ; st. 1 — 2 ft. high, simple 
or branched robust purplish-red, hairy below, ped. somewhat 
floccose setose hairy, rt.-l. numerous large broadly ovate sub- 
acuminate sharply irregularly toothed thickly hairy on both 
sides blotched vith rusty purple, st.-l. 1 — 4, subsessile or slighth/ 
clasping ovate-lanceolate acute coarsely irregularly toothed 
hairy on both surfaces and margins. Heads 2 or many large, 
inv. large broad-based, phyll. broad subacuminate slightly 
floccose, hairy with few setae. Fl. deep golden yellow glabrous- 
tipped, styles nearly pure ynWow.—U.tsicc. Fasc. iv. 91. — 
//. vulgatum (Fr.) var. ruhescens Backh. — Limestone scars. 
Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Westmoreland. P. VII. — IX. 
cliffs. P. VI.— VIII. 
E. S. 
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