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broadly lanceolate acuminate apiculate entire towards ttie apex 
toothed below, uppersessile lower petiolate, somewhat coriaceous 
glabrous above hairy beneath. Heads many, inv. narrow 
cuneate very setose, buds cylindric, outer phyllaries short rather 
lax, inner long attenuate, outer and middle Hoccose-margined. 
Fl. rich yellow sub-pilose, styles nearly pure yellow. — Exsicc. 
^ Fasc. i. 22. — /3. pulchrius (Ley) ; st. shorter stouter less leafy, 
rt.-l. obovate obtuse coarsely toothed with shallow teeth, st.-l. 
elliptic or ovate somewhat acute, coarsely toothed. Heads 
subumbellate with dark phyil. and longer set«. — Ersicc. Fasc. 
V. 1 1 7.— Woods, rocks, and banks. /3. Mountain clifls in Wales. 
P. VI.-IX. E. S. I. 
iii. ACCIPITRINA. Forming closed buds at the base of 
the st. in autumn. No true rt.-leaves with the flowers. 
St. leafy. Phyll. in many rows. Hairs of pappus rigid, 
unequal. 
* Rigida. St.-l. numerous, lower sub-petiolate, upper sessile, 
narrow or broad lanceolate more or less toothed, outer 
phyll. slightly lax with straight margins, inv. nearly 
glabrous or with minute yellow setae, few hairs, sometimes 
slightly floccose. 
80. H. goth'icum (Backh.); st. li — 4 ft. high erect rigid simple 
or branched nearly glabrous throughout, ped. erect or spreading 
rigid floccose, 1. 7 — 20 dark green paler and rather glaucous 
beneath firm, lanceolate or ovate, acute or subobtuse denticulate 
or dentate in the middle, entire towards apex, aggregate towards 
the base of st. sometimes stalked, upper smaller sessile almost 
bractlike. Heads 1 — 5, inv. dark green globose-ventricose, 
cylindric in bud, rounded and sometimes truncate at the base 
after flowering, nearly glabrous or with few hairs, phyll. dark 
green broad obtuse rather lax with incumbent tips. Fl. bright 
not deep yellow glabrous-tipped, styles yellow with minute 
dark hairs. — Sy. E. B. 851 ; Ejsicc. Fasc. iii. 69 ; iv. 96. — 
(i. latifolnim (Backh.) ; plant much more robust, 1. large very 
broad obtuse entire or denticulate rarely dentate,ped.elongated, 
styles pure yellow. — Exsicc. Fasc. iii. 70.^7. Stewartii (F. J. 
Hanb.) ; 1. very broadly lanceolate acute with broadly winged 
petiole, almost entire towards the apex, with sharp narrow 
curved forward-pointing teeth often | in. long towards the base, 
lowest ovoid blunt, upper and middle sessile, ped. very longbrac- 
teate bearing large deep golden yellow fl., outer phyll. lax, styles 
very livid. — Exsicc. Fasc. vi. 152.— 5. hasifoliicm (Lindeb.); rt.-l. 
rosulate 4 — 8, ovate-oblongor ovate-lanceolate narrowed at both 
ends, dentate, st.-l. fewer in number decreasing immediately in 
