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83. //. cantidmim (F. J. Hanb.) ; 18—20 in. high, usually 
branched hairy floccose, ped. long spreading arcuate bracteate 
or leafy felted with floccose down, 1. 10—17 upper short broad 
curiously sharply toothed somewhat amplexicaul with broad 
bases, lower petiolate decurrent with large irregular coarse teeth, 
hairy on both surfaces somewhat floccose beneath. Heads many 
small, outer phyll. rather lax, sparsely clothed with yellow 
setae, few hairs and slightly floccose. Fl. glabrous, styles 
pure yellow. — Exsicc. Fasc. ii. 45. — ,3. stibri'jidiim (Linton); 
peduncles more densely floccose, inv. more hairy, styles some- 
what livid, narrower less numerous and less coarsely-toothed 
1. — Ersicc. Fasc. vi. 154. — Hangley Woods, Kent. /i. Near 
Witley, Surrey. P. VI.— VII. E. 
** Alpestria. Plant green or glaucous. Stem always leafy. 
Heads large few, ped. usually springing from the axils of 
the leaves. Fl. often ciliate. 
84. H. jndchel'lum (Lindeb.) ; st. 9 — 16 in. high, hard wiry 
simple or branched about the middle, hairy below and sparsely 
floccose, ped. erect slender bracteate densely floccose with 
numerous very minute setse, 1. green, paler and often purpled 
beneath, rt.-l. few not persistent, st.-l. 3 — 6 ovate lanceolate to 
lanceolate, upper sessile, lower decurrent into winged petioles, 
subglabrous above hairy and floccose beneath, with few minute 
distinct teeth on the margin. Heads 1 — 5 rather small, inv. 
truncate, cylindric in bud, turbinate later, outer phyll. dark- 
green short lax, inner paler ; all somewhat recurved later rather 
broad blunt slightly floccose-tipped with few hairs and setaj. 
Fl. medium yellow, glabrous-tipped, styles pure yellow. — ClLfi's. 
Unst, Shetland. P. VII. VIII. S. 
85. H. Zetland' icum (Beeby) ; st. 3i — 9 in. high simple or 
branched hairy and purpled below floccose above, ped. densely 
floccose, rt.-l. rosulate persistent oval-elliptic with few forward- 
pointing teeth on each side, olive-green often purpled, sub- 
glabrous above, paler more hairy below with ciliate margins, 
petiole short hairy, st.-l. 0 — 2 clasping broadly ]anx;eolate acute ■ 
or acuminate sharply toothed. Heads rather small, inv. some- 
what truncate at the base, outer phyll. dark short broad obtuse, 
inner longer paler less obtuse, all somewhat recurved sparingly 
ciliate-tipped setose sparsely floccose. Fl. small orange-yellow, 
glabrous-tipped, styles nearly pure yellow. — A form of this 
plant is issued in E' sicc. Fasc. vi. 155. — Pastures and sheltered 
rocks. Shetland, West Sutherland. P. VII. VIII. S. 
