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bluish-green, lower oblong-lanceolate obtuse apiculate petiolate 
almost entire not persistent, middle 1. broadly lanceolate 
narrowing at both ends semi-amplexicaul, upper lanceolate 
acute sessile with rounded base, denticulate or dentate, very 
reticulate-veined, almost glabrous above somewhat floccose and 
-,hairybeneath. Headsmany corymbose,inv.oblong conical after 
flowering dark green, with yellow setae scarcely floccose, phyll. 
obtuse or sub-obtuse outer very short. Fl. golden yell ow glabrous, 
styles pure yellow. — E.rncc. Fasc. iv. 99. — /J. thvlense (F. J. 
Hanb.) ; st.-l. fewer almost entire or with few minute teeth 
ovate-lanceolate apiculate, clasping somewhat constricted to- 
wards the base at times, phyll. broader more floccose, purpled 
tips.— Mountain districts. ^. Shetland. P. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 
94. ff. crocdtum (Fr.) ; st. \h — 4 ft. high rigid smooth sub- 
corymbose, branches nearly sim2^le, ped. thickened upwards 
tloccose with few setae, 1. oblong or narrow lanceolate sessile 
with a broad base falsely 3-veined semi-amplexicaul dentate or 
nearly entire, lower 1. often narrowed very gradually down- 
wards but slightly enlarged again at the base, glabrous or with 
hairy margins and below. Inv. very broad -based, phyll. never 
lax adjyressed broad obttise black minutely setose or almost 
glabrous sometimes pale-margined. Fl. glabrous, styles olive. 
—E.rsicc. Fasc. v. 123.— Mountain districts. P. VII. VIII. 
E. s. r. 
95. H. marifimtim (F. J. Hanb.) ; st. 1 — 3 ft. high erect 
reddish-purple corymbose the branches ascending from the 
axUs of upper leaves, ped. long floccose with short bristly hairs, 
I. long nurroiv acute or svbacnte practically entire or minutely 
serrate or with short sharp prickles at the margins, fleshy upper 
sessile sometimes a little clasping the lowest narrowing into 
short petiole with blunter apex bluish green below with short 
bristles on both surfaces and margins, some slightly floccose. 
Inv. truncate angular below, phi/ll. extraoi'dinarily broad obtuse 
imbricated almost glabrous very dark, the inner paler. Fl. 
orange yeUow glabrous, styles smoky yellow. — North coast of 
Sutherlandshire. P. VII. S. 
***** Sabauda. Stem leafy robust branched. Lower st.-l. 
narrowed at the base into petioles ; upper broad-based 
sessUe. Phyll. broad obtuse unicoloured sparingly hairy 
with few or no setae. 
96. H. boredle (Fr.) ; st. leafy, 1. ovate or lanceolate dentate 
below falsely 3-veined, upper broad sessile scarcely clasping, 
