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46. COMPOSIT.E. 
49. Mulgedium Cass. 
1. M. alpinum (Less.); 1. glabrous lyrate arrowsliaped at the 
base : terminal lobe large triangular-hastate acute, st. simj)le, 
heads racemose, bracts peduncles and involucres glandidar-hairy, 
fr. oblong not attenuated uith many ribs. — Sonchus ceeruleus 
Sm., E. B. 2425. — St. 5 feet high, glabrous below, leafy. L. 
gradually smaller upwards, coi'date on the barren shoots. Heads 
small, numerous. Florets blue. A remarkably handsome plant, 
and very distinct genus. — Clova Mountains. P. VIII. S. 
Section 6. HIERA CEjE. Receptacle generally without scales. 
Papjms filiform, rigid, brittle, never feathery nor dilated at the 
base, at length brownish or yellowish. 
.50. Hieracium Linn . 
* Pilosellse. Stem resembling a scape. Root j>remorse. 
1. H. Pilosella (L.); st. leafless single-headed, scions creep- 
ing, 1. elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate entire haiiy above hoary 
beneath, involucral scales linear-lanceolate. — E. B. 1093. — 
Florets pale lemon-coloured with a red stri])e on the back. In- 
volucral scales in 2 rows, outer short, inner longer acuminate. — 
/3. Peleterianum (Gaud.); scions short, 1. and involucres clothed 
with long silky hairs, 1. lanceolate. — Dry banks. S- di'y elevated 
hills. P. V. — VIII. Mouse-ear Hawkweed. 
[2. H. dubium {L.t) ; “ 1. elhptic-lanceolate obtuse nearly en- 
tire besprinkled with coarse hairs rather glaucous beneath, scions 
creeping elongated, stalks nearly smooth loosely corymbose, cal. 
bristly.” Smith. — E. B. 2332. — “ Stalk radical, 3 — 4-flowered.” 
— Mount Fairfield, near Rydal, Westmoreland. Hudson. P. 
VII.] E. 
[3. H. Auricula (L. ?) ; “ 1. lanceolate acute nearly entire 
coarsely hairy green on both sides, scions scarcely so long as the 
leaves, stalks downy and haii-y corymbose, cal. shaggy.” Smith. 
— E. B. 2368. — Dale Head, Grassmere, Westmoreland. Huds. 
P. VII. — It will be time enough to determine the correct nomen- 
clature of this plant and the preceding when either of them is 
found in Britain.] E. 
f4. H. aurantiacum (h.) ; st. slightly leaf g below clothed with 
long slender hairs upper part and coiymb with black glandular 
hairs intermixed with the slender simple ones, scions creeping, 
1. ovate-oblong acute entire with simple not stellate pubescence 
green beneath. — E. B. 1469. — Corymb dense, 2 — lO-flowered, 
thickly covered with black hairs and glands. — Hilly woods ; a 
doubtful native, common in gardens. P. VI. VII. S. 
