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**** Sabauilea;. Stem leafy. Radical leaves withered or quite 
decayed at the time offloweriny. Teeth of the corolla glabrous 
externally. 
17- H. inuloides (Tausch !) ; st. erect leafy, peduncles and invo- 
lucres stellate-pubescent, involucres of numerous imbricated scales ; 
lowermost lax and rather distant, 1. all sessile the lowermost much 
narrowed downwards, intermediate narrowed above their base, u])- 
permost ovate-lanceolate, radical evanescent, fr. rough. — St. 2—^ 
feet high, leafy throughout, hairy. Heads larger than those of 
H. prenanthoides ; involucre of much more numerous scales, 
which decrease gradually in length, the lowermost descending on 
to the peduncle, slightly hairy and scarcely at all glandular ; pe- 
duncles without hairs or glands. Fr. slightly rihhed. L. not 
clasping. My specimens agree well with those of Tausch (PI. 
Sel. Boh.). — Highland woods, Scotland. Cumberland and Tees- 
dale. Mr. Borrer. P. VIII. E. S. 
18. H. boreale (Fries) ; st. erect scabrous leafy subcory'mbose 
above, 1. ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate toothed lower ones nar- 
rowed into a short petiole, upper 1 . subsessile with a rounded or 
cordate base, raiUcal evanescent, ped. thickened under the head 
and with several scales, involucral scales adpressed in about 3 
rows. — H. sabaudum Sm., E. B. 349.- — St. 1 — 3 feet high, hairy 
or hispid below. Uj)per 1. with a rounded base. Corymb irregular. 
Ped. and base of inv. hoary with stellate pubescence and long 
hairs interspersed ; scales with a slightly hispid keel, nearly uni- 
form in colour, turning black in drying. Fr. dark brown or 
nearly black. — Or (H. sabaudum Bab.) st. often hairy through- 
out. Upper 1. w ith a cordate base. Ped. and base of the invol. 
usually with many long hairs and fine but thin stellate pubes- 
cence ; margins of scales slightly paler. Fr. usually red. — The 
true H. sabaudum is a very different plant with broad leaves, 
larger heads with an obtuse almost umbilicate base, ped. not 
thickened and bearing rarely more than one scale beneath the 
head. It inhabits the south of Europe. — Thickets and banks. 
P. VIII. IX. E. S. 
19. H. tridentatum (Fries) ; st. erect scabrous leafy shghtly 
branched and ])anicled above, 1 . narrowed at both ends ovate-lan- 
ceolate or lanceolate coarsely toothed in the middle, low'ermost 
stalked evanescent, upper subsessile, involucral scales attenuated 
with pale margins. — H. rigidum Bab., Koch ed. 2, Fries Mant. 
ii. 48. — St. 2 feet high, stout, branching slightly in the upper 
half, scabrous, somewhat hairy. Base of the involucre and slightly 
thickened scaly uj)per part of the peduncle hoary with stellate 
pubescence ; scales more attenuated and less regular than in H. 
boreale much overtoj>ping the unopened flow'ers, “ their tips after- 
wards patulous.” L. with a few (3) strong triangular or lanceolate 
