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45. COMPOSITE. 
Stoles many, sometimes flowering. Fl. pale yellow; outer 
striped with red or piu-ple externally. — /i. H. Peltterianum 
(Mer.) ; stoles short thick, 1. st. and inv. with long silky hairs, 
heads large, phyll. all lanceolate. — Diy banks. P. V. — VIII. 
E. S. I. 
*2. H. aurantiacum (L.) ; stoles often wanting, st. slightly 
hainj densely corymbose at top more hairy and setose above, I, 
obovate-lanceolate yreen and haiiT on both sides tiot Jioccose be- 
neath, phyll. blunt, fi. glabrous, styles bro^vm. — JS. B. 1469. — 
St. 15—20 in. high. Corymb 2— lO-headed, floccose. Phyll. 
dai-k. Fl. orange. — Woods and wastes in the North, natxiralized. 
P. ^Tn. E. s. 
ii. PTJL3I0XAREA. Radical rosettes in autumn which 
produce the persistent root-1. of the next year. Phyll. in- 
terruptedly or irregularly imbricate. Fr. short, truncate, 
not crenulate, striate. Hairs of pappus unequal, rigid. 
• Alphiiformes. Inv. shaggy or silky. Outer phyU. lax ; 
inner acuminate or acute. Fl. hairy externally, more or 
less pUose at the tips. St.-l. 1 or few, or leaflike bracts. 
3. H. alphmni (L.) ; deep green, st. 1-headed haiiy floccose, 
rtd-l. lanceolate or ovate-spathulate narrowed into petioles, st.-l. 
1 or few sessile, buds slightly nodding, inv. hemi^herical sh&^gy 
with long soft black-based hairs setose, phyll. few broad acumi- 
nate lax, stjies yellow. — 4 — 8 in. high. Usually 1 st.-leaf. 
Head lai-ge, always solitaiy ; fl. bright yellow, with short hairs 
at the top. — a. rt.-l. ovate-spathulate. — jS. insigne ; rt.-l. lanceo- 
late with a few large teeth-, heads very large. — Lofty mountains 
of Scotland. P. Ml. ^TII. S. 
4. Jr. Aofo«e?nc '«<»i (Backh.) ; ^reen, st. 1-headed shaggy silky 
floccose, rt.-l. lancQoXaXe-spathidate or linear-lanceolate blunt 
hairy on both sides narrowed into winged petioles, st.-l. few 
small sessile, buds noddiug, inv. turbinate shaggy ttnth long silky 
white black-based hairs, outer phyll. very la.v leajlihe blunt, inner 
phyll. adpressed linear acute, styles yellow. — H. alpinmn Sm., 
E. B. inc.— 3— 9 in. high. Usually 1—2 st. -leaves. Head 
solitary' ; outer phyll. very Ijpoad, often scattered below the head. 
L. entire or sometimes slightly denticulate. Fl. densely hain' 
at the tips, bright yeUow. — Lofty mountains. Cimiberland. 
Grampian and Breadalbane Moimtains. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
5. H. exim'ium (Backh.); green, st. v.sually 1-headed hairy 
floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate acute sharply toothed hairy on botn 
sides narrowed into broadly winged petioles, st.-l. small slender, 
buds nodding, inv. truncate below shaggy witli rather silky black- 
based hairs, phyll. many linear-attenuate, outer phyU. small lax. 
— (3 — 15 in. high. St.-l. few. Karely more than 1 large head. 
