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L. sometimes entire, usually with large teeth. Flowers twice 
in ciiltiv.ation, (1) vrith one head, (2) with many nearly parallel 
branches and many heads. — a. st. long, rt.-l. lanceolate dentate, 
styles livid. — /3. ienellum ; st. short slender, rt.-l. lanceolate or 
linear-lanceolate, styles yellow. Considered a distinct species 
bv Dr. Greuier. — Lofty moimtains. Clova. Braemar. P. VIII 
VIII. S. 
6. H. calenduliJlSnmi (Backh.) ; deep green, st. usually 1- 
headed hairy floccose, H.-l. broadly ovnte-spathnlate blunt api- 
culate shai'ply toothed hairy on both sides narrowing into broadly 
winged petioles, st.-l. very small slender, bnds nodding, in v. 
trimcate below shaggy with rather silky black-based Jiairs, phyll. 
many Unear-attenuate, outer phyll. lax, styles livid. — 6 — 14 in. 
high. St.-l. few. Head most usually solitary, very large. 
Youngest 1. sometimes rather acute. Original 1. nearly circular. 
Neai'lv allied to H. eximimn. — Lofty moimtains. Lochnagar. 
Clova. P. VII. VIII. " S. 
** Nigricantes. Inv. -villose or hairy. Phyll. adpressed, or 
few outermost lax. Fl. nearly hairless externally, minutely 
pilose or subglabrous at the tips. 
t St, short with 1 or few heads. 
7. II. gracilen 'turn (Backh.) ; gi-een, st. nsually 1-headed hairy 
floccose, rt.-l. lanceolate or o5fo;i(7-lanceolate narrowed into pe- 
tioles, st.-l. few large narrow-lanceolate attenuate below, inv. 
ventricose roimded below shaggy with black soft hairs setose, 
phyll. few broad acuminate adpressed with Jloccose tips outennost 
lax, styles livid. — 11. aljnmtm var. melanocephalum Fries, not 
Bab., nor R. melanocephalum Tausch. — 6 — 10 in. high. St. 
hairy and floccose, with straight simple diverging branches and 
many heads when under cultivation; st.-l. usually 2 or more. 
L. broad, narrowed gTadually below; original 1. roundish. 
Petioles sometimes slightly winged. Heads usually solitary, 
rather large ; fl. bright yeUow, nearly or quite glabrous on the 
back. — Lofty moimtains. P. VH. VTTT, S. 
8. H. globosmn (Backh. ) ; glaucous or green, st. few-headed 
floccose, rt.-l mate or ovate-lanceolate subacute glabrous above 
entire or dentate narrowed into petioles, inv. rotcnded below ulti- 
maiely globose greenish-black with short black-based hairs, phyll. 
many attemiate acute adpressed, styles yelloiv. — 6 — 12 in. high. 
St. usually 1-headed, rarely branching even from near the base, 
leafless or -n-ith few naiTow bractlike leaves. Original 1. blunt. 
Innermost 1. sometimes acute. Petioles short, sometimes slightlv 
winged. liuds ghbose. Fl. bright yellow. — Caimg-orm Moun- 
tains. P. vn. VIII. 
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