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cose constricted above floccose slightly liairy and setose, phyll. 
acute or cuspidate, styles yellow. — //. Halleii Hook. — 6 — 18 in. 
high. Rhizome long, prostrate. L. fringed with long hairs 
which sometimes spread over the surfaces, obscurely floccose 
beneath. St.-l. nearly or quite sessile, if more than 1 then the 
lower is staUied. Original rt.-l. roimded at both ends. Fl. 
very slightlv pilose at the tips, bright yellow. — Mountains. P. 
VI. VII. and IX. E. S. I. 
16. H. lasiophyl'lum (Koch) ; ash-coloured or g;laucous, rt.-l. 
oval or ovate-lanceolate rounded at both ends entire or denticu- 
late, petioles shaggy, st.-l. 0 or 1, st. few-lieaded -with straight- 
based ped., inv. rounded below floccose setose slightly hairy, 
phyll. acuminnte or ctespidcde, styles yellow. — H. cinerascens 
Jord., Gren. ! H. pallidum var. mnigerimi Fr. ! — 8 — 20 in. high. 
Very hairy. Branches slender, long. Young heads roundish. 
Outer phyll. sometimes bluntish. Fl. bright yellow. L. rosu- 
late, persistent, broad, apiculate, usually with many scattered 
bulbous hairs on each side. Original 1. roundish. St.-l. rare, 
lanceolate, acute at both ends. — Mountains. P. VII. VIII. 
E. S. I. 
17. S. Gibsoni (Backh.) ; glaucous green, rt.-l. ovate blunt 
apiculate rather truncate or cordate below denticulate, petioles 
slender, st. leajiess rigid simple or forked with straight-based ped., 
inv. truncate below floccose hairy setose, phjll. broad and blunt 
incumbent, styles yellow: — H. hypochceroides S. Gibs. — 6 — 18 
in. high. II. bright yellow. Phyll. not cuspidate. L. rosulate, 
persistent, very broad, blotched with purple above. — On lime- 
stone rocks near Settle, Yorkshire. P. VII. VIII. E. 
18. H. argen'teum (Fr.) ; very glaucous, rt.-l. lanceolate acute 
denticidate towards the middle or entire glabrous above with short 
petioles, st. simple or branched with few sessile or stallied 1., 
branches long straight, inv. broadly ventricose becoming siib- 
tnmcate laelow slightly setose hairy and floccose, phyll. blunt 
adpressed, stj'les yellow. — H. judlidmn /3. persicifdium Bab. — 
1—2 feet high. Buds cylindrical. Inner phyll. subacute, pale- 
edged. Fl. bright j'ellow. L. with scattered hairs beneath 
and at the edges. Petioles usually short. Original 1. bluntish. 
Upper st.-l. small, narrow. — Mountain districts of England, Scot- 
land and Wales. p.vn.viii. E.S. 
19. H. nit'idum (Backh.); dark green, rt.-l. lanceolate acute 
coarsely and sharply toothed glabrous above with short petioles, 
st.-l. 1 or 0, st. few-headed, ped. scaly, inv. ventricose setose and 
haiiy slightly floccose, phyll. acuminate or bluntish, st^'les yel- 
low. — 15 — 24 in. hi<^h. St. neaily hairless. Heads large; fl. 
bright yellow. L. slightly hairy iJeneath ; teeth very large, not 
