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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The leaves rife in a round ruft ; and are long, 
broad, an'd covered wi:h a dov.'ny hairynefs, of a 
deep green, and often fpotted. 
The fralk is upright, flendcr, fiim, and naked : 
at the top ftands a fingie flower, fometimes two : 
thefe are large, and oi a gold yellov/. 
We have ic in Sufiex, flowering in Auguft. 
C, Baithine calls it Hieracium AlpiniCin latijo- 
Hum hi'fiitis incamim magna Jlcre. 
12. Broad-leaved, hairy, B'ufii Hawkweed. 
Ilierach'.m erc"um lalifclium hirfutmn. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The ilalk is firm, round, a yard high, and at 
the top branched. 
The leaves have long footflalks ; and they are 
broad, hairy, of a pale green, indented lightly, 
and fharp-pointed. 
The flowers are ni;meroU3, large, and of a 
pale yellow. 
We have it about woods, flowering in July. 
C. Bauhinc calls it Hieracium fruticofum latifo- 
liiim hirfulmn ; a name others have followed. 
13. Short-leaved, bulhy Hawkweed. 
Hieracium fruticofum folio hreviore. 
The root is fibrous and brown. 
The ftalk is robufl:, upright, branched, and a 
yard high. 
The leaves are broad, fliort, indented irregu- 
larly, and of a fine green : they are covered with 
a light hairynefs; but it is fo flight they appear 
fmooth to the difl:ant fight. 
The flowers arc large, numerous, and of a gold 
yellow. 
It is common in our northern counties, flower- 
ing in Augufl;. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium fruticofum Intifo- 
Hum foiits dentatis gyMum. 
14. Narrow-leaved, BuHi Hawkweed. 
Hieracium frutucfum cngufl folium. 
The root is fibrous. 
The flalk is firm, upright, brown, and a yard 
high. 
The leaves are long, narrow, of a pale green, 
and indented at the c-dgcs. 
The flowers are large, and of a fine yellow : 
they Hand at the tops of the branches. 
It is common in v.'oods, and fiowcrs in Au- 
guft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hisraclum fruticofum angufli- 
foliim majus. 
The leaves of this fpecics are fometimc-s fcarce 
at all indented ; and, according to the degree of 
fliadc, they will be more or lefs hairy. Under 
thefe differences it has been defcribed by feme as 
three diflind: plants. 
157 Golden Lungwort. 
Hieracium murcnm pilcfifjimum. 
The rout is compofed of numerous, brown 
fibres. 
The ftalk is round, branched, and two feet 
high ; and it is extremely hairy. 
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The leaves have long footftalks \ and they 
are large, oblong, broad, lightly indented, and ; 
extremely hairy, like the ftalk. 
The flowers are numerous, and of a briglit 
yellow. 
It is Irequent on walls, and on dry banks, 
flowering in AugLift. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium murorum folio pilo- 
fiffmo. Others, Pulmonaria Gallica. 
16. Narrow-leaved golden Lungwort. 
Hieracium puhnonarla diclum angufiiore folio. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, two feet high, and 
not branched. 
The leaves are long, and moderately broad, of 
a fine green, covered with a vi-hite down j and 
they have long footftalks. 
The flowers are large, and of a delicate yel- 
low. 
It is found in woods in our midland counties^ 
flowering in July. 
Ray calls it Hieracium pulmonaria dlBitmanguf- 
tfolxum. 
Wc have this and the former fpecies on our 
cold, northern mountains, where they afliime a 
fomewhat difi^erent form. In the firft fpecies the 
leaves are more obtufe, and lefs hairy ; and in 
this they are fmaller : in both the ftalks grow up 
to a great height, but with few leaves. 
Thefe varieties have by fome been defcribed as 
diftind fpecies ; but they are no more than acci- 
dents of growth. 
17. Great fingle-fiowered Mountain Hawkweed 
Hieracium fljre ynagna fingulari. 
. The root confifls of numerous fibresj connei5led 
to a fmall head. 
The leaves are fpread in a rounded clufter; and 
are oblong, broad, obfufc, and hairy. 
The ftalk rifes in the centre ; it has no leaves, 
and it fupports only a Angle flower ; this is very 
large, and yellow. 
We h;ive it in Wales, and the north of Eng- 
land. It flowers in June. 
Ray calls it Hieracium villofm Alpinum fiorj: 
magno fingulari caule modo. 
It refembles moufe ear. 
]8. Single-flowered Bufh Hawkwced. 
Hieracium nemorum fiorc fingulari. 
The root is long, and is hung with many 
fibres. 
The ftalk is firm, a foot high, hairy, and of a 
brownifh colour. 
The leaves are numerous, oblonrr, broad, 
dented at the edge?, of a pale green, and very 
hairy. 
The flower ftands fingly on the top of the ftalk; 
and is very large, and of a gold yellow. 
We have it in woods, flowering in July. 
Ray calls it Hieracii feu pilofelU majoris fpecies 
humilh follh longiorihus rarius dentatis phmmiis fi- 
mul for e fingulari. 
When 
