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7. H. nigrescens Willd. (black-headed 11.) ; green, stem one- 
or few-headed floccose with few leaves, radical leaves ovate or 
lanceolate coarsely and irregularly dentate slightly hairy 
or nearly glabrous above with slender petioles, cauline ones 
stalked or nearly sessile, buds usually erect, peduncles iloecose, 
involucre ovate or truncate at the base dark green with set® 
mixed with white pointed hairs, scales broad floccose at the 
points, outer ones obtuse, inner acuminate erect in bud, ligules 
glabrous externally pilose at the apex, styles fuliginous. H. 
pulmonarium E. B. t. 2307. 
Clova and Aberdeenshire mountains. Ben Nevis. If.. 7, 8. — 
Stem “ usually with one leaf, but sometimes with 2 or 3, or with 
minute bract-like leaves only.” The styles are brownish, with dark 
hairs. 
8. H. linguluturn Backh. (lingulate-leaved II.) ; “ green, stem 
simple or branched with few heads, radical leaves lanceolate or 
oblong apiculate denticulate or dentate coarsely hairy above 
with short petioles, cauline ones few lanceolate or ovate-attenuate 
acute sessile, involucre broad ultimately truncate at the base 
very dark with soft black-based hairs, its scales broad alternate 
acute erect in bud, ligules slightly pilose at the apex, styles 
livid.” H. saxifragum Bab. H. atratum var. ramulosun Fries. 
II. divaricatum Don. ? 
Clova and Braemar mountains. Ben Lawers, Perthshire. 5). 
7, 8. — Stem usually branched. Leaves pilose beneath and at the 
margins. In the 7th edition we had H. divaricatum of Don princi- 
pally in view, Mr. Backhouse (to whom we sent our specimen 
for examination) having pronounced it to be his H. linyulatum : on it 
the cauline leaves are more numerous at the base than in Mr. Back- 
house’s description, and they are apparently undulate, with harsh 
hairs on both sides. 
9. H. chrysdnthum Backh. ( golden-flowered H.) ; green, stem 
nearly simple with one or few heads, radical leaves with slender 
hairy petioles denticulate or remotely dentate hairy, cauline 
ones linear-lanceolate or subulate stalked, involucre broadly 
ovate or rounded at the base with black-based hairs and set®, 
its scales linear attenuate inflexed in bud, ligules obscurely 
pilose at the apex, styles yellow or faintly livid. — a. radi- 
cal leaves sharply irregular and coarsely dentate, involucre 
rounded at the base usually dark with short black hairs, its 
scales acute. H. rupestre Bab. H. chrysanthum a. Backh. H. 
atratum var. ramulosum Fries f — /3. radical leaves almost evenly 
dentate or entire, involucre urceolate or ovate dark with 
short black hairs, its scales acuminate. H.chrys. /d. Backli. H. 
atratum Fries ? — y. radical leaves evenly dentate or denticulate, 
involucre ovate with black-based hairs, scales acuminate floccose 
at the apex (when young). H. senescens Backh. 
