180 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
sessile, or rarely amplexicaul ; bracts at the base of the peduncles 
of the corymb strap-shaped or linear. Anthodes large, generally 
2 or 3 in a terminal corymb. Pericline hemispherical at the base ; 
phyllaries numerous, acuminate, adpressed, olive or nearly black, 
thickly clothed all over with short black gland -tipped hairs, 
generally intermixed with longer simple black-based hairs. Florets 
glabrous, except at the tips, where they are shortly ciliated. Styles 
livid. Plant glaucous. 
Var. a, genuinum. 
Plate DCCCXXXVI. 
II. cerinthoides, ft, Bach, ]. a 
Radical leaves oval or elliptical, long-stalked, denticulate or 
nearly entire ; stem-leaf or leaves scarcely amplexicaul. 
Var. |3, decipiens. 
Plate DCCCXXXVII. 
H. cerinthoides, var. a, Back. 1. c. 
H. Anglicum, var. amplexicaule, Back, in Bab. Man. ed. v. I. c. 
Radical leaves oval or elliptical, long-stalked, denticulate, or 
nearly entire ; stem - leaf or leaves with the base decidedly 
amplexicaul. 
Var. 7, acutifolium. Back. 
Radical leaves serrate- dentate, narrower, more oblong, more 
acute, and more shortly stalked, than in the other two varieties. 
By the sides of streams and cliffs in mountainous districts. 
Var. a not uncommon on basalt and mica-slate, in Teesdale and in 
the Lake district ; Connemara ; Cave Hill, Belfast ; and frequent 
in the Scottish Highlands. Var. j3 rather rare ; Benbulben, Sligo ; 
and the Scotch Highlands. Var. y rare ; Cairntowl and Castleton 
of Braemar, Aberdeenshire ; Glenlochy Mountains, Perthshire. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Autumn. 
Rootstock slightly woolly at the neck. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, 
erect, ral her still', generally with 1 or 2 leaves. Radical leaves with 
the petioles usually about as long as the lamina and narrowly 
winged and usually very woolly ; lamina 1 to 4 inches long, varying 
in breadth, usually broadest about the middle, but sometimes 
with the broadest part nearer the base, frequently acuminate 
both at the base and apex; lower stem -leaves resembling the 
root -leaves, but rather smaller, attenuated at the base, and fre- 
quently more or less distinctly stalked in var. a : dilated and semi- 
