184 ENGLTSH BOTANY. 
the specimen In Smith's Herbarium; that originally given in 
" English Botany " as II. villosum represents H. eximium. 
Shaggy Hawkiceed. 
French, Fperviere Velue. German, Zotiges Hdbichtskraut. 
Group E. — VULGATA (including Oreadea, Fries). 
Plant glaucous, or sometimes green, with simple non-glandular 
hairs on the leaves and lower part of the stem. Radical leaves in 
a rosette, persistent until after flowering (in some forms of H. 
vulgatum decaying before flowering, or very shortly afterwards). 
Stem scape-like or sparingly leafy (rarely with numerous leaves 
in some forms of H. vulgatum). Phyllaries adpressed, with short 
hairs, and often white stellate down, with or without gland-tipped 
hairs. Ligules glabrous, or sometimes sub-ciliated at the aoex. 
Achenes rather large, brownish-black. 
SPECIES XVII.— HIE R A CI UM PALLIDUM. Frie*. 
Plate DCCCXL. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XIX. Tab. MDXLIX. 
Hack. Mon. Hier. p. 43. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 203. Hook & Am. Brit. Ft 
ed. viii. p. 223. Fries, Epic. p. 83. 
H. Schmidtii, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 522. Reich. 1. c. 
Stem scape-like, corymbosely branched at the apex, glabrous, 
with a little stellate down and a few short black gland-tipped hairs 
on the upper part and peduncles. Radical leaves oval or elliptical- 
lanceolate, rather abruptly contracted into short sparingly-woolly 
petioles, acute or subacute (the outer ones sub-obtuse), remotely 
denticulate or dentate, especially towards the base, sub-glabrous, 
often ciliated with long rather stiff woolly hairs on the margins ; 
stem frequently leafless, but usually with 1, more rarely 2 leaves, 
which arc elliptical, shortly stalked or sessile, smaller and narrower 
Mian the radical leaves. Anthodcs moderately large, 2 to G, in a 
corymb. Periclinc ovate at the base ; phyllaries rather few, acu- 
minate, 1 ho inner ones very acute, dark-olive, sparingly clothed 
with stellate down, especially at the margins, and with a few short 
Mack -based hairs and black gland-tipped hairs on the disk. Florets 
glabrous, except at the tips, where they are frequently faintly 
Ciliated. Styles yellow. Plant very glaucous. 
On rocks and by the sides of streams in mountainous districts. 
