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with a few black gland-tipped hairs. Radical leaves varying from 
oblong-elliptical or oblong-lanceolate to ovate, attenuated into 
rather short woolly petioles, subacute, or the primary ones 
obtuse, entire or denticulate or serrate-dentate, sometimes with a 
few large teeth pointing forwards, glabrous or with coarse hairs 
above and soft ones beneath ; stem-leaves 1 to 12, the lower ones 
resembling the root-leaves and nearly as large, shortly stalked; 
the upper ones smaller and sessile, sometimes bract-like. Anthodes 
rather small or moderately large, usually numerous, in a corymb 
or corymbose-topped panicle, on straight usually short ascending- 
spreading peduncles. Pericline ovoid at the base, conical-oblong- 
cylindrical after flowering; phyllaries numerous, subacute, olive- 
green or dark olive, with pale edges, thinly clothed with stellate 
down sparingly intermingled with black-based hairs and black 
gland-tipped hairs. Florets glabrous, not ciliated at the apex. 
Stylos livid-yellow. Plant green or caisious. 
Var. a, genuinwm. 
Stem-leaves numerous and, as well as the root-leaves, sub- 
coriaceous. Anthodes rather small. Phyllaries with numerous 
gland-tipped hairs. 
Var. $, rosulatum. 
Leaves thin, chiefly in a radical rosette ; stem - leaves few 
(1 to 3). Anthodes rather small, with numerous black-based 
hairs and few gland-tipped hairs. 
Var. 7, cinereum. Back. 
" Ashy-green or glaucous. Stem short, with few sub-entire 
leaves, much branched. Root- leaves few, obovatc - lanceolate. 
Involucres ( pericline ) nearly destitute of glands. Phyllaries 
broad, more obtuse." 
Var. o, rufescens. Back. 
" Green. Stem robust, purplish-red. Leaves ovate ; root-leaves 
numerous ; stem-leaves few, 1 or 2, sub-sessile or slightly clasping ; 
heads large, few. Phyllaries broad, sub-acuminate." 
Var. s, sub-uigrescens. 
Kadical leaves oblong-elliptical, abruptly attenuated into the 
petiole, or sub-truncate at the base, subacute, sparingly toothed ; 
stem-leaves 1 or 2, small. Anthodes rather large. Phyllaries nearly 
