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CARTHAMUS tinctorius. 
Safflower, or Bastard-Saffron. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQUALIS. 
Nat. ord. CyNAROCRPHAUE. Jussieu gen. 171. 
Div. I. Cineroccphale vere. Squame calycis spinose, 
CARTHAMUS. Flores hermaphroditi, ^ Cal. multiplici serie - 
polyphyllus, imbricatus, squamis interioribus simplicibus acuminatis aut 
Spinosis, exterioribus basi arctis, apice foliacco divaricatis, et margine 
dentato- aut sinuato- spinosis. Recept. tectum pilis. Herba spinose aut 
mites, quedam calyce subinermi minds congeneres. — Semen C. tinctorii 
nudum pappo mox deciduo. Flosculi radiales ex Hallero neutri aut 
abortientes in C. lanato et C. cretico indè ad CaLcrrrapam depellendis 
et Cancirraps benedicta afjinioribus. Juss, gen. 172. 
C. tinctorius, caule glaberrimo, folis ovatis integris. spinoso-dentatis, 
seminibus nudis. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 1706. 
Carthamus tinctorius. Lin. sp. pl. 2. 1169. — Hasselg, it. 483. Mill. 
dict. ed. 8. n. 1. Beckmann ín Nov. comm. goett. IV. 94. Regn. 
bot. Garin. sem. 2. 375. t. 161. fig. 2. Allioni pedem. n. 569. 
Zorn ic. 140. Hort. Kew. 3. 150. ed. 2. 4. 491. Lam. et Decand. 
HA. franc. 472. Lam. illustr. t. 661. f. 3. 
nicus sativus S. Carthamus officinarum. Rumph. amboin. 5. 215. t. 
49. 
Cnicus vulgaris. Clus. hist. 2. 152. . . 
Herba annua nunc S-pedalis. "Caulis erectus, teres, strictus, solidus, 
glaber, 2 viridi albidus; superna fastigiato-ramosus. Folia sparsa, caulina, 
patentia, semiamplexicaulia, ovalia, acuminata, venosa, nuda, spinuloso~ 
dentata ; radicalia oblonga, infernê angustata. Flores capitati, ramulorum 
in pedunculos Jfistuloso-clavatos abeuntium terminales, crocum redolentes. 
Squame calycinæ numerose capilato-compacte, interiores arct? conniventes 
lineari-lanceolatee nervoso-striate wilo minuto tect _ simplices, medie 
squarrose semifoliaceee, exteriores patentissine omninò | folia. ;Floseali 
ultra unciam longi, plurimüm superantes calycem, omnes androgyni, glabri, 
graciles; tubus striatus supernê coccineus, 3-plo longior limbo; Jiml us 5- 
partitus, connivens, flavus aurantiaco notatus, laciniis ovali-lanceolatis mar- 
gine involutis, erectis. Anth, inclusa, flava, obtusata. Stig. flavum, ezser- 
secundüm marginem canaliculato-dehiscens, quasi con- 
uminatis et peripheriam 
Sem. fur- 
tum, simplex, lineare, n 
Jectum ex 2 laminulis ad oppositos discos confêrr 
versüs solutis. Germ. glaberrimum, calvum, compresso-anceps. 
binatum, nitidum, niveum; testâ nucumentaced ; umbilico suprà basin 
posite. 
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i ing in the gardens 
A native of Egypt, recorded as growing In t 
of this country as far back as 1551. The flowers con- 
stitüte a dyer's drug, which forms a considerable article of 
