differs by iipriglit taller stems, longer narrower leaves, 

 even at the etl^e juul not cartilaijinonsiy serrated as in that, 

 by a straij^iit i)riekle at the end of these instead of a slantingly 

 hooked one, nor are the general and partial involncres finely 

 serrated at the edge as there; the segments of the calyx 

 also are here more conspicnously uneven at the edge. 



The plant l»as been very recently raised by Mr. Knight, 

 nurseryman in the King's lload, Chelsea, from seed received 

 from Moscow. 



Mr. Marschall has denominated " calycine segments" the 

 parts that have been termed " petals " by others, and vice 



versa. 



A stiff glaucous perennial plant. Siems aggregated, 

 simple, from a foot to a foot and half high, round, about as 

 thick as a common pen, greenish white, here and there 

 stained with purple. Leaves elongatedly oblong, lanceo- 

 late, tapered and pointed by a small prickle, thickish, lea- 

 tiiery, veinless, glaucous, even at the edge, longer ones 

 about '2 inches long, broadest half an inch wide, spreading, 

 scattered all round, numerous, loosishly set, diminishing in 

 size as they ascend the stem. Umbel generally 8-rayed, about 

 an inch and an half long, terminal, greenish yellow, here 

 and there shaded with tawny brown. General involucre of 

 many leaflets, widespread, shorter than the umbel, leaflets 

 cuneately oblong, with a small soft pi'ickle. Partial umbels 

 3-rayed, middle flower stamenbearing shortly pediclcd, side- 

 ones witli both stamens and pistil, subsessile. Partial invo' 

 lucres two-leaflctted, rhomboidally cordate, tender. Flowers 

 about the size of those of the common currant, of an un- 

 pleasant smell. Culi/.v turbinate, pale, 5-cleft, segments 

 uprightly convergent, short, roundish, crenulate and downy 

 at the edge, about equal to the petals in depth. Petah 4, 

 glandularly thickened, rotately expanded on the outside of 

 the segments of the calyx, transversely oblong or very 

 faintly renifoim, deep yellow, entire, wet and clammy at 

 the inner surface, two-horned, horns clavate, issuing from 

 under the corners of their front edge, sometimes doubly, 

 sometimes triply headed. Stamens 12 in tlie primary 

 flowers: anthers twin, with globular cells: pollen yellow. 

 Gennen somewhat oblong, smooth, roundediy 3-cornered: 

 stt/les 3, fascicled, green, rather longer than the germen, 

 with short two-cleft stigmas, the lobes of which are of a 

 deep green colour, flattish and roundish. 



