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CULLUMIA cillaris 



Ciliated Cullumia. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIC FRUSTRjtNEJ. 



Nat. ord. Cobymbiferte. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. //. Recept. nudum* 

 Sew. papposum. Flores radiati. 



CULLUMIA. Recept. favosum. Semina glabra. Pappus nullum 

 Cal. raonophyllus : foliolis imbricatis tectus. Broxvn in Hort. Keto. ed. 2. 5. 

 137* 



C. ciliaris 9 folus ovatis glabris imbricatis bifariam cilia to-spiaosis: spina ter- 

 minal! reflexa. Brown in Hort. Kexv. ed. 2. 5. 137. 

 Berckheya ctUaris. Willd. sp. pi. 3* 2273. 



Rohria ciliaris. Thunb. prod. 140. Act. soc. nat. scrut. hajh. 3. 99* 

 Gorteria ciliaris. Lin. sp. pL ed. 2. 2. 1284. 

 Carlina foliis Imbricatis oblongis reticulars et In aculeum aduncum desmen- 



tibus. Burin, afr. 151. t. 5*.jiv. 1. 

 Aculeosa fethiopica, atractylidis focie. Pink, amalth. 51. t. SSb.Jig. 3. 



Frutex: rami loricato^foliosi 9 superne paniculatim divisi 9 prove Jlorem cum 

 calyce arachnoideo-pubescentes 9 lactescenies. Fol- sparsa, a ditntdio superiore 

 8</uarro$o-patentia f a disco ad medium usque adnata^ ovato~lanceolata 9 gla* 

 bra 9 convexa 9 margine depressa cartilaginea 9 spirits alterno+bifarihm biseriaiis 

 ciliaia, spina terminali longiori rejlexa. Flores ramulorum terminates, solitarii 9 

 lutein diametro biunciali v. majoru Cal- jbltoso-tectus, limbo membranaceo 

 multifido, segmentis ovato~lanceolatis pUxnu vtllosO'Citiatzs spina erectd pra~ 

 Jixis. Discus floris calyci aqualis, radio recurvo-patente subt us obsolete pur* 

 purascenle 2~3-ph brevior. Flosc. disci hermaphroditic limbo ultra medium, 

 5-Jido erecto acuta glabro, tubo duplo breviore viflosiusculo : stig- 2 revoluta* 

 Jlava; germ, oblongum glabrum alveolo proprio immersum. Flosc. radii 

 neutri f plurimu unciales v. ultrh y sublanceolatO'Ugulati, sulcatO'Striati, 4* 

 dentatu Recept. planum , ex paleis ciliatis coadunatis favosum. 



Cullumia was detached from Berckheya by Mr. Brown 

 in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. It has smooth 

 seed and no pappus, while in Berckheya the seed is villous, 

 and endowed with a pappus which is either chaffy or else 

 partly chaffy and partly bristly. Both genera have an 

 alveolate or honeycombed receptacle, and thus differ from 

 Gorteria and Gazania where the seeds are not lodged in 

 distinct cavities formed by the chaffy bractes that beset the 

 surface of the receptacle. 



The very curious manner in which the foliage is disposed 

 in this species for the protection of the branches and its 

 armature consisting of a double edging of fine spines that 

 point alternately upwards and downwards, seem to have im- 



