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RELHANIA pungem 



Prickly Relkania. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPBRFLVA. 



Nat. ord. Composite. Adarimnfam. 2. 103. 



CoRYMBiPER^* Jussieu gen, 177' JDiv. V, Receptaculum 

 paleaceum. Semen nudum seu non papposum. Flores plerumque radiati, 

 rar6 ttosculosi- Pappus nunc brevis, 



RELHANIA. (Pappo phyllode aut paleaceo- TTiaiamo paleaceo.) 

 CaL ovato-obloDgus, imbricatus squamis cartilagineis appressis, apice ap- 

 pendiculatis scariosis, FloscuH disci androgyni; radii feeminei, liguus 

 ovato-lanceolatis integemmiB: utrique fertUes- PappH£ folioiis qutnis aut 

 paucioribus, brevibus. GtBTtn. sem, 2, 440 (sub Eclope). Genus Atha- 

 ^ASimaffine, ut nihil sit aliudqudm Atuxt^ Asia radio larvatu. G^rtn. 



Div, Flm'ibus soHtariis. 

 ^. pungens, foliis linearibus subpungentibus subtils striatis, floribus sessUi- 



bns, JJHirit, sert. angL 24. 

 Relhania pungens, Willd. sp. pL 3. 2138- 



Fruticuius ped&Ms et nUrd^ de&iliSf ramosus^ ramis duris, undique 

 joUosiSj supeme tomentoso-cinereis. Folia acerosa, rigidaj sessiliaj adscen- 

 ttentia, taxOis sparsa, lineari-subulata, ^uncitB v. circd longa, integerrima, 

 dorso cenvexa striata m^tomentosa strigilosa mrentia, initU c&fie&va tomemto 

 (^nso eandieasitia^ ab apieulo fusco aeieulari $idfpMng€Htia^ Vlorea CMeoioreSr 

 aurei, terminaies, sessiles, solitarii, foliis partlm obvallati, undam diumetro 

 excedentes. Cal. obtongus, turbinatus (deorsum attenuaius) TneliMO-subfusces- 

 cenSf corolla dtscum plurim^m exsuperanSj infrd arete imbrieat^ et areotis 

 tomentoso-albis varius, suprd radiato-patens glaberrimus: foJiola uuEquaUM- 

 sima, intima spathuJato-ligulata cum bimind tanj^Qlaid SHhlatiate ungue. 

 CoTolldsi TQiduxs pluHmus : Aosc. feminei, subcontigui, lamin'i obverst Hgulat^ 

 edentuldf biplicato-striatd, subtiis secunditm medinm loTngitvdinis fTtbente, 

 vesper^ cmtnivente jlore eonvoluto-complicaTidd metn^ reserandd, taho par^m 

 breeioret compresso, recurvo, subpiloso : germ, obhngum^ triqvetnhcampressum, 

 sericeo-tomentosum ; pappus In^evissimns paleaceus villosus ktciniato-Jissilis 

 acuminaius (Eqtialis: stig. 2, glabra^ jilifomiiu, mbexserta^flava: discus pla- 

 ninseuluSt Jtavtis, tubis radii paulh altior ; fiosc. kermaphr, glabri, gabpeth^ 

 centes, exteriores peripheriami vers^ recurvati ; tubo tereti ; fauce sabamplhre, 

 oblongdt cglindricd, marginatO'^gand ; limbi laciniis bretnbm ovato-acumi* 

 natis: anUierae ^iwc, hlamentJs elasticis: germ, oblongum^ cultrato-com- 

 pressum ab ucie interiore villosd; pappus radii similis nisi quod s(Epi infiosca- 

 lis centralioribus tadnularum vna interior in setam longiorem producatur: 

 stig. 2 Jurcato-recurva, lineariuj glabra, jlava. Recept. planiusculum 

 angustum: paleae lanceolatO'€mpidat<B, ^osculis disci parum breviores, 

 scariosiB, naviculareSy singula Jlaseidum singulum comphctentes, carina ^ 

 denticulato-pubescente. 



Till now only known by the above short phrase in 

 *^ Sertum Anglicamim/' where it has been entered by L'H^- 



