434: LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [ Carduus. 
at both ends, sessile, ranging up to in fine specimens 18 in. long, gla- 
brescent above, puberulous beneath, pinnatisect or deeply pinnatifid ; 
segments ovate or lanceolate, incise-dentate, teeth and apex spinous- 
pointed. Capitula oblong, #-1 in. long, about 30-flowered, on very 
short pedicels crowded many together into dense globose cymes of 
2-3 in. diam. Involucral bracts narrowly oblong, terminating in & 
long spreading spine with subulate base, the innermost wider with 
scarious ciliate margins, about equalling the purple or violet florets.— 
C. abyssinicus, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 910;-A. 
Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 455. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Riippell! Schimper! Plowden! Ferret § Galinier. 
2. ©. chamecephalus, 0. § H. Acaulescent perennial herb. 
Leaves in a rosette, narrowly elliptical, petiolate, pinnatipartite, 
5-10 in. long, puberulous; segments shortly ovate, incise-dentate, 
sparingly spinous-ciliate, teeth and apex terminating in spines yy~} I. 
long. Capitula oblong, 14-14 in. long, sessile, many together in @ 
solitary rounded cluster of about 4 in. diam. Involucral bracts nearly 
glabrous, the outer ones lanceolate, the inner ones narrowly so, all gra- 
dually terminating in a rather long straight erect spine—Cnicus cha- 
mecephalus, Vatke in Linnea, xxxix. p. 511 (1875). 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, alt. 8,600 ft., Schimper / 
3. GC. Schimperi, Schultz Bip. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. u. 0. 
1301. Acaulescent perennial herb. Leaves in a rosette, narrowly 
oblong, petiolate, deeply pinnatifid, 2-5 in. long, puberulous; seg- 
ments shortly ovate, incise-dentate, sparingly spinous-ciliate, teeth and 
apex terminating in spines }-4 in. long. Capitula oblong or campa- 
nulate, 1-1} in. long, sessile, few together, in a solitary cluster of 
1}-3 in. diam. Involucral bracts imbricated in many rows, the outer 
ones lanceolate, the inner ones linear-oblong with lanceolate tip terml- 
nating gradually in a very short erect spine, glabrous or very nearly 
ee ciliate above. Flowers purple—A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. 
p. 455. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Mount Selki, alt. 10-13,000 ft., Schimper! Samen, 
Ferret & Galinier. 
DOUBTFUL AND UNKNOWN SPECIES OF CARDUUS. 
Carduus Buchingeri, Schultz Bip. ex Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 283, name 
only, from Abyssinia. 
Carduus macracanthus, Schultz Bip. 7. c, also from Abyssinia. We have seen a 
single involucral bract with a pinnatifid spine, lent from the Berlin herbarium 
(Schimper § v. n. 51, ed. Buchinger, anno 1854). 
98. CNICUS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 468. 
Habit and character wholly of Oarduus excepting sete of pappus 
conspicuously plumose. 
Another large genus chiefly confined to the Northern Hemisphere. 
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