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has been referred to E, diehoiomum, Besf. -which ha^the radical leaves oblong entire 

 not spinulose and altogether diflfers. It is certainly Boissier's plant referred by him 

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' \" 2. E. Billardieri, Delaroche Eryng. 25, t. 2 ; radical leaves long-petioled 

 3-partite segments 3-fid or pinnatifid spinous-toothedj cauline sessile palmately 

 3-5-partite. DC. Trodr. iv. 88; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 825. E. Kotschyi, ^oi?s. 

 Diagn. 8e7\ 2, v. 97. E. cserulescens, Jacqueyn, Journ, 



KiSHMiR, alt. 5000-6000 ft. ; Jacquemont^ Falconer, &c. 

 SciNDB ; Stocks, — DiSTBiB. Western Asia. 



Ladak; T. Tho7nsmK 



Stem 6-18 in., erect or branching from the base, corymbose often bluish above. 

 Kadical leaves 2-4 in. diam., often hastate ; petiole 2-4 in. ; lower cauline sometimes 

 similar but short-petioled. Bracts 5-7, 1 in., linear, witti few or spines on the 

 margins; short spines alternate with and somewhat exterior to the bracts; brac- 

 ieoles linear, spinulose, simple, exceeding the flowers. Calyx-tube with lanceolate 

 ■scales, teeth lanceolate-subulate spinescent. Fruit ^ in. — The Indian examples are 

 all smaller with smaller heads than the type-specimens of S. Billardieri and are per- 

 haps Var, meiocephalum^ Boiss. 1. c. The bracts are frequently without spines, but 

 the radical leaves are not narrowly dissected enough for E. Heldreickiiy Boiss. Lc, 

 826. The radical leaves early disappear, it is then much like E. caruleum but can 

 generally be distinguished by its much less strict stem and dissected lower caunne- 

 leaves. 



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Umbels irrearularlv comnound. rays few; bracts sessiie, leai-fi^^; 



^ „. Flowers mostly unisexual. 



Calyx-tube villous, subechinate ; teetli herbaceous. Petals white, emarginate, 

 slightly imbricate. Fruit echinate, ovoid or slightly compressed laterally, com- 



.„! -u^..:! !_._ ^ ^ i-terete or subterete, plane on the mner 



pnmary ndge, with some very slender scattered in the enaocarp. Seed 



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missure broad, carpophore 0; carpels ^-terete or subteictc, ^xo.^^ 7- 



face, ridges all obscure, lateral primary commissural ; vittee small, sohtai^ in 



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1. S. europaea, Linn.; DC. Prodr. iv. 84; leaves glabrous mucronat^ 

 serrate, bracteoles linear shorter than the fruits, perfect flowers sessile male 

 usually pedicelled. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 832 ; Kui-z in Joum. As. Soc. lajh 



tn.. 7/m» . j)on Prodr. 183; Wall. Cat. 659; L>C.l.c- 



III. t. 117, fig. 2 ; Wiffhf. Ic. tt. 334, 1004. 

 0. I. c. 85. S. montana, Beinw. ; DC. I. c. »&• ^- 



pt. ii. 114. S. elata, JImn. ; 

 W. ^ A. Pi^odr. 367 ; Wight 



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Khasia 



HiMAT.AYA : from Kashmth fn "Riir»T^Aw q^it 4000-12 000 ft.; common. 



Mts. of Maiabab and Ceixox.— l^is- 



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Mts., alt. 3000-5500 ft. ; common. Burma. 

 TRiB. Europe, Asia, Africa. 



Height 1-3 ft. Radical leaves 2-6 in. diaix.., j.^..i-.w»., ^ • ^^. 



2-3 to 18 in. diam.; rays divaricate, repeatedly 2-3-chotomons. ^^'^T^^ 'qW 

 flowered; male pedicels often ^ in. Calyx-teeth lanceolate. Fruit ^ in., tien / 

 covered with hooked bristles, slightly compressed laterally 



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ol>solete. Petals o'bovat^, emar^nate, white pm* 



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